County road casualties at all-time low

THE total number of reported road casualties in Warwickshire fell in 2012 for the fifth consecutive year to reach the lowest number on record.

The number of road users killed or seriously injured fell to 299 in 2012, down from 313 in 2011, with fatal casualties also falling, down from 33 to 28. There were noticeable reductions in the number of deaths or serious injuries amongst, cyclists, car occupants, older road users and 16-24 year old drivers and passengers.

The new figures show that 2,055 road users were reported killed or injured on Warwickshire’s roads in 2012. This is a small reduction compared to 2,078 casualties in 2011, but the annual number of road casualties has fallen by about a third over the last decade.

Nationally, cyclist fatal and serious injury casualties have been increasing, but in Warwickshire cyclist deaths and serious injuries fell in 2012 to 24, down from 36 and bringing them closer to the 21 experienced in 2010.