Key Driving Safety Messages
Road Safety Facts and Figures
On average, every day in 2005:
- Almost 9 people were killed on the road.
- Almost 80 people were seriously injured.
- In total, 750 people were killed or injured.
| Road User | Deaths |
% of all road deaths |
Casualties |
% of all road casualties |
| Car Users | 1,675 | 52 | 178,302 | 65 |
| Pedestrians | 671 | 21 | 33,281 | 12.5 |
| Motorcyclists | 569 | 18 | 24,824 | 9 |
| Pedal Cyclists | 148 | 5 | 16,561 | 6 |
| Goods Vehicle Users | 109 | 4 | 8.891 | 3 |
| Bus/Coach Users | 9 | 0.5 | 7,920 | 3 |
| Other | 20 | 0.5 | 1,238 | 0.5 |
| Total | 3,201 | 271,017 |
Key Facts
- 90% of road crashes involve at least one car driver.
- Just over half of the people killed and two-thirds of those injured are car drivers or passengers.
- One in five of those killed are pedestrians.
- Almost one in five people killed on the road are motorcyclists.
- Most road accidents occur on urban roads.
- Most road accidents occur in daylight and good driving conditions.
- Crashes which occur on rural roads are often more severe because of the higher speeds involved.
- The most dangerous hours on the roads on weekdays are the rush hours from 3.00 to 6.00pm, and then 7.00 to 9.00am.
- Virtually all (95%) road accidents involve some human error, and in three-quarters, the human is solely to blame.
- Most road accidents could be prevented with care and common sense.
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