The number of casualties (a) killed and (b) seriously injured, who were (i) under 16, (ii) between 16 and 24, (iii) between 25 and 65 and (iv) over 65 years, resulting from reported personal injury road accidents in the West Midlands Government office region in each of the last five years is shown in the table.
Killed Seriously injured Under 16 16-24 25-64 65+ Total1 Under 16 16-24 25-64 65+ Total1 2002 20 72 158 56 306 414 782 1,375 259 2,879 2003 14 86 170 51 321 333 744 1,288 241 2,666 2004 14 80 137 54 286 348 709 1,241 217 2,565 2005 11 67 157 44 281 347 657 1,102 213 2,393 2006 16 89 148 51 304 272 645 1,073 215 2,278 1 Includes cases where age was not given.