Top 10 Worst Local Authorities for Road Casualties in 2023:
- Kent (excl Medway Towns) – 3,457
- Surrey – 2,783
- Birmingham – 2,383
- Essex (excl Southend and Thurrock) – 2,377
- Hampshire (excl Portsmouth and Southampton) – 2,278
- Lancashire (excl Blackburn and Blackpool) – 2,159
- West Sussex – 1,826
- Hertfordshire – 1,780
- Lincolnshire – 1,604
- Leeds – 1,585
However, whilst many areas faced a rise in the number of road casualties during 2023, other parts of the country have seen rates fall significantly.
The biggest change found by Moneybarn Car Financing was in Stoke on Trent, which experienced a 72.7 percent drop in cases between 2019 and 2023.
Various parts of Scotland have also seen road casualty rates fall, including Inverclyde, East Dunbartonshire and the Western Isles.
Moneybarn Car Financing also highlighted that the majority of accidents that take place on the UK’s roads occur at slower speeds.
According to their research, nearly 54 percent of road accidents occurred on roads where the speed limit was 30mph, with a further 15.5 percent taking place on 20mph areas.
The company also found that collisions on 20mph roads increased by 55 percent from 2019 to 2023, possibly helped by the speed limit being rolled out on urban roads in parts of Wales and Scotland.
