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Road crash (and casualty) data collection

Medway Council continually monitors personal injury road traffic crash information supplied by Kent Police. The crash data is checked and recorded onto a database for analysis to help identify patterns and common causation factors leading up to the incident.

Personal injury collisions are categorised by severity:

  • Fatal - a crash resulting in a death;
  • Serious - detention in hospital, includes paralysis, fractures and severe lacerations;
  • Slight - includes whiplash, sprains and minor lacerations.

The table of data and graphs below, summarise the Road Traffic Crash statistics in Medway from 1994 to 2010 and includes killed or seriously injured (KSI), slight and total casualties:

 

Year KSI casualties Slight casualties Total casualties
1994 165 792 957
1995 144 873 1017
1996 151 909   1060
1997 126 876 1002
1998 147 1106 1253
1999 117 903 1020
2000 98 784 882
2001 91 736 827
2002 106 785 891
2003 96 778 874
2004 96 729 825
2005 90 754 844
2006 80 695 775
2007 79 690 769
2008 81 672 753
2009 73 750 823
2010 59 633 692

 

Medway Road Traffic Collision Casualties 1994 to 2010

 

Chart showing the trend of KSI casualties by mode of transport

As you can see from the above, the number of road casualties occurring on Medway's roads have been reduced over the last 10 years. Medway Council continues to work to reduce casualties further. 

 

For more information

Local residents and academic institutions can receive information from this crash record database free of charge, but consultants and professional bodies are charged for this service. Please note the Data Protection Act 1998 limits the level of detail the public can receive.

Go to the team news section to read more about how the Medway Road Safety Team are working hard to reduce road casualties.

For more information contact Customer First by telephone: 01634 333333 or by email: customer.first@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Customer First, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

 

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