The data displays the number of accidents on roads in Great Britain in 2015 according to the severity of the accident and the conditions of the road. There were more accidents on dry roads in daylight since there were also more cars on the road at these times. However, there was a higher rate of fatal accidents at night, whatever the condition.
There were 250 fatal accidents, and slightly over 12500 slight accidents recorded on wet, dark roads in Britain in 2015. On the other hand, there were 734 fatal accidents on dry roads in broad daylight, and more than 60 thousand slight accidents.
Daylight - dry | 68427 | 11094 | 734 |
Daylight - wet or flood | 18004 | 2780 | 225 |
Daylight - snow or ice | 1002 | 128 | 8 |
Darkness - dry | 17431 | 3280 | 389 |
Darkness - wet or flood | 12549 | 2613 | 250 |
Darkness - snow or ice | 726 | 124 | 8 |