The Scottish Government

Table 26

Casualties

Mode of Transport

Year

Driver or Rider

Passenger Vehicle/pillion

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

(a) Numbers

Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾

1994-98 average

27

319

832

4

36

103

1998

29

336

878

4

35

98

1999

29

391

932

1

40

93

2000

37

447

1,055

2

27

73

2001

48

424

1,085

1

30

92

2002

46

422

1,076

-

35

88

1998-2002 average

38

404

1,005

2

33

89

Car

1994-98 average

132

1,501

7,918

77

1,000

5,443

1998

138

1,403

8,394

85

987

5,440

1999

118

1,272

7,866

51

732

5,040

2000

128

1,244

7,830

55

735

4,821

2001

131

1,194

7,612

63

756

4,676

2002

103

1,117

7,477

52

658

4,345

1998-2002 average

124

1,246

7,836

61

774

4,864

Taxi

1994-98 average

1

15

112

1

19

187

1998

-

19

137

-

16

223

1999

1

16

123

-

17

199

2000

2

8

132

-

17

198

2001

-

10

129

1

13

178

2002

-

8

114

1

11

134

1998-2002 average

1

12

127

0

15

186

Minibus ⁽²⁾

1994-98 average

1

8

39

1

19

117

1998

2

11

47

3

19

115

1999

-

8

36

1

17

93

2000

-

2

33

2

12

86

2001

1

4

23

3

17

71

2002

-

-

28

-

11

86

1998-2002 average

1

5

33

2

15

90

Bus/Coach

1994-98 average

0

8

73

3

88

936

1998

-

9

88

1

67

875

1999

-

8

54

1

75

870

2000

-

4

58

1

76

876

2001

-

3

68

-

59

755

2002

-

3

76

-

56

783

1998-2002 average

-

5

69

1

67

832

Light goods

1994-98 average

6

75

347

3

36

168

1998

3

64

379

5

46

181

1999

4

64

322

2

22

150

2000

6

42

278

2

24

109

2001

4

41

297

4

26

115

2002

7

56

277

4

24

113

1998-2002 average

5

53

311

3

28

134

Heavy goods

1994-98 average

5

51

195

1

10

45

1998

3

43

201

2

10

45

1999

5

50

233

-

8

48

2000

7

45

221

-

10

54

2001

6

51

252

-

11

61

2002

9

48

288

1

13

81

1998-2002 average

6

47

239

1

10

58

Other ⁽²⁾

1994-98 average

1

17

86

-

11

49

1998

1

18

107

-

8

42

1999

-

14

107

-

9

57

2000

-

18

127

-

10

73

2001

-

21

106

-

7

64

2002

-

15

96

1

5

49

1998-2002 average

0

17

109

0

8

57

All modes of motor transport

1994-98 average

174

1,994

9,601

89

1,219

7,047

1998

176

1,903

10,231

100

1,188

7,019

1999

157

1,823

9,673

56

920

6,550

2000

180

1,810

9,734

62

911

6,290

2001

190

1,748

9,572

72

919

6,012

2002

165

1,669

9,432

59

813

5,679

1998-2002 average

174

1,791

9,728

70

950

6,310

(b) Percent changes: 2002 on 1994-98 average

Motor cycle

68

32

29

-100

-3

-14

Car

-22

-26

-6

-32

-34

-20

Taxi

-100

-47

2

25

-43

-28

Minibus ⁽²⁾

-100

-100

-28

-100

-42

-26

Bus/Coach

-100

-63

5

-100

-37

-16

Light goods

9

-25

-20

33

-33

-33

Heavy goods

96

-6

47

-17

33

81

Other ⁽²⁾

-100

-10

12

-

-55

-

All modes

-5

-16

-2

-34

-33

-19