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Road deaths: record highs and lows

The extremes of road deaths as published by Department for Transport, across the 100 periods held here (1926 to 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

9,1691941

Lowest published

1,4602020

The full series

Road deaths: 1926 to 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour03k5k8k19301940195019601970198019902000201020201926: 4,886 deaths · published 30 July 20261927: 5,329 deaths · published 30 July 20261928: 6,138 deaths · published 30 July 20261929: 6,696 deaths · published 30 July 20261930: 7,305 deaths · published 30 July 20261931: 6,691 deaths · published 30 July 20261932: 6,667 deaths · published 30 July 20261933: 7,202 deaths · published 30 July 20261934: 7,343 deaths · published 30 July 20261935: 6,502 deaths · published 30 July 20261936: 6,561 deaths · published 30 July 20261937: 6,633 deaths · published 30 July 20261938: 6,648 deaths · published 30 July 20261939: 8,272 deaths · published 30 July 20261940: 8,609 deaths · published 30 July 20261941: 9,169 deaths · published 30 July 20261942: 6,926 deaths · published 30 July 20261943: 5,796 deaths · published 30 July 20261944: 6,416 deaths · published 30 July 20261945: 5,256 deaths · published 30 July 20261946: 5,062 deaths · published 30 July 20261947: 4,881 deaths · published 30 July 20261948: 4,513 deaths · published 30 July 20261949: 4,773 deaths · published 30 July 20261950: 5,012 deaths · published 30 July 20261951: 5,250 deaths · published 30 July 20261952: 4,706 deaths · published 30 July 20261953: 5,090 deaths · published 30 July 20261954: 5,010 deaths · published 30 July 20261955: 5,526 deaths · published 30 July 20261956: 5,367 deaths · published 30 July 20261957: 5,550 deaths · published 30 July 20261958: 5,970 deaths · published 30 July 20261959: 6,520 deaths · published 30 July 20261960: 6,970 deaths · published 30 July 20261961: 6,908 deaths · published 30 July 20261962: 6,709 deaths · published 30 July 20261963: 6,922 deaths · published 30 July 20261964: 7,820 deaths · published 30 July 20261965: 7,952 deaths · published 30 July 20261966: 7,985 deaths · published 30 July 20261967: 7,319 deaths · published 30 July 20261968: 6,810 deaths · published 30 July 20261969: 7,365 deaths · published 30 July 20261970: 7,499 deaths · published 30 July 20261971: 7,699 deaths · published 30 July 20261972: 7,763 deaths · published 30 July 20261973: 7,406 deaths · published 30 July 20261974: 6,883 deaths · published 30 July 20261975: 6,366 deaths · published 30 July 20261976: 6,570 deaths · published 30 July 20261977: 6,614 deaths · published 30 July 20261978: 6,831 deaths · published 30 July 20261979: 6,352 deaths · published 30 July 20261980: 5,953 deaths · published 30 July 20261981: 5,846 deaths · published 30 July 20261982: 5,937 deaths · published 30 July 20261983: 5,445 deaths · published 30 July 20261984: 5,599 deaths · published 30 July 20261985: 5,165 deaths · published 30 July 20261986: 5,385 deaths · published 30 July 20261987: 5,125 deaths · published 30 July 20261988: 5,052 deaths · published 30 July 20261989: 5,373 deaths · published 30 July 20261990: 5,217 deaths · published 30 July 20261991: 4,568 deaths · published 30 July 20261992: 4,229 deaths · published 30 July 20261993: 3,814 deaths · published 30 July 20261994: 3,650 deaths · published 30 July 20261995: 3,621 deaths · published 30 July 20261996: 3,598 deaths · published 30 July 20261997: 3,599 deaths · published 30 July 20261998: 3,421 deaths · published 30 July 20261999: 3,423 deaths · published 30 July 20262000: 3,409 deaths · published 30 July 20262001: 3,450 deaths · published 30 July 20262002: 3,431 deaths · published 30 July 20262003: 3,508 deaths · published 30 July 20262004: 3,221 deaths · published 30 July 20262005: 3,201 deaths · published 30 July 20262006: 3,172 deaths · published 30 July 20262007: 2,946 deaths · published 30 July 20262008: 2,538 deaths · published 30 July 20262009: 2,222 deaths · published 30 July 20262010: 1,850 deaths · published 30 July 20262011: 1,901 deaths · published 30 July 20262012: 1,754 deaths · published 30 July 20262013: 1,713 deaths · published 30 July 20262014: 1,775 deaths · published 30 July 20262015: 1,730 deaths · published 30 July 20262016: 1,792 deaths · published 30 July 20262017: 1,793 deaths · published 30 July 20262018: 1,784 deaths · published 30 July 20262019: 1,752 deaths · published 30 July 20262020: 1,460 deaths · published 30 July 20262021: 1,558 deaths · published 30 July 20262022: 1,711 deaths · published 30 July 20262023: 1,624 deaths · published 30 July 20262024: 1,602 deaths · published 30 July 20262025: 1,538 deaths · published 30 July 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.