Government data published by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents shows that motorways are by far the safest roads.
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
4,989
Motorways (slight)
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
941
Rural roads (killed)
7,806
Rural roads (serious)
36,829
Rural roads (slight)
616
Urban roads (killed)
12,549
Urban roads (serious)
81,215
Urban roads (slight)
80
Motorways (killed)
546
Motorways (serious)
4,989
Motorways (slight)
N.b. Due to changes in severity reporting systems during 2016, serious injury figures and slight injury figures are not directly comparable with previous figures.
