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<p>The numbers of reported cyclist fatalities and serious injuries that have been
recorded in Great Britain for each year since 2007 where poorly maintained roads could
be considered to be a contributory factor is provided in the table. A breakdown for
all the road networks specified is not available centrally.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
heading “Poor or defective road surface” cover columns 2 and 3 of the table. Whilst,
the heading “Inadequate or masked signs or road markings” cover column 4 and 5.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Reported cyclist serious and fatal injuries in GB where poorly
maintained roads is reported as a contributory factor<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Poor or defective road surface </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Inadequate
or masked signs or road markings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported
Cyclist Fatilities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported
Cyclist Fatilities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Source: DfT STATS19 reported road casualties</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes only casualties where a police officer attended the scene
and in which a contributory factor was reported. In 2016, this related to 73% of reported
accidents.</p><p> </p><p>By way of context, cycling in Great Britain has increased
over the time period in question, rising from 4 billion kilometres in 2007 to 6 billion
kilometres in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It should be that noted that contributory factors
assigned by police officers do not assign blame for the accident to any specific road
user, however they do provide some insight into why and how road accidents occur.
They give an indication of which factors the attending officer thought contributed
to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full investigation of the incident
before allocating contributory factors; they usually use professional judgement about
what they can see at the scene.</p><p> </p><p>Not all accidents are included in the
contributory factor data; only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported
at least one contributory factor are included. A total of 73% of accidents reported
to the police in 2016 met these criteria although each accident can have multiple
contributory factors attributed to them.</p>
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