Road traffic deaths in United Kingdom
Road traffic accidents in United Kingdom killed 2.8 people per 100,000 inhabitants in 2018.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2018
2.8
Change from 2017
0per 100,000 people
European Union, 2018
5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (Estimated)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
4.8 per 100,000 people
Road traffic deaths in United Kingdom over time
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Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 4.4 per 100,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 4.6 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | – | 4.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | – | 4.2 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | – | 5.1 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.8 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 3.1 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 3.0 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 3.8 per 100,000 people | 7.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 4.3 per 100,000 people | 8.4 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 5.0 per 100,000 people | 9.1 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 9.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 9.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 10.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 11.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 6.0 per 100,000 people | 11.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 12.0 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2000 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 12.5 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2017.
- Since 2008, when it was 4.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.5.
- The figure for the European Union in 2018 was 5.2 per 100,000 people.
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All statistics for United Kingdom
Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Car ownership
474 per 1,000 people
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Car share of passenger transport
86.9%e (Estimated)
2019 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
71,823 million passenger-km
2019 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
90.8%
2019 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
19.2%
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