Hundreds injured on Bristol's roads as UK map shows deadly crash hotspots View Image

Fifteen people died following road traffic collisions in Bristol and the surrounding area last year, and more than 1,500 were injured. New Department for Transport figures show there were 1,602 fatalities on British roads in 2024, a slight 1% fall from the previous year.

Some 29,467 people nationally were killed or seriously injured, also a 1% fall from 2023, while there were 128,272 casualties in total, a 4% fall.

Those figures include 15 fatalities in Bristol and the surrounding area, 327 people who were killed or seriously injured, and 1,758 casualties overall. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is concerned that “progress on road safety has stalled”.

It warns that “vulnerab

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