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This chart shows the total road casualties by Local Authority in 2009. It also shows the cost of those casualties based on the DfT Estimates :-

DfT Reported casualties by severity and urban/rural area with estimated costs: 2009                
  Urban               Rural                Total1                 Urban  Costs as %age all
County/Unitary Authority Killed Serious Slight Costs (£M)   Killed Serious Slight Costs (£M)   Killed Serious Slight Costs (£M)  
                               
Greater London 171 2,964 24,207 £1,137.5   14 80 587 £44.6   185 3,044 24,794 £1,182.2   96.2%
    City of London 3 43 297 £16.6   0 0 0     3 43 297 £16.6   100.0%
    Barking and Dagenham 2 42 473 £17.3   0 1 6 £0.3   2 43 479 £17.5   98.5%
    Barnet 7 124 1,222 £50.3   1 5 44 £3.1   8 129 1,266 £53.4   94.2%
    Bexley 2 69 506 £22.5   3 8 44 £6.8   5 77 550 £29.3   76.8%
    Brent 8 93 748 £39.7   0 0 0     8 93 748 £39.7   100.0%
    Bromley 7 101 675 £38.5   4 15 75 £10.1   11 116 750 £48.6   79.3%
    Camden 5 136 767 £42.9   0 0 0     5 136 767 £42.9   100.0%
    Croydon 5 99 1,014 £39.7   0 3 21 £0.8   5 102 1,035 £40.6   98.0%
    Ealing 7 119 953 £45.6   0 0 0     7 119 953 £45.6   100.0%
    Enfield 7 80 841 £37.1   2 8 84 £5.8   9 88 925 £42.9   86.5%
    Greenwich 8 91 773 £39.7   0 0 0     8 91 773 £39.7   100.0%
    Hackney 4 99 819 £35.4   0 0 0     4 99 819 £35.4   100.0%
    Hammersmith and Fulham 3 90 629 £29.6   0 0 0     3 90 629 £29.6   100.0%
    Haringey 6 92 831 £37.5   0 0 0     6 92 831 £37.5   100.0%
    Harrow 3 41 430 £18.1   0 5 29 £1.3   3 46 459 £19.4   93.3%
    Havering 3 54 542 £22.0   2 16 131 £7.9   5 70 673 £29.8   73.7%
    Hillingdon 3 71 801 £28.6   2 12 82 £6.5   5 83 883 £35.1   81.6%
    Hounslow 6 95 778 £37.3   0 0 0     6 95 778 £37.3   100.0%
    Islington 3 74 734 £28.2   0 0 0     3 74 734 £28.2   100.0%
    Kensington and Chelsea 2 92 671 £28.9   0 0 0     2 92 671 £28.9   100.0%
    Kingston-upon-Thames 2 47 384 £16.9   0 3 25 £0.9   2 50 409 £17.8   95.0%
    Lambeth 2 171 1,112 £49.2   0 0 0     2 171 1,112 £49.2   100.0%
    Lewisham 7 105 860 £41.8   0 0 0     7 105 860 £41.8   100.0%
    Merton 2 53 420 £18.5   0 0 0     2 53 420 £18.5   100.0%
    Newham 9 84 853 £41.2   0 0 0     9 84 853 £41.2   100.0%
    Redbridge 9 60 670 £34.3   0 0 29 £0.4   9 60 699 £34.7   98.8%
    Richmond-upon-Thames 3 53 389 £19.6   0 0 0     3 53 389 £19.6   100.0%
    Southwark 6 121 981 £44.8   0 0 0     6 121 981 £44.8   100.0%
    Sutton 3 54 419 £20.2   0 0 7 £0.1   3 54 426 £20.3   99.5%
    Tower Hamlets 7 98 787 £39.6   0 0 0     7 98 787 £39.6   100.0%
    Waltham Forest 5 52 667 £26.5   0 4 8 £0.8   5 56 675 £27.3   97.0%
    Wandsworth 6 114 812 £41.2   0 0 0     6 114 812 £41.2   100.0%
    Westminster 15 246 1,309 £85.9   0 0 0     15 246 1,309 £85.9   100.0%
    Heathrow Airport 1 1 40 £2.3   0 0 2 £0.0   1 1 42 £2.4   98.8%
                               
Greater Manchester 50 608 7,428 £291.5   23 113 1,081 £71.7   73 721 8,509 £363.2   80.3%
    Bolton 4 52 778 £26.5   7 14 142 £15.6   11 66 920 £42.1   63.0%
    Bury 2 50 475 £18.7   1 13 160 £6.1   3 63 635 £24.9   75.3%
    Manchester 12 168 2,171 £79.3   1 6 46 £3.3   13 174 2,217 £82.6   96.0%
    Oldham 4 42 544 £21.4   7 15 83 £14.9   11 57 627 £36.4   58.9%
    Rochdale 1 47 497 £16.9   1 7 144 £4.8   2 54 641 £21.8   77.7%
    Salford 6 46 669 £27.1   0 19 179 £5.9   6 65 848 £33.0   82.1%
    Stockport 4 55 562 £24.0   3 9 83 £7.5   7 64 645 £31.5   76.1%
    Tameside 4 42 568 £21.8   0 3 46 £1.2   4 45 614 £22.9   94.9%
    Trafford 5 38 509 £21.8   1 8 60 £3.8   6 46 569 £25.7   85.0%
    Wigan 8 68 655 £34.0   2 19 138 £8.5   10 87 793 £42.4   80.0%
                               
Merseyside 38 429 3,658 £187.8   8 78 592 £34.9   46 507 4,250 £222.7   84.3%
    Knowsley 1 26 277 £10.1   4 25 157 £13.0   5 51 434 £23.1   43.7%
    Liverpool 12 192 1,758 £77.8   0 0 13 £0.2   12 192 1,771 £78.0   99.8%
    St Helens 3 29 307 £14.2   1 30 135 £8.8   4 59 442 £23.0   61.7%
    Sefton 9 70 646 £35.8   1 7 112 £4.4   10 77 758 £40.2   89.0%
    Wirral 13 112 670 £49.9   2 16 175 £8.5   15 128 845 £58.4   85.5%
                               
South Yorkshire 16 330 3,479 £132.8   21 163 1,428 £82.3   37 493 4,907 £215.1   61.7%
    Barnsley 1 44 439 £15.6   5 33 319 £18.3   6 77 758 £33.8   46.0%
    Doncaster 6 74 799 £33.9   6 58 541 £27.4   12 132 1,340 £61.3   55.3%
    Rotherham 2 40 649 £19.4   6 45 397 £23.1   8 85 1,046 £42.5   45.6%
    Sheffield 7 172 1,592 £64.0   4 27 171 £13.5   11 199 1,763 £77.5   82.5%
                               
Tyne and Wear 16 288 2,864 £116.7   8 87 809 £39.5   24 375 3,673 £156.2   74.7%
    Gateshead 2 46 583 £19.5   4 38 226 £16.3   6 84 809 £35.8   54.5%
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 97 980 £35.7   1 1 52 £2.5   4 98 1,032 £38.2   93.5%
    North Tyneside 1 43 365 £14.3   2 14 210 £8.6   3 57 575 £23.0   62.5%
    South Tyneside 4 34 309 £16.7   0 9 59 £2.4   4 43 368 £19.1   87.3%
    Sunderland 6 68 627 £30.4   1 25 262 £9.7   7 93 889 £40.1   75.8%
                               
West Midlands 66 877 8,688 £382.3   7 49 412 £25.6   73 926 9,100 £407.9   93.7%
    Birmingham 31 385 4,047 £174.3   2 5 49 £4.7   33 390 4,096 £179.1   97.3%
    Coventry 8 104 751 £41.7   1 5 61 £3.3   9 109 812 £45.0   92.6%
    Dudley 5 108 805 £38.4   0 1 17 £0.4   5 109 822 £38.8   98.9%
    Sandwell 6 95 1,121 £42.1   4 7 47 £8.2   10 102 1,168 £50.4   83.6%
    Solihull 6 51 427 £24.6   0 31 188 £8.2   6 82 615 £32.7   75.1%
    Walsall 7 73 740 £34.4   0 0 49 £0.7   7 73 789 £35.1   98.0%
    Wolverhampton 3 61 797 £26.8   0 0 1 £0.0   3 61 798 £26.8   99.9%
                               
West Yorkshire 41 647 6,300 £268.4   43 242 1,938 £138.4   84 889 8,238 £406.7   66.0%
    Bradford 14 157 1,814 £75.5   7 33 317 £21.4   21 190 2,131 £96.9   77.9%
    Calderdale 6 80 436 £29.9   3 31 275 £14.1   9 111 711 £44.0   67.9%
    Kirklees 10 101 1,217 £50.9   12 37 321 £30.1   22 138 1,538 £81.0   62.8%
    Leeds 10 219 2,139 £84.8   12 80 597 £41.6   22 299 2,736 £126.4   67.1%
    Wakefield 1 90 694 £27.3   9 61 428 £31.1   10 151 1,122 £58.4   46.8%
                               
Avon 15 148 2,147 £80.2   16 74 1,083 £53.7   31 222 3,230 £133.9   59.9%
    Bath & North East Somerset 0 13 268 £6.1   4 26 253 £14.5   4 39 521 £20.6   29.5%
    Bristol 12 92 1,253 £52.9   2 6 60 £5.1   14 98 1,313 £58.0   91.2%
    North Somerset 1 12 249 £7.2   3 18 409 £13.7   4 30 658 £20.9   34.5%
    South Gloucestershire 2 31 377 £14.0   7 24 361 £20.4   9 55 738 £34.4   40.6%
                               
Bedfordshire 12 93 1,102 £51.0   13 129 868 £55.7   25 222 1,970 £106.7   47.8%
     Bedford 0 24 261 £7.9   7 29 187 £18.9   7 53 448 £26.8   29.6%
     Central Bedfordshire 1 31 235 £10.4   6 97 660 £36.0   7 128 895 £46.4   22.4%
     Luton 11 38 606 £32.7   0 3 21 £0.8   11 41 627 £33.5   97.5%
                               
Berkshire 5 130 1,488 £51.9   16 139 1,057 £64.9   21 269 2,545 £116.8   44.4%
    Bracknell Forest 1 9 170 £5.6   1 12 131 £5.6   2 21 301 £11.1   50.1%
    Reading 1 48 415 £15.9   0 3 43 £1.1   1 51 458 £17.1   93.3%
    Slough 0 31 385 £10.9   0 4 152 £2.8   0 35 537 £13.7   79.3%
    West Berkshire 1 11 124 £5.3   9 42 325 £26.3   10 53 449 £31.6   16.7%
    Windsor and Maidenhead 2 17 226 £9.4   4 45 232 £17.6   6 62 458 £27.0   34.7%
    Wokingham 0 14 168 £4.8   2 33 174 £11.5   2 47 342 £16.3   29.7%
                               
Buckinghamshire 7 93 1,303 £45.9   23 200 1,385 £91.4   30 293 2,688 £137.3   33.4%
    Buckinghamshire (excluding UA) 4 55 696 £25.9   19 164 1,022 £73.6   23 219 1,718 £99.5   26.0%
    Milton Keynes 3 38 607 £20.0   4 36 363 £17.8   7 74 970 £37.8   52.9%
                               
Cambridgeshire 1 146 1,321 £46.1   22 313 1,799 £115.8   23 459 3,120 £161.8   28.5%
    Cambridgeshire (excluding UA) 1 100 775 £30.2   18 265 1,442 £95.9   19 365 2,217 £126.1   24.0%
    Peterborough 0 46 546 £15.8   4 48 357 £19.9   4 94 903 £35.7   44.3%
                               
Cheshire 4 270 2,052 £83.1   37 288 2,134 £139.8   41 558 4,186 £222.9   37.3%
    Cheshire East 0 95 633 £25.8   20 153 1,027 £73.3   20 248 1,660 £99.1   26.0%
    Cheshire West and Chester 2 91 587 £27.6   11 93 669 £43.4   13 184 1,256 £70.9   38.9%
    Halton 1 27 303 £10.6   1 12 71 £4.7   2 39 374 £15.3   69.3%
    Warrington 1 57 529 £19.1   5 30 367 £18.4   6 87 896 £37.5   51.0%
                               
Cleveland 5 116 830 £40.2   8 58 336 £27.7   13 174 1,166 £67.9   59.2%
    Hartlepool 1 13 143 £5.9   4 7 48 £8.3   5 20 191 £14.2   41.7%
    Middlesbrough 3 32 335 £15.1   1 2 40 £2.5   4 34 375 £17.6   85.8%
    Redcar & Cleveland 0 23 115 £5.7   2 21 140 £8.9   2 44 255 £14.6   39.1%
    Stockton on Tees 1 48 237 £13.4   1 28 108 £8.1   2 76 345 £21.5   62.5%
                               
Cornwall 0 25 438 £10.6   23 143 1,534 £83.4   23 168 1,972 £94.0   11.3%
                               
Cumbria 6 44 532 £24.8   17 180 1,250 £76.5   23 224 1,782 £101.3   24.5%
                               
Derbyshire 9 227 1,734 £78.9   39 291 1,761 £138.3   48 518 3,495 £217.2   36.3%
    Derbyshire (excluding UA) 7 134 870 £47.1   37 271 1,655 £130.1   44 405 2,525 £177.2   26.6%
    Derby 2 93 864 £31.8   2 20 106 £8.2   4 113 970 £40.0   79.5%
                               
Devon 11 86 1,813 £58.1   26 140 2,008 £94.2   37 226 3,821 £152.4   38.1%
    Devon (excluding UAs) 4 27 720 £21.2   26 132 1,902 £91.3   30 159 2,622 £112.6   18.9%
    Plymouth 4 38 791 £24.2   0 3 49 £1.2   4 41 840 £25.4   95.2%
    Torbay 3 21 302 £12.7   0 5 57 £1.7   3 26 359 £14.4   88.3%
                               
Dorset 4 155 1,295 £52.1   22 197 1,041 £84.5   26 352 2,336 £136.6   38.1%
    Dorset (excluding UAs) 2 49 369 £17.1   21 188 967 £80.3   23 237 1,336 £97.3   17.5%
    Bournemouth 2 63 595 £22.7   1 4 6 £2.4   3 67 601 £25.1   90.5%
    Poole 0 43 331 £12.3   0 5 68 £1.8   0 48 399 £14.1   87.0%
                               
Durham 4 73 892 £31.8   14 157 1,345 £69.0   18 230 2,237 £100.8   31.6%
    Durham (excluding UA) 3 51 646 £22.9   13 138 1,227 £62.3   16 189 1,873 £85.2   26.8%
    Darlington 1 22 246 £8.9   1 19 118 £6.6   2 41 364 £15.6   57.5%
                               
East Sussex 4 258 1,584 £74.4   20 241 1,057 £89.4   24 499 2,641 £163.8   45.4%
    East Sussex (excluding UA) 3 128 777 £38.4   19 223 909 £82.5   22 351 1,686 £121.0   31.8%
    Brighton & Hove 1 130 807 £36.0   1 18 148 £6.9   2 148 955 £42.9   84.0%
                               
Essex 20 346 2,474 £127.9   39 422 2,233 £168.2   59 768 4,707 £296.1   43.2%
    Essex (excluding UAs) 14 229 1,747 £87.4   37 378 1,920 £152.8   51 607 3,667 £240.2   36.4%
    Southend on Sea 6 93 463 £32.5   0 3 3 £0.6   6 96 466 £33.1   98.3%
    Thurrock 0 24 264 £8.0   2 41 310 £14.8   2 65 574 £22.8   35.0%
                               
Gloucestershire 4 79 617 £29.0   15 138 873 £60.6   19 217 1,490 £89.6   32.4%
                               
Hampshire 5 444 2,717 £125.0   33 364 1,931 £144.1   38 808 4,648 £269.1   46.4%
    Hampshire (excluding UAs) 4 267 1,559 £75.7   32 347 1,824 £138.0   36 614 3,383 £213.7   35.4%
    Portsmouth 1 83 531 £23.8   1 12 77 £4.8   2 95 608 £28.6   83.2%
    Southampton 0 94 627 £25.5   0 5 30 £1.3   0 99 657 £26.8   95.1%
                               
Herefordshire 1 22 218 £8.6   12 70 489 £38.3   13 92 707 £46.9   18.2%
                               
Hertfordshire 11 187 1,789 £75.8   25 190 1,754 £98.0   36 377 3,543 £173.8   43.6%
                               
Humberside 12 223 1,892 £85.2   25 240 1,316 £100.8   37 463 3,208 £186.0   45.8%
    East Riding of Yorkshire 4 24 223 £13.7   19 148 727 £66.6   23 172 950 £80.4   17.1%
    Kingston upon Hull 4 109 815 £37.2   0 0 10 £0.1   4 109 825 £37.3   99.6%
    North East Lincolnshire 1 69 599 £22.3   1 21 158 £7.5   2 90 757 £29.8   74.7%
    North Lincolnshire 3 21 255 £12.1   5 71 421 £26.5   8 92 676 £38.5   31.3%
                               
Isle of Wight 2 29 199 £11.1   1 41 203 £11.7   3 70 402 £22.8   48.7%
                               
Kent 15 277 2,863 £113.2   53 357 3,364 £194.6   68 634 6,227 £307.8   36.8%
    Kent (excluding UA) 10 222 2,248 £86.8   51 346 3,229 £187.6   61 568 5,477 £274.5   31.6%
    Medway 5 55 615 £26.3   2 11 135 £7.0   7 66 750 £33.3   79.0%
                               
Lancashire 15 419 3,519 £147.6   37 381 2,395 £160.0   52 800 5,914 £307.6   48.0%
    Lancashire (excluding UAs) 12 292 2,437 £105.1   36 362 2,251 £153.0   48 654 4,688 £258.1   40.7%
    Blackburn with Darwen 1 59 478 £18.8   1 19 98 £6.3   2 78 576 £25.1   74.8%
    Blackpool 2 68 604 £23.7   0 0 46 £0.6   2 68 650 £24.4   97.4%
                               
Leicestershire 10 138 1,962 £67.9   35 193 1,358 £108.8   45 331 3,320 £176.7   38.4%
    Leicestershire (excluding UAs) 4 61 771 £28.0   32 166 1,174 £96.7   36 227 1,945 £124.7   22.4%
    Leicester 6 77 1,191 £39.9   0 4 64 £1.6   6 81 1,255 £41.5   96.1%
    Rutland 0 0 0     3 23 120 £10.5   3 23 120 £10.5   0.0%
                               
Lincolnshire 2 109 933 £35.6   50 295 1,926 £158.7   52 404 2,859 £194.4   18.3%
                               
Norfolk 6 89 775 £36.2   44 256 1,565 £137.2   50 345 2,340 £173.4   20.9%
                               
Northamptonshire 6 124 701 £41.4   28 233 856 £97.8   34 357 1,557 £139.2   29.7%
                               
Northumberland 2 28 235 £11.4   16 140 923 £63.2   18 168 1,158 £74.6   15.3%
                               
North Yorkshire 3 100 821 £34.0   44 451 1,953 £177.4   47 551 2,774 £211.4   16.1%
    North Yorkshire (excluding UA) 0 69 502 £19.3   43 426 1,715 £168.0   43 495 2,217 £187.3   10.3%
    York 3 31 319 £14.7   1 25 238 £9.4   4 56 557 £24.1   61.1%
                               
Nottinghamshire 16 296 2,354 £111.0   32 251 1,407 £115.1   48 547 3,761 £226.1   49.1%
    Nottinghamshire (excluding UA) 10 156 1,307 £61.9   32 249 1,365 £114.2   42 405 2,672 £176.1   35.2%
    Nottingham 6 140 1,047 £49.1   0 2 42 £0.9   6 142 1,089 £50.0   98.1%
                               
Oxfordshire 3 100 635 £31.4   27 215 1,288 £99.1   30 315 1,923 £130.5   24.1%
                               
Shropshire 8 49 430 £27.4   25 124 1,009 £75.8   33 173 1,439 £103.2   26.6%
    Shropshire (excluding UA) 6 19 206 £15.8   21 98 787 £61.7   27 117 993 £77.5   20.4%
    Telford and Wrekin 2 30 224 £11.6   4 26 222 £14.1   6 56 446 £25.7   45.3%
                               
Somerset 2 50 472 £18.7   32 220 1,243 £107.3   34 270 1,715 £126.0   14.8%
                               
Staffordshire 24 116 2,389 £92.1   27 147 1,744 £93.4   51 263 4,133 £185.5   49.7%
    Staffordshire (excluding UA) 18 71 1,483 £61.9   27 145 1,661 £91.9   45 216 3,144 £153.8   40.3%
    Stoke on Trent 6 45 906 £30.2   0 2 83 £1.5   6 47 989 £31.7   95.2%
                               
Suffolk 8 121 909 £46.9   34 204 1,430 £110.2   42 325 2,339 £157.2   29.9%
                               
Surrey 17 239 2,648 £106.6   24 291 2,536 £125.3   41 530 5,184 £231.9   46.0%
                               
Warwickshire 3 85 683 £29.4   24 196 1,127 £88.7   27 281 1,810 £118.2   24.9%
                               
West Sussex 9 161 1,126 £58.7   30 251 1,163 £108.5   39 412 2,289 £167.2   35.1%
                               
Wiltshire 3 92 576 £29.2   29 201 1,027 £96.1   32 293 1,603 £125.3   23.3%
    Wiltshire (excluding UA) 2 42 253 £14.2   27 164 851 £83.9   29 206 1,104 £98.1   14.5%
    Swindon 1 50 323 £15.0   2 37 176 £12.2   3 87 499 £27.2   55.1%
                               
Worcestershire 4 48 870 £27.1   23 115 994 £70.8   27 163 1,864 £97.9   27.6%
                               
England 696 11,978 109,962 £4,774.7   1,184 9,348 63,612 £4,431.2   1,880 21,326 173,574 £9,205.9   51.9%
                               
1. Includes area type not reported.                                

 

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The original DfT Report may be downloaded from at :-

http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/rrcgb2009.pdf

 

 

       

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