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Key 2001 Road Accident Statistics

Table 2 Casualties by Severity

Fatal injury

Serious injury

Fatal and Serious

Slight injury

All Severities

1950

529

4,553

5,082

10,774

15,856

1955

610

5,096

5,706

15,193

20,899

1960

648

6,632

7,280

19,035

26,315

1965

743

8,744

9,487

22,340

31,827

1970

815

10,027

10,842

20,398

31,240

1975

769

8,779

9,548

19,073

28,621

1980

700

8,839

9,539

19,747

29,286

1985

602

7,786

8,388

18,899

27,287

1986

601

7,422

8,023

18,094

26,117

1987

556

6,707

7,263

17,485

24,748

1988

554

6,732

7,286

18,139

25,425

1989

553

6,998

7,551

19,981

27,532

1990

546

6,252

6,798

20,430

27,228

1991

491

5,638

6,129

19,217

25,346

1992

463

5,176

5,639

18,534

24,173

1993

399

4,454

4,853

17,562

22,415

1994

363

5,208

5,571

17,002

22,573

1995

409

4,930

5,339

16,855

22,194

1996

357

4,041

4,398

17,318

21,716

1997

377

4,047

4,424

18,205

22,629

1998

385

4,071

4,456

18,011

22,467

1999

310

3,763

4,073

16,925

20,998

2000

326

3,566

3,892

16,613

20,505

2001 prov.

347

3,405

3,752

16,137

19,889

1994 - 1998 average

378

4,459

4,838

17,478

22,316

2001 percentage change:

on 2000

6%

-5%

-4%

-3%

-3%

on 94-98 average

-8%

-24%

-22%

-8%

-11%

NB: 1. Some figures for 2000 and earlier years may have been revised slightly from those published previously due to late returns, or due to late corrections being made to returns that had been received earlier.
2. Although records of the numbers of "serious injury" and "slight injury" casualties began in 1950, records of the numbers of injury road accidents did not begin until 1970.

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