"road casualties" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the number of people injured or killed in a traffic accident on a road. Example: The government has implemented stricter road safety measures to reduce the number of road casualties.
But that experiment was never properly assessed (aside from proven reductions in road casualties).
After all we live with road casualties the size of a small town annually.
Lansley's department raised concerns it will see a rise in road casualties.
Road casualties had been in long-term decline since the 1960s and seemed likely to carry on falling.
Road casualties now account for half of admissions on its surgical wards.In this section Driving to an early grave Who's on the Magic Mountain?
-- Stephen A. As this debate could fill a book, I'll just say if you're interested in reducing fuel usage and road casualties, it's a good idea.
Darlington helps at a post-mortem examination of a road casualty ("You might want to take off your jumper," she is told. "The smell sort of lingers").
Nothing, from road casualty statistics to the fixed horror of their passengers, upon realising that their driver imagines himself to be a rutting horse, will convince such individuals that they do not deserve special treatment, special respect, special exemptions from punishments that would, in any other circumstances, be imposed on the aggressive use of a lethal weapon.
This article describes the design and evaluation of a critical care scenario that follows the care of a road casualty (John Macadam) after admission to an intensive care unit.
Plymouth's road casualty reduction officer PC Ian Tanner said it was clear they needed to target "young men" to "really get the message across".
Road casualty data provided the basis of stratification by age group (0-5, 12-15 12-15, ≥16) and sex.
