1711 people died last year as traffic numbers hit pre-pandemic levels, 328 billion vehicle miles being travelled
Across the year, 76% of fatalities and 62% of casualties of all severities – from slightly injured to killed – were male.
As in previous years, car occupants were involved in the most accidents in 2022, with 74,379 casualties, 788 of them fatal . ]Pedestrian deaths, however, were down 18% to 788 and casualties down 11% to 19,327. This left the UK with the joint-fourth least deaths per million citizens globally, at 26, with only Norway , Sweden and Iceland safer. The list was topped by the US, with 127 deaths per million.
Responding to the figures, RAC road safety spokesperson Rod Dennis called on the government to ramp up efforts to tackle preventable deaths, such as drivers being distracted or speeding.
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