Road fatalities increased by 7% from 1,460 in 2020 - a year when traffic levels plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic
An estimated 1,558 people were killed on Britain's roads last year, Department for Transport figures show.
. Last year's total represents an 11% decrease compared with 2019. Traffic levels did continue to remain low in 2021, however, due to coronavirus restrictions and a three-month lockdown, affecting the overall measurement of causalities. Steve Gooding, director of motoring research charity the RAC Foundation, said:"While the headline reduction in death and injury on the roads is welcome, the waters are still muddied by the impact of COVID and the damping effect it had on traffic volume.
"The worry must be that traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels resulting in casualty numbers and casualty risk also rising and remaining stubbornly high."More on Transport
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