ROAD ACCIDENT AND CASUALTY REPORT 2009

Suffolk County Council compiles a database of road accidents involving personal injury, occurring on public highways, which have been attended by, or reported to, Suffolk Constabulary.

Accidents are categorised according to their casualty injury severity: fatal, serious or slight, as judged by the police officer making the accident report.

"Road Casualty Report 2009" provides data and analysis, detailing performance in 2009 and against our national casualty reduction targets.

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Road Casualty Report 2009 (pdf 1.6mb)

2009 Overview

• 2009 reported the lowest number of injury collisions since before the mid-1960s

• At 1,947 this represents the first time the county has reported collision figures below 2,000

• Of the total reported casualties in 2009, 14% fell in the category of killed or seriously injured. 15 years ago in 1994 this figure was 19% , suggesting that the severity of collisions is becoming less

• In 2009 a combination of one or more of the 4 RoadSafe campaign themes (speeding, seatbelt compliance, drink driving and mobile phone use) contributed to 32% (116) of KSI casualties.

National Casualty Reduction Targets

In 2000 the government produced a set of casualty targets for 2010 based on 1994-98 (average) baselines. Details of these and our current performance targets are shown in the report.

Government Targets
• A 40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI). In Suffolk this means a reduction from 478 casualties to 287.

• A 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured (KSI). In Suffolk this means a reduction from 51 casualties to 25.

• A 10% reduction in the number of people slightly injured. In Suffolk this means a reduction from 2443 casualties to 2199.

BBC link Road Deaths in Great Britain 1999 - 2008

Suffolk Stretched Targets
Suffolk is stretching these targets to achieve greater casualty reduction by 2010. The graphs below indicate our stretched targets for 2008.

Casualty Reduction Targets

Suffolk County Council sets annual road casualty reduction targets for killed and seriously injured (KSI) and slight injuries (Sl) in the county. The following graphs indicate our progress towards our stretched targets. (updated July 2010)

Graph 1: Blue line shows a target reduction to 287 for killed or seriously injured in 2010. The red line shows our cumulative position to date.

Graph 2: Blue line shows a target reduction to 25 for children aged 0-15 killed or seriously injured in 2010. The red line shows our cumulative position to date.

Graph 3: : Blue line shows a target reduction to 2565 for slight injuries in 2010. The red line shows our cumulative position to date.

Note: All red line figures are provisional.

Graph 4: A year by year bar chart from 1994 to 2007 (to date) indicating fatal collisions and fatal casualties.

The total KSI casualty target for 2008 is a reduction to 322.