The Scottish Government

Table 42

Casualties

Police force

Killed or Seriously injured

Child killed or Seriously injured

Slight Casualties

Estimated total ⁽¹⁾ volume of traffic

Slight casualty rate

numbers

(million veh-km)

(per 100 million veh-km)

Northern

1994-98 average

412

46

942

2,666

35

1994

385

46

766

2,557

30

1995

408

54

948

2,613

36

1996

461

56

946

2,686

35

1997

388

32

1,010

2,726

37

1998

416

42

1,039

2,747

38

1999

366

33

1,020

2,787

37

2000

313

23

880

2,751

32

2001

392

35

852

2,811

30

2002

258

34

850

2,937

29

1998-2002 average

349

33

928

2,807

33

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-37

-26

-10

10

-18

1998-2002 average

-15

-28

-1

5

-6

Grampian

1994-98 average

395

44

1,576

4,328

36

1994

397

48

1,587

4,158

38

1995

390

33

1,654

4,233

39

1996

384

51

1,497

4,354

34

1997

400

41

1,642

4,423

37

1998

406

49

1,498

4,473

33

1999

314

35

1,281

4,525

28

2000

371

32

1,281

4,422

29

2001

321

28

1,280

4,447

29

2002

313

26

1,219

4,663

26

1998-2002 average

345

34

1,312

4,506

29

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-21

-41

-23

8

-28

1998-2002 average

-13

-23

-17

4

-20

Tayside

1994-98 average

508

77

1,264

3,736

34

1994

573

91

1,306

3,584

36

1995

499

78

1,300

3,659

36

1996

491

82

1,254

3,754

33

1997

476

75

1,249

3,817

33

1998

503

61

1,209

3,866

31

1999

424

56

1,324

3,872

34

2000

372

53

1,182

3,839

31

2001

440

61

1,250

3,881

32

2002

341

50

1,242

4,068

31

1998-2002 average

416

56

1,241

3,905

32

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-33

-35

-2

9

-10

1998-2002 average

-18

-27

-2

5

-6

Fife

1994-98 average

266

44

798

2,463

32

1994

278

48

780

2,377

33

1995

307

55

777

2,409

32

1996

258

45

784

2,471

32

1997

270

37

854

2,513

34

1998

219

37

794

2,544

31

1999

192

36

821

2,549

32

2000

249

38

827

2,527

33

2001

232

31

780

2,579

30

2002

278

28

802

2,720

29

1998-2002 average

234

34

805

2,584

31

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

5

-36

1

10

-9

1998-2002 average

-12

-23

1

5

-4

Lothian & Borders

1994-98 average

635

94

3,818

6,413

60

1994

863

151

3,623

6,162

59

1995

762

133

3,447

6,268

55

1996

509

66

3,984

6,432

62

1997

524

61

3,974

6,535

61

1998

518

58

4,060

6,667

61

1999

546

74

3,684

6,772

54

2000

615

93

3,780

6,771

56

2001

556

73

3,544

6,857

52

2002

536

67

3,387

7,049

48

1998-2002 average

554

73

3,691

6,823

54

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-16

-29

-11

10

-19

1998-2002 average

-13

-22

-3

6

-9

Central

1994-98 average

290

52

784

2,479

32

1994

348

65

733

2,375

31

1995

282

53

690

2,414

29

1996

293

54

722

2,480

29

1997

278

45

921

2,525

36

1998

248

45

852

2,601

33

1999

237

28

748

2,623

29

2000

231

34

707

2,642

27

2001

233

32

626

2,684

23

2002

254

32

734

2,763

27

1998-2002 average

241

34

733

2,663

28

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-12

-38

-6

11

-16

1998-2002 average

-17

-35

-7

7

-13

Strathclyde

1994-98 average

2,117

459

7,889

13,944

57

1994

2,480

556

7,750

13,414

58

1995

2,455

520

7,692

13,653

56

1996

1,800

413

7,781

13,994

56

1997

1,892

428

8,116

14,205

57

1998

1,958

377

8,106

14,452

56

1999

1,843

354

7,606

14,660

52

2000

1,578

272

7,501

14,594

51

2001

1,452

273

7,370

14,771

50

2002

1,410

270

7,036

15,214

46

1998-2002 average

1,648

309

7,524

14,738

51

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-33

-41

-11

9

-18

1998-2002 average

-22

-33

-5

6

-10

Dumfries & Galloway

1994-98 average

214

25

409

1,725

24

1994

247

24

457

1,644

28

1995

236

24

347

1,685

21

1996

202

23

350

1,737

20

1997

196

26

439

1,765

25

1998

189

29

452

1,796

25

1999

153

9

444

1,804

25

2000

164

16

457

1,763

26

2001

129

10

449

1,775

25

2002

128

18

460

1,864

25

1998-2002 average

153

16

452

1,800

25

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-40

-28

12

8

4

1998-2002 average

-29

-36

11

4

6

Scotland

1994-98 average

4,838

842

17,478

37,754

46

1994

5,571

1,029

17,002

36,271

47

1995

5,339

950

16,855

36,935

46

1996

4,398

790

17,318

37,908

46

1997

4,424

745

18,205

38,509

47

1998

4,457

698

18,010

39,145

46

1999

4,075

625

16,928

39,591

43

2000

3,893

561

16,615

39,310

42

2001

3,755

543

16,151

39,806

41

2002

3,518

525

15,730

41,279

38

1998-2002 average

3,940

590

16,687

39,826

42

% change on 1994-98 average

2002

-27

-38

-10

9

-18

1998-2002 average

-19

-30

-5

5

-9