Road Accidents Scotland 2002

STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 1
Population, vehicles licensed, road lengths, traffic on all roads and on M & A roads, injury accidents,
vehicles involved and casualties: Years: 1953 to 2002

Year	Population ⁽¹⁾	Vehicles licensed ⁽²⁾	Road lengths	Traffic on all roads ⁽³⁾	Traffic on M & A roads ⁽¹⁾	Injury accidents	Vehiclesinvolved	Casualties
Year	Million	Million	Thousand km	million vehicle km	million vehicle km	Number	Number	Number
1953	5.100	..	..		..	..	..	18,343
1954	5.104	..	..		..	..	..	18,901
1955	5.111	..	44.1	..	..	..	..	20,899
1956	5.120	..	44.4	..	..	..	..	21,459
1957	5.125	..	44.6	..	..	..	..	21,417
1958	5.141	..	44.8	..	..	..	..	22,830
1959	5.163	..	45.0	..	..	..	..	25,011
1960	5.178	..	45.2	..	..	..	..	26,315
1961	5.184	..	45.4	..	..	..	..	27,362
1962	5.198	0.775	45.6	..	..	..	..	26,703
1963	5.205	0.836	45.8	..	..	..	..	27,728
1964	5.209	0.900	45.9	..	..	..	..	30,527
1965	5.210	0.951	46.2	..	..	..	..	31,827
1966	5.201	0.991	46.4	..	..	23,225	..	32,280
1967	5.198	1.035	46.4	..	..	22,838	..	31,760
1968	5.200	1.065	46.4	..	..	22,120	..	30,649
1969	5.208	1.106	47.0	..	..	21,863	31,885	31,056
1970	5.214	1.124	47.2	..	..	22,133	33,430	31,240
1971	5.236	1.135	47.5	..	..	22,332	32,165	31,194
1972	5.231	1.181	47.9	..	..	22,703	32,832	31,762
1973	5.234	1.252	48.0	..	..	22,580	32,951	31,404
1974	5.241	1.274	48.3	..	..	20,581	30,073	28,783
1975	5.232	1.304	48.3	..	..	20,652	30,613	28,621
1976	5.233	1.314	48.9	..	..	21,751	32,547	29,933
1977	5.226	..	48.9	..	..	21,678	32,893	29,783
1978	5.212	1.308	48.9	..	..	22,107	33,965	30,506
1979	5.204	1.353	49.3	..	..	23,064	35,512	31,387
1980	5.193	1.398	49.4	..	..	21,788	33,626	29,286
1981	5.180	1.397	50.0	..	..	21,485	33,311	28,766
1982	5.165	1.416	50.2	..	..	20,850	32,192	28,273
1983	5.148	1.448	50.4	..	..	19,434	29,918	25,224
1984	5.139	1.489	50.6	..	..	19,974	31,236	26,158
1985	5.128	1.514	50.7	..	17,219	20,644	32,446	27,287
1986	5.112	1.546	50.8	..	17,647	19,819	30,983	26,117
1987	5.099	1.575	51.2	..	18,767	18,657	29,454	24,748
1988	5.077	1.657	51.3	..	20,098	19,097	30,465	25,425
1989	5.078	1.729	51.6	..	21,404	20,605	33,221	27,532
1990	5.081	1.788	51.7	..	21,786	20,171	32,423	27,228
1991	5.083	1.830	51.9	..	21,947	19,004	30,897	25,346
1992	5.086	1.884	52.0	..	22,575	18,008	29,306	24,173
1993	5.092	1.874	52.1	35,468	22,958	16,686	27,358	22,415
1994	5.102	1.900	52.3	36,271	23,571	16,768	27,694	22,573
1995	5.104	1.910	52.8	36,395	24,185	16,534	27,232	22,194
1996	5.092	1.966	53.1	37,908	24,969	16,073	26,676	21,716
1997	5.083	2.023	53.1	38,509	25,378	16,646	28,207	22,629
1998	5.077	2.073	53.3	39,145	25,861	16,519	27,781	22,467
1999	5.072	2.131	53.5	39,591	26,006	15,416	25,835	21,003
2000	5.063	2.188	53.9	39,310	25,686	15,120	25,538	20,508
2001	5.064	2.262	54.1	39,806	26,083	14,722	24,868	19,906
2002	5.055	2.330	54.6	41,279	27,007	14,317	24,105	19,248
1994-98 average	5.092	1.974	52.9	37,646	24,793	16,508	27,518	22,316
1998-2002 average	5.066	2.197	53.9	39,826	26,129	15,219	25,625	20,626
Per cent changes:
2002 on 2001	-0.2	3.0	1.0	3.7	3.5	-2.8	-3.1	-3.3
2002 on 1994-98 ave	-0.7	18.0	3.2	9.7	8.9	-13.3	-12.4	-13.7

1. The population estimates have been revised, as is described in the Introduction.
2. Figures from 1993 onwards are on a different basis from those for previous years, due to a change in the source of the data.
3. The figures for 1993 to 2001 (inclusive) differ from those which were available previously, as DfT has revised its method of estimating traffic volumes for 1993 onwards. The figures for minor roads have been revised greatly from those published previously following DfT's introduction of a new and improved method of estimating the volume of traffic on minor roads - see the Introduction.

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