2012 Provisional road casualty figures in Hampshire

In 2012 there were a total of 2652 accidents on Hampshire roads, excluding motorway and trunk roads, and the cities of Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

These resulted in 3337 casualties of which:

• 600 road users were killed or seriously injured

• 44 of this 600 were children under the age of 16

Year	Fatal	Serious	KSI	Slight	Total
2006	49	504	553	3522	4075
2007	67	565	632	3493	4125
2008	35	480	515	3010	3525
2009	34	534	568	2830	3398
2010	31	530	561	2863	3424
2011	35	634	669	2871	3540
2012	25	575	600	2737	3337

• For official definitions of casualty types:see the Department for Transport definitions document 

Our targets

• To reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI)in road traffic accidents on Hampshire’s roads by 20% from the 2004 to 2008 average by 2020.

• To reduce the number of children killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents on Hampshire’s roads by 20% from the 2004 to 2008 average by 2020. Interim Target: To achieve 50% of the targeted reduction by 2015.

The Road Safety Team will continue to work towards reducing these figures and meeting the targets outlined in Hampshire's Local Transport Plan.

The Road Safety Team will continue to deliver and develop road safety education, training and publicity initiatives to raise awareness about road safety and the actions people can take to help keep themselves safe.

Find out more

For more information please contact the Road Safety Team:

• Telephone 01962 846100
• email road.safety@hants.gov.uk
• Use our online contact form