Overview

• Final Department for Transport data show 1,602 fatalities in 2024, with 29,467 people killed or seriously injured and 128,272 casualties in total.
• Rural roads accounted for 60% of deaths (956), compared with 555 in urban areas and 91 on motorways.
• Lincolnshire recorded the most fatalities among upper-tier areas with 53 deaths, while Kent had the most total casualties at 3,821 and the highest number seriously hurt or killed at 921.
• Motorcyclist deaths rose 8% and pedestrian fatalities edged up 1% as deaths among car occupants fell 5%, concentrating risk on more vulnerable users.
• RoSPA warns progress has stalled and urges lower speeds, targeted enforcement, safer infrastructure, and measures like 20mph zones and graduated driver licensing.