Residents aged 17–24
2,336
Mid-2025 estimate. This is an age-group count, not the number of learners.
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2,336
Mid-2025 estimate. This is an age-group count, not the number of learners.
77.2%
Census 2021. Household vehicle availability does not establish access to a practice car.
71
Million motor-vehicle miles during 2025.
A measure of travel across this authority area, not the number of vehicles, a road’s daily flow or current congestion. DfT asks that these figures be rounded to the nearest million miles.
210
Police-reported personal-injury collisions during 2025.
0 fatal collisions. This counts collisions, not people killed. Damage-only incidents and unreported collisions are outside this dataset.
| Year | All motor vehicles | Cars and taxis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | 46 |
| 2024 | 74 | 48 |
| 2023 | 74 | 48 |
| 2022 | 75 | 48 |
| 2021 | 80 | 52 |
| 2020 | 73 | 47 |
| 2019 | 93 | 63 |
| 2018 | 93 | 63 |
| 2017 | 96 | 65 |
| 2016 | 99 | 68 |
| 2015 | 101 | 72 |
| 2014 | 101 | 71 |
| 2013 | 99 | 69 |
| 2012 | 99 | 70 |
| 2011 | 102 | 73 |
| Setting | Collisions |
|---|---|
| Single carriageway | 138 |
| Dual carriageway | 55 |
| One way street | 12 |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Slip road | 1 |
| Roundabout | 1 |
| Setting | Collisions |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 152 |
| Darkness - lights lit | 58 |
Traffic exposure, area size, road mix and reporting vary. These are counts, not comparable collision rates. Ask your instructor to choose practice environments suited to your current ability and current conditions.
Work with a qualified supervisor and agree goals with your instructor.
Official roadworks, travel and weather services.
Planning, CPD and tools for instructor development.
Traffic: DfT road traffic downloads. Collisions: DfT STATS19 2025. We match the traffic authority code to the collision’s current highway-authority code; this does not assign an instructor or test centre to that area. Local traffic estimates are less robust than regional totals. Download the source metadata and full history.