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Road Accidents Scotland 2002
SUMMARY
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Summary
On Scotland's roads in 2002 there were:
- 14,317 injury accidents in which 19,248 people were injured;
- 3,518 people killed or seriously injured (305 of whom died);
- 11,822 casualties in cars, 155 of whom died;
- 3,309 pedestrian casualties, of whom 73 were killed;
- 1,164 motor cyclist casualties (of whom 46 were killed);
- 2,745 child casualties, 525 of whom were killed or seriously injured (14 of them died);
- 1,294 child pedestrian casualties, of whom 338 were killed or seriously injured (12 died).
Between 1992 and 2002:
- The number of fatal accidents fell by 35%, from 426 to 275;
- The total of fatal and serious accidents fell by 37%, from 4,694 to 2,944;
- The total number of accidents (all severities) fell by 20%, from 18,008 to 14,317;
- The number of people killed fell by 34%, from 463 to 305;
- The total of killed and serious casualties fell by 38%, from 5,639 to 3,518;
- The total number of casualties (all severities) fell by 20%, from 24,173 to 19,248;
- Car user casualties fell by 13%, from 13,555 to 11,822;
- Pedestrian casualties fell by 38%, from 5,350 to 3,309;
- Pedal cycle casualties fell by 36%, from 1,293 to 828;
- Motor cycle casualties fell by 6%, from 1,237 to 1,164;
- Male casualties fell by 22%, from 14,219 to 11,071;
- Female casualties fell by 18%, from 9,954 to 8,164;
- Casualties aged 16-22 fell by 33% from 5,382 to 3,582;
- Casualties aged 23-59 fell by 11% from 11,912 to 10,651;
- Casualties aged 60 and over fell by 22% from 2,832 to 2,220;
- Children killed fell from 41 to 14;
- Child killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 41% from 897 to 525;
- The total number of child casualties (all severities) fell by 32% from 4,047 to 2,745;
- Child pedestrian killed fell from 26 to 12;
- Child pedestrians killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 46% from 624 to 338;
- The total number of child pedestrian casualties fell by 41% from 2,199 to 1,294;
- The estimated number of drink-drive accidents fell by 19%, from about 990 (in 1991) to roughly 800 (in 2001 - the latest year for which estimates are available), and the estimated number of people killed in such accidents fell from about 80 to around 70 in the same period;
- The estimated total cost of all road accidents (including "damage only" accidents) at 2002 prices fell by 31%, from 1,942 million to 1,344 million.
Over the longer-term:
- Between 1952 and 2002 (inclusive), almost 31,400 people were killed, and a total of about 1.326 million people were either killed or injured, in accidents on Scotland's roads;
- In 1962 (the earliest year for which a figure is readily available), there were roughly 775,000 vehicles licensed in Scotland, whereas in 2002 the vehicle population stood at 2.330 million. Over the same period, the number of casualties fell from about 26,700 to around 19,200. Thus, whilst the vehicle stock has more than trebled, the number of casualties has actually fallen by over a quarter.
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