The National Statistics department in the Department for Transport have just released the provisional results for 2023 for ‘Reported road casualties Great Britain’. Details of this can be found by clicking here
In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2023 there were an estimated:
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1,645 fatalities, a decline of 4% compared to 2022
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29,643 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties, little change compared to 2022 (KSI means Killed and Seriously injured)
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132,063 casualties of all severities, a decline of 3% compared to 2022
Considering the different road user types and demographics, the statistics show:
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of the 4 main road user types, the road user type with the biggest estimated percentage change for 2023 compared to 2022 for fatalities was motorcyclists, which showed a decline of 12%
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of the 4 main road user types, pedal cyclists had the biggest estimated percentage change for 2023 compared to 2022 for all casualties, which showed a decline of 6%
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in 2023, 75% of fatalities and 61% of casualties of all severities were male
Comparison between Young and Older Drivers
Interesting from their release they said for in relation to all ages, percentage of the fatalities between 2013 and 2023 shows:
- 24% were aged 17 to 29 years, this is a 24% decrease for men and 33% decrease for women since 2013
- 23% were aged 70 years old and over, this is 19% increase for men and 6% increase for women since 2013
For females the age group with the most fatalities in 2023 was 70 year olds and over with 151 fatalities.
Where councils and national bodies are often focussing on young drivers, this shows fatalities are going down for younger drivers, but up for older drivers fatalities are on average increasing in the last 10 years.
What can you do?
This is why ourselves at the Older Drivers Forum are working hard to help and support mature motorists to carry on driving safely for longer. We can do many things to help ourselves, visit our page for ‘
Older Drivers‘ which gives practical tips to reduce your risks. You can also visit our ‘
Webinars‘ page to see previous recorded webinars which give great support and advice o a many different subjects.
The main reason Older Drivers have an increase risk of fatalities is mainly because of our frailty and being involved in a collision can cause us to be more seriously injured than many other age groups. We need to ensure we never become complacent about our driving as we age.
Our calculations show that Nationally in 2023:
Fatals – for all car occupants
- All ages – 749
- 60 and above – 262
- This shows 35% were in the 60 and above age group
KSI’s – for all car occupants
- All ages 11,655
- 60 and above – 2,972
- This shows 25% were in the 60 and above age group
All Casualties – for all car occupants
- All ages – 72,155
- 60 and above – 132,248
- This shows that 18% were in the 60 and above age group
Other analysis of the provisional 2023 data shows:
- 75% of fatalities and 61% of casualties of all severities were male
- 4% of fatalities and 10% of casualties were aged 16 years old and under
- 24% of fatalities and 29% of casualties were aged 17 to 29 years old
- 23% of fatalities and 8% of casualties were aged 70 years old and over
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