Map reveals the Britain’s deadly crash hotspots where hundreds lost their lives on roads – do you live in a danger zone?
BRITAIN'S deadly car road crash hotspots which have claimed the lives of hundreds of motorists have been revealed.
Motoring organisations have called for a number of radical measures to help improve road safety after casualties reached a record level last year.
According to the latest government figures, there were almost 3,000 smashes in 2023 alone.
These led to 143 deaths and over 4,000 injuries.
Groups like the AA have responded by calling for steps like graduated driving licences, with drivers given age-dependent restrictions based on the perceived risk of younger drivers.
But new analysis from , shared with The Sun, has now unveiled which parts of the country see the worst excesses of the tragic problem.
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Using Department for Transport data, the experts compared the number of fatal collisions between 2021 and 2023 with the number of miles the average driver in each area covered.
This was used to generate a rate of deadly crashes for every billion miles travelled.
Under this metric, the Orkney Islands off the Scottish coast came off the worst by far.
The islands recorded five fatal smashes for just 261 million miles covered, resulting in a total of 19.142 deaths per billion miles.
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That's almost 300% higher than the national average.
Argyle and Bute, also in Scotland, came in second at 15.157, while Lambeth in South London rounded out the top three at 12.579.
It should be noted that London likely would have topped the list but is broken down into individual local authority areas in government figures.
That being said, other major cities didn't necessarily factor in, with none of Birmingham, Greater Manchester or Liverpool cracking the top 20 despite their massive driving populations.
London did, though, see the joint highest representation with six of its areas in the top 20.
The rest of England put together only saw five entries.
The capital was tied with Scottish regions, while three Welsh areas also featured.
Bruce Walton, technical director at Agilysis, told SunMotors: "Nearly 5,000 people were killed on Britain’s roads over the three years to 2023, with drivers generating more risk of death to other road users than they posed to themselves.
"While 35% of fatalities were drivers, 15% were their passengers and 23% were pedestrians they hit.
"Nearly 20% of deaths were motorcycle users, and a further 6% were pedal cyclists.
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"E-scooter use led to at least 28 deaths."
You can find more details on individual crashes in your area on Agilysis' CrashMap site.