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Road Casualties Wales, 2008


The latest National Statistics on Road Casualties produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 25 June 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
 

Statistics on Road Casualties include data for Wales for the period up to the end of December 2008. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 8 July 2008.

The Release
Statistical Release 96/2009 (PDF 192kB)

The key points from the latest release are:

During 2008 there were 7,783 road accidents involving personal injury recorded by the police in Wales, 556 (7 per cent) fewer than in 2007.

These accidents resulted in 11,185 casualties, 1,084 (9 per cent) fewer than in 2007. Within this total:

  • 142 people were killed on Welsh roads in 2008, 19 (12 per cent) fewer than in 2007.
  • 1,253 people were seriously injured in 2008, 15 (1 per cent) more than in 2007.
  • 9,790 people were slightly injured, a decrease of 1,080 (10 per cent) compared to the previous year.