Reported road casualties Great Britain, annual report: 2021
Statistics on personal injury collisions on public roads in Great Britain for 2021.
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These are the final statistics on road collisions and casualties for Great Britain in 2021.
The number of reported road casualties in 2021 continued to be impacted by the national restrictions following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including a period of lockdown between January and March. Casualty numbers increased compared to 2020, which was also affected by the pandemic, but remained lower than the pre-pandemic levels. Overall, casualties have broadly followed trends in traffic in recent years.
These statistics show that in 2021 there were:
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an estimated 1,558 reported road deaths, a decrease of 11% from pre-pandemic levels (2019)
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an estimated 27,450 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties, 11% below the 2019 level
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an estimated 128,209 casualties of all severities, 16% below the 2019 level
Alongside this publication we have separately published further analysis including:
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a series of factsheets on vulnerable road users, including e-scooters, pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists and on road user risk
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initial analysis on the type of injury sustained, for police forces where this information is available
We have also published changes to road casualty statistics following user feedback. This includes changes to the accompanying data tables to meet accessibility requirements. A mapping from the previous tables can be found in the table index.
The next reported road casualty statistics, for the year to end June 2022, are scheduled for publication in November.