Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 105760

Motor Vehicles: Accidents

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the fatality rate per vehicle mile travelled for hybrid, petrol, diesel and fully electric cars in each of the last five years.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Department does not hold data that would enable an estimate of fatality rates per vehicle mile travelled by propulsion type.The STATS19 collection and DVLA records provide a breakdown of fatalities in reported road traffic collisions by vehicle and pr...

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