Road casualties fell by nearly a tenth in Brighton and Hove last year.

Provisional figures from the Department for Transport suggest there were 679 road casualties in Brighton and Hove in 2023 – an eight per cent fall from 740 the year before.

It was also a decrease from 987 in 2014, which saw the most injuries in the last ten years.

In Brighton and Hove, 153 people were seriously injured on the roads last year, three of whom died. In 2022, road accidents caused the death of more people in the area – four.

Across Britain, a total of 132,063 road casualties were recorded in 2023 – down three per cent from the year before.

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A total of 1,645 road users were killed in crashes in 2023, a decline of four per cent from the 1,711 in 2022.

The RAC has pointed to a growing number of pedestrian fatalities and said it “should be a red flag to the Government signifying just how dangerous our roads still are”.

There were 407 pedestrians killed on Britain’s roads in 2023.

The DfT said the Government’s THINK! Campaign aims to cut road deaths by changing attitudes and behaviours.