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<p>The Department publishes road casualty statistics based on personal injury road
collisions reported to the police via the STATS19 reporting system.</p><p>STATS19
does not identify the cause of collisions, but reporting police officers can identify
up to 6 factors which in their opinion may have contributed to the collision.</p><p>In
2022 (the most recent year for which figures are available) there were 215 cars and
42 pedal cycles involved in injury collisions where the contributory factor ‘poor
or defective road surface’ was assigned.</p>
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