AQW 37586/11-15 Written question to the Minister of the Environment
To ask the Minister of the Environment to detail the number of fatalities from road traffic collisions in Northern Ireland, compared to the rest of the UK, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 16 October 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 16 October 2014
- Answer due by
- 31 October 2014
- Answered
- 30 October 201414 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of the Environment
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Available information is provided in Table 1 and Table 2 below.
Table 1: Number of fatalities from road traffic collisions
| Year | Northern Ireland | England | Wales | Scotland | Great Britain |
| 2011 | 59 | 1,594 | 121 | 186 | 1,901 |
| 2012 | 48 | 1,491 | 93 | 170 | 1,754 |
| 2013 | 57 | 1,430 | 111 | 172 | 1,713 |
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland, Department for Transport
Table 2: Rate of road deaths from road traffic collisions per million population
| Year | Northern Ireland | England | Wales | Scotland | Great Britain |
| 2011 | 32.5 | 30.0 | 39.5 | 35.1 | 30.9 |
| 2012 | 26.3 | 27.9 | 30.3 | 32.0 | 28.3 |
| 2013 | 31.2 | 26.5 | 36.0 | 32.3 | 27.5 |
Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland, Department for Transport, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and the Office for National Statistics.