How many people died on Great Britain roads in 2024?

In 2024, 1,602 people were killed in reported road collisions in Great Britain. This fell by 22 (-1.4%) compared with the previous year. A road death is counted when a person dies within 30 days of the collision. Source: DfT, Reported road casualties Great Britain (STATS19), OGL v3.0.

How many road casualties were there in Great Britain in 2024?

There were 128,272 reported road casualties of all severities in Great Britain in 2024, of which 29,467 were killed or seriously injured (KSI). Total casualties fell -3.5% year on year. These are police-reported figures from the STATS19 system, published by the Department for Transport under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

KSI stands for "Killed or Seriously Injured", a standard Department for Transport classification from the STATS19 reporting system. "Killed" means a person died within 30 days of the collision. "Seriously injured" covers injuries requiring hospital admission or otherwise assessed as serious by police. The KSI figures shown here use DfT's severity-adjusted estimate, which makes the series comparable across years despite police forces moving to injury-based reporting systems (CRASH/COPA) at different times.

Is road safety in Great Britain improving?

Over the long run, reported road casualties have fallen substantially: total casualties in 2024 were -31.1% compared with 2015. Year-to-year changes can reflect random variation as well as underlying trend, and the 2020 figures were unusually low because of reduced travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Casualty counts also depend on traffic volumes, which is why rates per vehicle or per mile are used alongside absolute totals.

Which area of Great Britain has the most road casualties?

Among the 208 local authorities in the 2024 data, Kent recorded the most reported road casualties (3,821 of all severities). Absolute casualty counts are strongly influenced by population and traffic volume, so larger authorities naturally appear near the top — these are counts, not risk rates. Source: DfT STATS19 (RAS0403), OGL v3.0.

UK road safety statistics — reported road casualties, Great Britain

2024 · DfT STATS19 · 208 local authorities · OGL v3.0

How many people are killed or injured on Great Britain roads each year?

In 2024, Great Britain recorded 128,272 reported road casualties of all severities, including 1,602 people killed and 29,467 killed or seriously injured (KSI, severity-adjusted). Total casualties fell -3.5% versus the previous year, and are -31.1% compared with 2015. Source: DfT, Reported road casualties Great Britain (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data period: 2024 · last updated 2026-06-25

Headline figures, 2024

Reported road deaths: 1,602
Killed or seriously injured: 29,467
All casualties: 128,272
Casualties vs previous year: -3.5%
Deaths vs previous year: -1.4%
Casualties vs 2015: -31.1%

These are neutral official statistics from DfT STATS19. Figures are police-reported counts, not risk rates: absolute casualty totals are strongly influenced by population and traffic volume, so larger areas appear higher. Year-to-year changes can reflect random variation as well as trend, and 2020 was atypically low because of reduced pandemic travel.

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National trend, 2015–2024

Year	All casualties	Killed	KSI (adjusted)
2015	186,189	1,730	33,032
2016	181,384	1,792	31,935
2017	170,993	1,793	30,873
2018	160,597	1,784	31,329
2019	153,158	1,752	30,371
2020	115,584	1,460	23,765
2021	128,209	1,558	26,993
2022	135,480	1,711	29,608
2023	132,977	1,624	29,628
2024	128,272	1,602	29,467

All-severity casualty series (RAS0402 / RAS0101). The 2020 dip reflects reduced travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By nation, 2024

Nation	All casualties	KSI (adjusted)
England	118,546	26,050
Wales	4,001	1,274
Scotland	5,725	2,142

By English region, 2024

Region	All casualties	KSI (adjusted)
London	24,042	3,705
South East	19,674	4,946
East of England	12,958	2,725
North West	12,563	3,359
Yorkshire and The Humber	12,315	3,114
West Midlands	11,635	2,365
South West	11,550	2,313
East Midlands	10,098	2,641
North East	3,711	883

Local authorities with the most reported casualties (2024)

Ranked by total reported casualties (all severities). These are counts, not risk rates — larger, busier authorities naturally rank higher.

Rank	Local authority	Region	All casualties	KSI
1	Kent	South East	3,821	921
2	Surrey	South East	3,120	714
3	Birmingham	West Midlands	3,055	534
4	Lancashire	North West	2,996	761
5	Essex	East of England	2,965	676
6	Hampshire	South East	2,920	886
7	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	2,289	598
8	Hertfordshire	East of England	2,267	360
9	West Sussex	South East	2,250	523
10	Norfolk	East of England	2,154	555
11	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,898	459
12	Devon	South West	1,662	316
13	Derbyshire	East Midlands	1,660	539
14	Nottinghamshire	East Midlands	1,596	383
15	Staffordshire	West Midlands	1,535	318

Local authorities with the most killed or seriously injured (2024)

KSI rank	Local authority	Region	KSI	All casualties
1	Kent	South East	921	3,821
2	Hampshire	South East	886	2,920
3	Lancashire	North West	761	2,996
4	Surrey	South East	714	3,120
5	Essex	East of England	676	2,965
6	Lincolnshire	East Midlands	598	2,289
7	Norfolk	East of England	555	2,154
8	Derbyshire	East Midlands	539	1,660
9	Birmingham	West Midlands	534	3,055
10	West Sussex	South East	523	2,250

Browse all 208 local authorities

Aberdeen City 82 Aberdeenshire 257 Angus 130 Argyll and Bute 146 Barking and Dagenham 599 Barnet 875 Barnsley 550 Bath and North East Somerset 249 Bedford 366 Bexley 483 Birmingham 3,055 Blackburn with Darwen 401 Blackpool 431 Blaenau Gwent 68 Bolton 410 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 793 Bracknell Forest 125 Bradford 1,332 Brent 926 Bridgend 98 Brighton and Hove 625 Bristol, City of 955 Bromley 655 Buckinghamshire 765 Bury 212 Caerphilly 223 Calderdale 476 Cambridgeshire 1,436 Camden 723 Cardiff 330 Carmarthenshire 473 Central Bedfordshire 738 Ceredigion 238 Cheshire East 743 Cheshire West and Chester 628 City of Edinburgh 610 City of London 184 Clackmannanshire 30 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 21 Conwy 103 Cornwall 1,236 County Durham 584 Coventry 458 Croydon 1,047 Cumberland 506 Darlington 156 Denbighshire 118 Derby 518 Derbyshire 1,660 Devon 1,662 Doncaster 710 Dorset (excluding Christchurch) 883 Dudley 518 Dumfries and Galloway 264 Dundee City 154 Ealing 855 East Ayrshire 116 East Dunbartonshire 49 East Lothian 78 East Renfrewshire 67 East Riding of Yorkshire 813 East Sussex 1,481 Enfield 1,062 Essex 2,965 Falkirk 132 Fife 363 Flintshire 176 Gateshead 320 Glasgow City 805 Gloucestershire 1,367 Greenwich 709 Gwynedd 142 Hackney 794 Halton 163 Hammersmith and Fulham 588 Hampshire 2,920 Haringey 857 Harrow 424 Hartlepool 107 Havering 718 Herefordshire, County of 470 Hertfordshire 2,267 Highland 405 Hillingdon 755 Hounslow 757 Inverclyde 67 Isle of Anglesey 61 Isle of Wight 305 Isles of Scilly 2 Islington 591 Kensington and Chelsea 617 Kent 3,821 Kingston upon Hull, City of 748 Kingston upon Thames 341 Kirklees 780 Knowsley 226 Lambeth 994 Lancashire 2,996 Leeds 1,898 Leicester 535 Leicestershire 943 Lewisham 840 Lincolnshire 2,289 Liverpool 1,013 London Airport (Heathrow) 45 Luton 495 Manchester 892 Medway 570 Merthyr Tydfil 54 Merton 451 Middlesbrough 232 Midlothian 95 Milton Keynes 396 Monmouthshire 153 Moray 67 Neath Port Talbot 95 Newcastle upon Tyne 514 Newham 889 Newport 198 Norfolk 2,154 North Ayrshire 107 North East Lincolnshire 448 North Lanarkshire 255 North Lincolnshire 454 North Northamptonshire 642 North Somerset 379 North Tyneside 272 North Yorkshire 1,441 Northumberland 550 Nottingham 882 Nottinghamshire 1,596 Oldham 290 Orkney Islands 18 Oxfordshire 1,066 Pembrokeshire 283 Perth and Kinross 213 Peterborough 471 Plymouth 523 Portsmouth 519 Powys 458 Reading 277 Redbridge 737 Redcar and Cleveland 152 Renfrewshire 193 Rhondda Cynon Taf 190 Richmond upon Thames 382 Rochdale 257 Rotherham 575 Rutland 43 Salford 330 Sandwell 811 Scottish Borders 141 Sefton 382 Sheffield 964 Shetland Islands 13 Shropshire 528 Slough 235 Solihull 340 Somerset 1,215 South Ayrshire 93 South Gloucestershire 424 South Lanarkshire 379 South Tyneside 215 Southampton 570 Southend-on-Sea 340 Southwark 964 St. Helens 292 Staffordshire 1,535 Stirling 136 Stockport 268 Stockton-on-Tees 185 Stoke-on-Trent 442 Suffolk 1,450 Sunderland 424 Surrey 3,120 Sutton 444 Swansea 172 Swindon 474 Tameside 304 Telford and Wrekin 161 Thurrock 276 Torbay 208 Torfaen 101 Tower Hamlets 1,014 Trafford 241 Vale of Glamorgan 141 Wakefield 754 Walsall 444 Waltham Forest 613 Wandsworth 893 Warrington 340 Warwickshire 1,475 West Berkshire 269 West Dunbartonshire 54 West Lothian 185 West Northamptonshire 990 West Sussex 2,250 Westminster 1,216 Westmorland and Furness 480 Wigan 337 Wiltshire 1,180 Windsor and Maidenhead 179 Wirral 421 Wokingham 181 Wolverhampton 467 Worcestershire 931 Wrexham 126 York 372

Frequently asked questions

How many people died on Great Britain roads in 2024?: In 2024, 1,602 people were killed in reported road collisions in Great Britain. This fell by 22 (-1.4%) compared with the previous year. A road death is counted when a person dies within 30 days of the collision. Source: DfT, Reported road casualties Great Britain (STATS19), OGL v3.0.
How many road casualties were there in Great Britain in 2024?: There were 128,272 reported road casualties of all severities in Great Britain in 2024, of which 29,467 were killed or seriously injured (KSI). Total casualties fell -3.5% year on year. These are police-reported figures from the STATS19 system, published by the Department for Transport under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What does KSI mean?: KSI stands for "Killed or Seriously Injured", a standard Department for Transport classification from the STATS19 reporting system. "Killed" means a person died within 30 days of the collision. "Seriously injured" covers injuries requiring hospital admission or otherwise assessed as serious by police. The KSI figures shown here use DfT's severity-adjusted estimate, which makes the series comparable across years despite police forces moving to injury-based reporting systems (CRASH/COPA) at different times.
Is road safety in Great Britain improving?: Over the long run, reported road casualties have fallen substantially: total casualties in 2024 were -31.1% compared with 2015. Year-to-year changes can reflect random variation as well as underlying trend, and the 2020 figures were unusually low because of reduced travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Casualty counts also depend on traffic volumes, which is why rates per vehicle or per mile are used alongside absolute totals.
Which area of Great Britain has the most road casualties?: Among the 208 local authorities in the 2024 data, Kent recorded the most reported road casualties (3,821 of all severities). Absolute casualty counts are strongly influenced by population and traffic volume, so larger authorities naturally appear near the top — these are counts, not risk rates. Source: DfT STATS19 (RAS0403), OGL v3.0.

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Data period: 2024 (final annual figures). Source: DfT — Reported road casualties Great Britain, annual report 2024 (STATS19); data tables RAS0101 / RAS0402 / RAS0403. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.