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58. Road accidents

Number of people and children killed or seriously injured, 1990 to 2007

Number killed or seriously injured since:

1990

1999

• In 1970 over 100,000 people were killed or seriously injured in road accidents. In 2007 the total was just over 30,700 - a decrease of 69 per cent.
• The number of children killed or seriously injured in accidents fell from 12,500 in 1979 to 3,100 in 2007 (a drop of 75 per cent).
  

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