AQW 37586/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 16/10/2014
Answered On Date: 30/10/2014
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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.