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Deaths and injuries on the roads of West Yorkshire and nationally

The figures below show deaths, serious injuries, and all injuries on the roads of West Yorkshire and across the UK.

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These statistics represent real people with families and friends who are deeply affected.

The only acceptable number of road casualties is zero. We aim to create a society where everyone in West Yorkshire feels safe on our roads.

Locally

1,450 people were killed or seriously injured on West Yorkshire roads in 2023.
1,400 people were seriously injured.
50 lost their lives.
5,452 casualties, including slight injuries, in West Yorkshire for 2023.
£2.4 million The human cost alone is a tragedy, but financially, each fatality costs society £2.4 million.

Nationally

5 people on average die on UK roads every day (10-year average from 2013-2022).
82 people, or one every 16 minutes, are seriously injured daily on UK roads (10-year average from 2013-2022).
£43 billion was the total financial cost of all collisions in Great Britain in 2022, with a quarter linked to KSI collisions (Department of Transport figures, 2023).

To learn more about road safety statistics, visit Brake’s website.