The Scottish Government

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Accidents

Fatal

426

359

319

361

316

340

339

285

297

309

275

Fatal & serious

4,694

4,010

4,643

4,432

3,631

3,652

3,657

3,494

3,303

3,146

2,944

All severities

18,008

16,686

16,768

16,534

16,073

16,646

16,519

15,416

15,120

14,722

14,317

Accidents on built-up ⁽¹⁾ roads

Fatal

167

129

102

124

111

89

116

95

93

91

71

Fatal & serious

2,753

2,270

2,769

2,633

2,043

1,988

2,000

1,936

1,766

1,646

1,591

All severities

12,165

10,994

11,402

11,123

10,710

10,920

10,743

9,989

9,766

9,434

9,166

Accidents on non built-up ⁽¹⁾ roads

Fatal

259

230

217

237

205

251

223

190

204

218

204

Fatal & serious

1,941

1,740

1,874

1,799

1,588

1,664

1,657

1,558

1,537

1,500

1,353

All severities

5,843

5,692

5,366

5,411

5,363

5,726

5,776

5,427

5,354

5,288

5,151

Drink-drive accidents and casualties ⁽²⁾

Accidents

860

840

790

790

750

790

740

750

780

800

..

Casualties (all severities)

1,230

1,280

1,170

1,210

1,170

1,220

1,090

1,110

1,150

1,190

..

Killed

60

60

80

50

50

40

50

60

40

70

..

Killed by mode of transport

Pedestrian

161

127

111

121

106

87

96

89

72

76

73

Pedal cycle

12

18

5

11

15

9

13

8

12

10

8

Motor cycle

38

33

24

33

29

37

33

30

39

49

46

Car

221

198

197

221

185

219

223

169

183

194

155

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

31

23

26

23

22

25

20

14

20

19

23

All modes of transport

463

399

363

409

357

377

385

310

326

348

305

Killed or seriously injured casualties by mode

Pedestrian

1,744

1,450

1,647

1,587

1,279

1,211

1,156

1,143

996

917

886

Pedal cycle

222

232

316

292

216

210

210

189

176

171

150

Motor cycle

491

400

353

395

300

358

371

431

474

454

457

Car

2,749

2,388

2,804

2,653

2,293

2,365

2,390

2,004

1,979

1,950

1,775

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

433

383

451

412

310

280

330

308

268

263

250

All modes of transport

5,639

4,853

5,571

5,339

4,398

4,424

4,457

4,075

3,893

3,755

3,518

All casualties by mode, by sex and by age

Pedestrian

5,350

4,716

4,730

4,635

4,326

4,155

4,077

3,763

3,602

3,406

3,309

Pedal cycle

1,293

1,192

1,384

1,323

1,297

1,272

1,140

1,017

882

916

828

Motor cycle

1,237

1,105

930

971

850

948

976

1,025

1,128

1,177

1,164

Car

13,555

12,899

12,927

12,974

13,033

14,034

13,834

12,906

12,651

12,288

11,822

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

2,738

2,503

2,602

2,291

2,210

2,220

2,440

2,292

2,245

2,119

2,125

All modes of transport

24,173

22,415

22,573

22,194

21,716

22,629

22,467

21,003

20,508

19,906

19,248

Male

14,219

12,844

13,122

12,874

12,367

12,788

12,707

11,889

11,529

11,302

11,071

Female

9,954

9,571

9,451

9,320

9,349

9,841

9,760

9,114

8,954

8,576

8,164

Child: 0 - 15

4,047

3,691

4,163

3,935

3,827

3,798

3,535

3,196

3,000

2,920

2,745

Young adult: 16-22

5,382

4,541

4,511

4,274

4,262

4,314

4,170

3,968

3,592

3,703

3,582

Adult: 23-59

11,912

11,466

11,391

11,414

11,081

12,017

12,268

11,504

11,496

10,926

10,651

Older adults: 60+

2,832

2,717

2,508

2,571

2,546

2,500

2,494

2,291

2,339

2,288

2,220

Child killed by mode of transport

Pedestrian

26

21

18

16

16

15

18

17

13

14

12

Pedal cycle

7

6

4

3

6

1

3

1

4

4

-

Car

6

9

10

11

3

9

9

6

4

2

2

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

2

3

5

-

2

1

2

1

-

-

-

All modes of transport

41

39

37

30

27

26

32

25

21

20

14

Child killed or seriously injured casualties by mode

Pedestrian

624

515

674

638

540

505

455

430

378

353

338

Pedal cycle

91

85

144

113

100

78

64

69

65

56

46

Car

144

143

161

153

118

138

153

108

94

109

111

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

38

33

50

46

32

24

26

18

24

25

30

All modes of transport

897

776

1,029

950

790

745

698

625

561

543

525

All child casualties by mode

Pedestrian

2,199

1,982

2,078

2,048

1,909

1,894

1,762

1,617

1,486

1,475

1,294

Pedal cycle

539

468

629

550

571

518

415

374

330

307

277

Car

1,034

993

1,066

1,059

1,047

1,180

1,117

981

965

947

928

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

275

248

390

278

300

206

241

224

219

191

246

All modes of transport

4,047

3,691

4,163

3,935

3,827

3,798

3,535

3,196

3,000

2,920

2,745

Accident costs ( million) ⁽³⁾

1,942.1

1,715.5

1,775.7

1,786.1

1,588.0

1,636.2

1,643.9

1,468.6

1,450.1

1,440.2

1,344.5