Facts about road collisions

British Casualty Statistics

Between 1981 and 1985 - the average number of people killed each year on the road of England and Wales was: 5,598. By 2004 the number had been reduced to: 3,221 the lowest figure since records began in 1926.

STATISTICS

Year	No. of Fatalities Bedfordshire & Luton	No. of Fatalities Hertfordshire
1993	50
1994	38
1995	49
1996	41
1997	37
1998	33
1999	49	47
2000	36	49
2001	39	49
2002	53	58
2003	32	38
2004	23	51
2005	29	59
2006	32	43
2007	27	50
2008	28	33
2009	25	36
2010	18	31

The Road Victims Trust applauds the work of the Bedfordshire & Luton Casualty Reduction Partnership and Hertfordshire Safety Camera Partnership whose efforts have brought about a major reduction in serious road collisions.

Nationally there has been a fall in the number of people being killed or seriously injured at camera sites, down 79%, to 14 people from 68.

Throughout the country there are two fewer people being killed or seriously injured each week.

A local example of this is: Truvelo Speed Camera Road casualties halved following the installation of cameras and new signage on the A6 road between Bedford and Luton, which had the worst casualty history in the county, (104 people killed or seriously injured in 3 years).