Cycling safety statistics for Great Britain

Latest reported figures

In 2025, 79 pedal cyclists were killed, 4,311 were reported as seriously injured and 11,652 as slightly injured in Great Britain: 16,042 reported casualties in total. Pedal-cycle traffic was estimated at 3.67 billion vehicle miles.

Compared with 2024, fatalities fell from 82 to 79 while pedal-cycle traffic increased by 4%. Serious and slight injury counts rose. A single-year movement should be read with the severity-adjustment and reporting limitations below.

Selected long-term comparison

Between 2004 and 2025, fatalities fell 41% from 134 to 79 while pedal-cycle traffic rose 42%. Serious injuries were 34% higher. The Department for Transport says the overall number of pedal-cyclist casualties has fallen steadily from the 2014 peak.

Under-reporting changes the interpretation

Cyclists are not required to report a collision to police, and the Department for Transport says non-fatal pedal-cycle casualties are among those most likely to be under-reported. These figures therefore describe the police-recorded road-collision system, not every injury treated by a hospital, GP or the rider.

Severity and exposure

Police forces changed injury-reporting systems over time. The published serious and slight figures are adjusted to improve consistency, while fatality counts are not adjusted in the same way. Traffic mileage gives useful exposure context, but it does not represent every kind of cycling environment or rider equally.