LFS Work-related Road Traffic Accidents in Great Britain

Estimated annual incidence and rates of self-reported, work-related non-fatal road traffic accidents to workers, for people working in the last 12 months, 2001/02-2011/12.

Category	Year	Estimated Incidence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 workers
		central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			lower	upper		lower	upper
All work-related road traffic accidents	2001/02	100	86	114	370	320	420
	2002/03	101	87	116	370	320	430
	2003/04	93	79	107	340	280	390
	2004/05	85	72	99	310	260	350
	2005/06	87	73	102	310	260	360
	2006/07	69	57	82	250	210	300
	2007/08	88	73	102	310	260	360
	2008/09	86	72	101	310	250	360
	2009/10	84	68	99	300	250	360
	2010/11	62	48	76	220	170	270
	2011/12	73	57	89	260	200	320

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Notes

These statistics contain estimates of work-related road traffic accidents and are not comparable with DfT statistics

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a national survey currently consisting of around 44,000 households each quarter which provides information on the UK labour market. The Heath and Safety Executive commissions annual questions in the LFS to gain a view of work-related illness and workplace injury based on individuals' perceptions.

The LFS survey data is used to make inferences about the whole population. When data obtained from a sample is used in this way, there is an element of sampling error, or uncertainty, about the sample estimate. Confidence intervals represent the range of uncertainty resulting from the estimate being derived from a sample of people, not the entire population. They are calculated in such a way that the range has a 95% chance of including the true value in the absence of bias - that is the value that would have been obtained if the entire population had been surveyed.