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The numbers of people (a) killed, (b) seriously injured and (c) slightly injured resulting from reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one driver or rider under the age of 25 years old in each Government Office region in England and Wales in 1998 to 2007 are given in the following table.

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Number of casualties
Government Office Region	Severity	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
North East	Killed	36	30	25	34	40	50	59	51	45	31
	Serious	409	339	373	354	343	365	349	335	429	346
	Slight	4,076	3,493	3,537	3,436	3,497	3,614	3,606	3,492	3,423	3,373
North West	Killed	114	119	135	120	122	131	131	137	131	92
	Serious	1,509	1,381	1,352	1,326	1,371	1,352	1,420	1,433	1,286	1,172
	Slight	15,363	14,638	14,214	13,491	13,169	12,519	12,583	12,330	11,393	10,426
Yorkshire and the Humber	Killed	94	89	94	118	131	128	111	125	118	102
	Serious	1,262	1,182	1,081	1,214	1,286	1,190	1,178	1,098	1,119	1,088
	Slight	10,183	9,555	9,447	9,151	9,418	9,000	8,491	8,032	8,234	8,072
East Midlands	Killed	128	116	97	90	110	120	114	98	117	109
	Serious	1,227	1,122	1,055	1,027	1,102	1,047	1,009	972	848	877
	Slight	7,680	7,123	7,121	6,901	6,972	6,964	6,698	6,890.	6,585	6,499
West Midlands	Killed	103	98	99	107	85	102	106	84	115	106
	Serious	1,481	1,239	1,189	1,101	1,062	951	941	926	867	861
	Slight	9,313	9,881	9,440	9,003	8,862	8,491	8,239	8,704	8,379	8,481
East of England	Killed	122	123	138	137	136	130	128	118	128	121
	Serious	1,708	1,545	1,531	1,489	1,357	1,439	1,349	1,306	1,150	1,159
	Slight	10,590	9;795	10,078	9,850	9,638	9,572	9,714	9,519	9,005	8,645
South East	Killed	168	170	176	149	154	156	161	181	153	160
	Serious	1,932	1,937	1,906	1,801	1,808	1,610	1,623	1,445	1,514	1,563
	Slight	15,211	14,555	13,568	13,644	13,240	12,819	13,017	12,876	13,267	12,619
London	Killed	61	78	81	80	77	73	64	58	63	61
	Serious	1,870	1,539	1,532	1,531	1,354	1,288	988	857	905	833
	Slight	11,219	11,113	10,924	10,401	9,851	8,802	7,974	7,118	6,368	6,253
South West	Killed	101	91	88	103	114	85	113	115	113	100
	Serious	994	985	1,028	909	1,055	1,018	900	905	880-	882
	Slight	8,400	8,306	8,085	8,620	8,440	8,130	8,431	8,839	8,311	7,877
England	Killed	927	914	933	938	969	975	987	967	983	882
	Serious	12,392	11,269	11,047	10,752	10,738	10,260	9,757	9,277	8,998	8,781
	Slight	92,035	88,459	86,414	84,497	83,087	79,911	78,753	77,800	74,965	72,245
Wales	Killed	66	64	53	75	56	58	88	76	63	58
	Serious	539	634.	555	523	576	576	515	486	490	531
	Slight	5,034	4,668	4,565	4,581	4,896	4,909	5,141	4,937	4,854	4,745
England and Wales	Killed	993	978	986	1,013	1,025	1,033	1,075	1,043	1,046	940
	Serious	12,931	11,903	11,602	11,275	11,314	10,836	10,272	9,763	9,488	9,312
	Slight	97,069	93,127	90,979	89,078	87,983	84,820	83,894	82,737	79,819	76,990

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