Gezien de bevolkinsaantallen, is het aantal verkeersdoden ongeveer gelijk aan de Nederlandse hoeveelheid verkeersdoden. Nederland is net iets verkeersveiliger.UK's road safety improves
Road fatalities in the UK dropped just 1% in 2006 compared with 2005 according to official statistics. In 2005 the death toll stood at 3,201 compared with 3,172 in 2006. Serious injury levels fell by 1% to 31,845 in 2006, while total road casualties dropped by 5% to 258,404 compared with 2005. However provisional figures also suggest a 1% gain in traffic levels in 2006 compared to 2005, suggesting that the overall casualty rate/100 million vehicle km (of 45/100 million vehicle km) was 6% lower than in 2005 (48 casualties/100 million vehicle km). There were 189,161 road accidents involving personal injury in 2006, 5% fewer than in 2005. Of these, 27,872 accidents involved death or serious injury, less than 1% fewer than in 2005 (27,942). Looking further back, the number of people killed or seriously injured in 2006 was 33% below the 1994-98 average.
16 miljoen x 3,75 = 60 miljoen (Britse bevolking)
800 doden x 3,75 = 3000 doden (Britse verkeersdoden) In de UK vallen dus jaarlijks 3.175 verkeersdoden, wat het Verenigd Koningrijk net wat onveiliger maakt.