A new assessment for road safety and pedestrian risks finds that the City of London area is the most dangerous area in the U.K. for pedestrians, with 28.18 percent of road accidents involving them. Dundee City and Westminster take second and third, respectively.
The study has been undertaken by personal injury firm Claims.co.uk, who analysed the latest data from the U.K. government’s Office For National Statistics on road collision statistics: Department for Transport Statistics – RAS0706: Reported road collisions and casualties by contributory factor and local authority, Great Britain, 10 years up to 2021.
This review was undertaken to see which areas had the highest percentage of collisions involving pedestrians on average each year. The data has been shared with Digital Journal.
The City of London area is the most dangerous area in the UK for pedestrians. Between 2012 and 2021, there were, on average, 211 collisions a month in total, with 61, or 28.18 percent, of these involving pedestrians, which is the highest of any area in the UK. Statistically, 2018 was the most dangerous year for pedestrians, with 32.49 percent of collisions involving them that year.
Dundee City comes in second place and is also statistically the most dangerous UK area in Scotland for pedestrians. 132 collisions occurred in the area on average each year between 2012 and 2021, with 32, or 24.30 percent, of these involving pedestrians. 2018 was the most dangerous year for pedestrians in the area, with 29.67 percent of collisions involving pedestrians.
Coming in third place is another London area in Westminster. On average, there have been 1,139 collisions each year between 2012 and 2021. It was found that 32, or 24.30 percent, of these involved pedestrians. 2013 was also the most dangerous year for pedestrians, with 29.7 percent of collisions involving them.
The top ten is:
| Rank | Local authority | Average number of collisions each year 2012-2021 | Average number of pedestrian collisions each year 2012-2021 | Average percentage of pedestrian collisions from 2012-2021 |
| 1 | City of London | 211 | 61 | 28.18% |
| 2 | Dundee City | 132 | 32 | 24.30% |
| 3 | Westminster | 1,139 | 285 | 24.03% |
| 4 | Glasgow City | 768 | 175 | 22.17% |
| 5 | Camden | 602 | 134 | 22.05% |
| 6 | Oldham | 187 | 42 | 21.70% |
| 7 | Liverpool | 747 | 157 | 20.98% |
| 8 | Manchester | 548 | 115 | 20.55% |
| 9 | Bolton | 260 | 54 | 20.50% |
| 10 | Inverclyde | 73 | 14 | 19.90% |
Glasgow City ranks fourth on the list, with 175 collisions each year involving pedestrians on average, which is around 22.17 percent of the 768 total collisions each year in the area. Glasgow City’s most dangerous year for pedestrians was 2012, with 26.14 percent of all collisions involving them.
Rounding out the top five is the Camden area, which comes in with 22.05, or 134, of the 602 collisions on average each year between 2012 and 2021 involving pedestrians. Statistically, the area’s most dangerous year for pedestrians was 2014, with 24.38 percent of collisions involving them.
