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Causes of death and health conditions · Injuries and external causes

Road and transport deaths deaths in the UK

The Office for National Statistics recorded 1,366 deaths in England and Wales in 2025 where the underlying cause was Land transport accidents (ICD-10 V01 to V89). That was 83 fewer than in 2024 (1,449). Since 2001 the yearly figure has ranged from 1,180 (2020) to 3,236 (2003).

England and Wales, 2025
1,366
deaths registered · ONS
Age-standardised rate, 2025
2.2
per 100,000 people · ONS
Scotland, 2024
171
deaths registered · NRS
Northern Ireland, 2024
64
deaths registered · NISRA

Deaths each year in England and Wales

3,2361,180 2001 2025
Deaths registered in England and Wales from Land transport accidents, 2001 to 2025. Office for National Statistics.

Taking account of the population's size and age, the ONS age-standardised death rate was 2.2 per 100,000 people in 2025, 21.4% lower than in 2013 (2.8). For men it was 3.4 and for women 1.0.

Men accounted for 1,041 of the 2025 deaths and women for 325.

Road and transport deaths, V01 to V89: deaths registered in England and Wales; rate per 100,000 from 2013.
YearAllMenWomenAge-standardised rate
20251,3661,0413252.2
20241,4491,1203292.3
20231,3341,0103242.2
20221,2831,0032802.1
20211,2929793132.2
20201,1809022782.0
20191,5021,0954072.5
20181,5471,1703772.6
20171,5571,1514062.7
20161,6591,2504092.8
20151,6451,2284172.8
20141,7551,3234323.0
20131,5741,1744002.8
20121,6211,217404–
20111,7711,342429–
20101,9341,424510–
20092,2211,692529–
20082,6261,954672–
20072,9192,191728–
20062,9902,256734–
20052,9902,294696–
20043,0532,279774–
20033,2362,398838–
20023,1842,412772–
20013,0422,273769–

Age at death

Of the 1,366 deaths in 2025 with an age recorded, 21.1% were of people aged 75 or over; the largest number, 555, was in the 15 to 44 age group.

Deaths by age at death, England and Wales.
Age2025: all2025: men2025: women2001: all
Under 1524159158
15 to 44555476791,668
45 to 6432824583537
65 to 7417112051253
75 to 8419812771283
85 and over905832143

Scotland

National Records of Scotland recorded 171 deaths from this cause in 2024 (122 men, 49 women).

Northern Ireland

NISRA's Registrar General figures give 64 deaths from this cause registered in Northern Ireland in 2024, against 72 in 2014.

Deaths registered in Northern Ireland. NISRA, Registrar General Annual Report, table 6.4b.
YearAllMenWomen
2024644519
2023524210
2022574611
2021524012
2020332310
2019523715
2018704822
2017795920
2016624517
2015766313
2014725418

How the figures are defined

Each death is counted once, under its underlying cause: the disease or injury that started the chain of events leading to death, as certified by a doctor or coroner and coded by the ONS to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This page uses the ONS grouping “Land transport accidents”, codes V01 to V89. Other conditions mentioned on a death certificate are not counted here.

How deaths are registered and counted, how the age-standardised rate works and where the ONS series has breaks is set out under how these figures are compiled.

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Sources and receipts

ONS mortality extracts for codes V01 to V89, with SHA-256 fingerprints; the ONS, NRS and NISRA workbooks are listed with the other sources.

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