Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, October 2004

In October 2003 the number of fatalities amounted to 22 killed while 973 were injured. Figures for the ten-years period 1995-2004 show that 26 were killed and 968 injured on average in October road traffic accidents. Among the 20 fatalities in road traffic accidents last month, eleven were drivers of cars, five were car passengers, two were cyclists and two were pedestrians.

215 killed so far this year

215 people have been killed and 9 929 people were injured in road traffic accidents so far this year. This compares with 223 killed and 9 510 injured in the same period last year. The average figure from 1995-2004 show that 250 were killed and 9 611 were injured in the same period.

More drivers and car passengers injured

The preliminary figures from January to October show that 4 688 drivers of cars and 2 628 car passengers were injured. This is 165 and 110 more than in the same period last year.

More mopedists injured

665 people on moped were injured so far this year, 159 more than last year.

Police figures

The statistics are based on accidents reported to the police. Less severe accidents and injuries are therefore under-represented in the figures. In addition, the total number of injuries includes casualties where the degree of injury has not been specified. Future figures may prove that there was no injury.

The figures for 2003 that are used for comparative purposes in this text are preliminary. The 2003 figures presented in tables 1-10 are final.

Tables:

• Table 1 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by month
• Table 2 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by county
• Table 3 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by police force area
• Table 4 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by age and mode of transport. January-October
• Table 5 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by severity, mode of transport and sex. January-October
• Table 6 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by mode of transport and type of accident. January-October
• Table 7 Drivers of automobile killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by age and type of accident. January-October. 2004
• Table 8 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by traffic units. January-October
• Table 9 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents involving lorries, by month
• Table 10 Vehicles involved in road traffic accidents, by type of tyres and accident. October