Information on severity of injury and type of road user for 2017.
This is not the latest release in the series: Police recorded road accidents
Series information:
Main points
- In 2017 there were 4,556 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police, a reduction of 365 on 2016 (7.4% reduction).
- These recorded accidents resulted in 6,202 casualties, which was 651 fewer than in 2016.
Within the 6,202 casualties:
- 103 people were killed on Welsh Roads, which was the same as in 2016
- 961 people were seriously injured, which was 44 fewer (4.4% fewer) than in 2016
- 5,138 people were slightly injured, which was 607 fewer (10.6% fewer) than 2016.
Reports
Police recorded road accidents, 2017 (revised) , file type: PDF, file size: 2 MB
PDF
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Data
Datasets and interactive tools
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Contact
Ryan Pike
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Email: stats.transport@gov.wales
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Media
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