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Road casualties of all severities: record highs and lows

The extremes of road casualties of all severities as published by Department for Transport, across the 97 periods held here (1926 to 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

398,0001965

Lowest published

115,5842020

The full series

Road casualties of all severities: 1926 to 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0100k200k300k19301940195019601970198019902000201020201926: 139,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261927: 154,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261928: 171,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261929: 178,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261930: 185,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261931: 209,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261932: 213,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261933: 224,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261934: 239,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261935: 228,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261936: 234,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261937: 233,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261938: 233,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261942: 148,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261943: 123,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261944: 131,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261945: 138,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261946: 163,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261947: 166,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261948: 153,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261949: 177,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261950: 201,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261951: 216,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261952: 208,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261953: 227,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261954: 238,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261955: 268,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261956: 268,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261957: 274,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261958: 300,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261959: 333,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261960: 348,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261961: 350,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261962: 342,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261963: 356,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261964: 385,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261965: 398,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261966: 392,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261967: 370,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261968: 349,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261969: 353,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261970: 363,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261971: 352,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261972: 360,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261973: 354,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261974: 325,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261975: 325,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261976: 340,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261977: 348,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261978: 350,000 casualties · published 30 July 20261979: 334,513 casualties · published 30 July 20261980: 326,732 casualties · published 30 July 20261981: 324,840 casualties · published 30 July 20261982: 334,331 casualties · published 30 July 20261983: 308,584 casualties · published 30 July 20261984: 324,314 casualties · published 30 July 20261985: 317,524 casualties · published 30 July 20261986: 321,489 casualties · published 30 July 20261987: 311,473 casualties · published 30 July 20261988: 322,305 casualties · published 30 July 20261989: 341,592 casualties · published 30 July 20261990: 341,141 casualties · published 30 July 20261991: 311,368 casualties · published 30 July 20261992: 310,753 casualties · published 30 July 20261993: 306,135 casualties · published 30 July 20261994: 315,359 casualties · published 30 July 20261995: 310,687 casualties · published 30 July 20261996: 320,578 casualties · published 30 July 20261997: 327,803 casualties · published 30 July 20261998: 325,212 casualties · published 30 July 20261999: 320,310 casualties · published 30 July 20262000: 320,283 casualties · published 30 July 20262001: 313,309 casualties · published 30 July 20262002: 302,605 casualties · published 30 July 20262003: 290,607 casualties · published 30 July 20262004: 280,840 casualties · published 30 July 20262005: 271,017 casualties · published 30 July 20262006: 258,404 casualties · published 30 July 20262007: 247,780 casualties · published 30 July 20262008: 230,905 casualties · published 30 July 20262009: 222,146 casualties · published 30 July 20262010: 208,648 casualties · published 30 July 20262011: 203,950 casualties · published 30 July 20262012: 195,723 casualties · published 30 July 20262013: 183,670 casualties · published 30 July 20262014: 194,477 casualties · published 30 July 20262015: 186,189 casualties · published 30 July 20262016: 181,384 casualties · published 30 July 20262017: 170,993 casualties · published 30 July 20262018: 160,597 casualties · published 30 July 20262019: 153,158 casualties · published 30 July 20262020: 115,584 casualties · published 30 July 20262021: 128,209 casualties · published 30 July 20262022: 135,480 casualties · published 30 July 20262023: 132,977 casualties · published 30 July 20262024: 128,272 casualties · published 30 July 20262025: 127,883 casualties · published 30 July 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.