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Table 30

Casualties

Child (1) and adult casualties by day of week and mode of transport
Years: 1998-2002 average

Day of Week

Pedestrian

Pedal cycle

Motor cycle (2)

Car

Taxi

Minibus (3)

Bus/ coach

Light goods

Heavy goods

Other (3)

Total

Child

Monday

211

49

2

121

3

5

20

1

2

2

417

Tuesday

235

48

2

113

2

1

20

2

1

1

425

Wednesday

232

47

2

122

2

1

25

2

1

1

435

Thursday

256

56

2

115

1

3

29

1

-

1

463

Friday

277

51

3

160

3

4

29

2

2

1

531

Saturday

195

47

3

195

3

2

10

2

2

3

461

Sunday

121

42

6

162

2

3

6

3

-

1

347

Total

1,527

341

19

988

14

19

139

14

8

11

3,079

Adult

Monday

283

97

141

1,577

33

12

113

78

62

28

2,424

Tuesday

283

107

134

1,547

38

13

125

68

51

23

2,390

Wednesday

277

111

140

1,590

34

25

118

67

48

19

2,429

Thursday

313

103

145

1,595

35

11

110

69

49

23

2,452

Friday

364

90

157

1,948

45

18

143

75

45

22

2,906

Saturday

342

54

175

1,833

57

13

106

43

20

22

2,664

Sunday

225

51

181

1,612

57

13

32

31

13

18

2,233

Total

2,087

612

1,073

11,702

299

105

747

430

288

155

17,498

Total (4)

Monday

497

146

143

1,699

36

18

133

79

63

30

2,846

Tuesday

521

157

137

1,661

40

14

149

71

53

24

2,825

Wednesday

511

159

142

1,713

35

26

145

69

49

21

2,871

Thursday

572

160

147

1,710

36

14

141

70

49

23

2,921

Friday

643

141

160

2,110

48

22

174

77

47

23

3,445

Saturday

539

101

178

2,029

60

15

119

45

22

25

3,132

Sunday

348

93

187

1,777

59

17

40

33

14

19

2,587

Total

3,631

957

1,094

12,700

313

124

901

444

297

166

20,626

(1) Child 0-15 years.
(2) Motorcycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
(3) Affected by the change in 1999 in the way that motor caravans were counted - see Annex C.
(4) Includes those whose ages were 'not known'.

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