Motorcycle Acccidents and Casualties in Scotland 1992

Motorcycle Acccidents and Casualties in Scotland 1992 - 2002

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES IN SCOTLAND 1992 - 2002

Annex 2: Tables of casualties involving motorcycles

Table C1. Casualty severity by built-up / non built-up roads

Number of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All roads
Fatal	38	33	24	33	29	37	33	30	40	49	46
Serious	453	367	329	362	271	321	338	401	435	405	411
Slight	746	705	577	576	550	590	605	594	654	723	709
Total	1237	1105	930	971	850	948	976	1025	1129	1177	1166
Built-up roads
Fatal	6	6	5	6	6	3	6	5	8	7	8
Serious	226	172	173	173	114	127	127	157	180	153	175
Slight	518	467	391	352	357	363	342	359	398	454	449
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Fatal	32	27	19	27	23	34	27	25	32	42	38
Serious	227	195	156	189	157	194	211	244	255	252	236
Slight	228	238	186	224	193	227	263	235	256	269	260
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C2. Sex of casualty by built-up / non built-up roads

Number of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Male	651	554	504	472	410	440	415	447	523	542	540
Female	99	91	65	59	67	53	60	74	63	72	91
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	631
Non built-up roads
Male	410	383	310	373	318	392	431	436	488	497	477
Female	77	77	51	67	55	63	70	68	55	66	57
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C3. Age of casualty by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All roads
1-15	17	20	16	25	15	16	18	17	19	22	21
16-20	297	214	169	161	122	140	132	147	168	192	184
21-25	372	327	254	195	151	148	142	131	128	128	134
26-30	211	244	196	200	206	192	226	185	210	174	156
31-50	275	260	244	330	312	407	410	477	534	584	569
51+	65	40	51	60	44	45	48	68	68	75	100
Total	1237	1105	930	971	850	948	976	1025	1127	1175	1164
Built-up roads
1-15	14	13	11	15	10	11	9	14	13	20	16
16-20	205	153	118	101	74	85	89	106	121	138	135
21-25	217	173	157	118	91	82	60	67	68	71	68
26-30	119	143	101	89	111	102	112	81	100	84	78
31-50	147	144	147	173	166	196	175	221	252	265	291
51+	48	19	35	35	25	17	30	32	31	34	43
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	585	612	631
Non built-up roads
1-15	3	7	5	10	5	5	9	3	6	2	5
16-20	92	61	51	60	48	55	43	41	47	54	49
21-25	155	154	97	77	60	66	82	64	60	57	66
26-30	92	101	95	111	95	90	114	104	110	90	78
31-50	128	116	97	157	146	211	235	256	282	319	278
51+	17	21	16	25	19	28	18	36	37	41	57
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	542	563	533

Table C4. Weather conditions and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Fine	611	546	473	463	413	399	396	415	494	530	511
Raining	99	80	63	56	49	73	66	49	69	62	96
Snowing	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	1	0	0
Fine high winds	14	6	11	1	2	5	4	33	12	3	11
Raining high winds	14	4	13	4	5	4	3	13	4	4	6
Snowing high winds	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fog mist	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	5	1
Other	5	5	8	1	4	9	3	6	3	4	3
Unknown	3	1	0	4	1	2	1	1	1	5	4
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Fine	386	380	308	375	319	394	411	427	466	495	439
Raining	57	58	33	37	42	39	67	46	53	37	61
Snowing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Fine high winds	14	7	13	15	7	8	8	19	11	16	15
Raining high winds	18	8	0	5	2	5	4	3	5	6	3
Snowing high winds	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fog mist	8	1	1	1	0	3	3	7	1	2	5
Other	3	5	4	5	2	5	8	2	4	5	4
Unknown	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C5. Lighting conditions and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Dayl strt lghts pres	461	393	368	344	308	309	317	346	408	404	391
Dayl no strt lghts	23	19	33	34	31	56	31	50	41	52	50
Dayl pres strt lghts unkwn	30	39	10	13	6	4	6	7	7	8	12
Dknss lit strt lghts pres	224	183	132	126	118	116	112	103	113	141	167
Dknss unlit strt lghts pres	5	1	18	8	5	5	4	9	8	3	8
Dknss no strt lghts	2	6	7	4	7	3	5	6	8	3	2
Dknss pres strt lghts unkwn	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	2
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Dayl strt lghts pres	42	55	59	70	53	67	54	78	81	99	88
Dayl no strt lghts	344	334	204	255	217	275	313	353	369	401	376
Dayl pres strt lghts unkwn	6	6	28	47	44	43	57	7	15	9	8
Dknss lit strt lghts pres	12	20	16	15	15	19	9	13	16	11	15
Dknss unlit strt lghts pres	3	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dknss no strt lghts	77	44	38	37	33	43	58	52	61	41	45
Dknss pres strt lghts unkwn	3	1	14	13	9	8	10	1	1	1	0
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C6. Road surface conditions and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
Dry	813	797	659	733	633	704	671	763	795	845	797
Wet or damp	398	292	258	222	206	238	289	238	313	305	352
Snow	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	5	0	1
Frost or ice	23	13	11	12	9	5	15	7	4	17	5
Flood	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	7	7
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3
Total	1237	1105	930	971	850	948	976	1025	1129	1177	1166
Built-up roads
Dry	480	463	388	385	352	350	320	372	403	414	404
Wet or damp	253	175	176	137	120	138	149	141	175	186	220
Snow	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0
Frost or ice	15	6	5	8	3	4	5	4	3	12	2
Flood	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Dry	333	334	271	348	281	354	351	391	392	431	393
Wet or damp	145	117	82	85	86	100	140	97	138	119	132
Snow	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	1
Frost or ice	8	7	6	4	6	1	10	3	1	5	3
Flood	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	5	3
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C7. Road class and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
A+M	340	263	234	207	197	195	200	192	217	214	263
B	85	86	76	67	49	50	70	50	57	75	61
C	28	29	35	35	24	33	21	32	32	27	31
U	297	267	224	222	207	215	184	247	280	298	277
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
A+M	322	316	237	308	248	328	362	345	365	399	363
B	101	74	71	71	74	86	86	102	107	98	88
C	17	16	9	3	8	9	10	12	17	15	17
U	47	54	44	58	43	32	43	45	54	49	65
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	561	533

Table C8. Number of vehicles involved and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
1	972	880	748	782	721	742	789	819	937	986	986
2	155	130	110	113	83	118	108	120	125	113	100
3	17	13	15	11	13	16	14	16	10	17	18
4+	10	6	5	6	1	8	5	3	0	7	7
Total	1154	1029	878	912	818	884	916	958	1072	1123	1111
Built-up roads
1	640	547	477	453	435	412	416	451	517	546	561
2	71	64	60	53	41	54	38	47	54	45	49
3	7	5	7	4	2	6	4	5	2	8	9
4+	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
1	332	333	271	329	286	330	373	368	420	440	425
2	84	66	50	60	42	64	70	73	71	68	51
3	10	8	8	7	11	10	10	11	8	9	9
4+	8	5	4	4	0	7	5	2	0	5	7
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table C9. Time of day and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
00 - 02	26	16	12	4	9	5	6	11	5	5	12
02 - 04	3	7	4	7	3	2	6	3	6	2	10
04 - 06	5	3	2	1	1	4	6	0	5	3	4
06 - 08	49	28	32	32	29	33	33	33	25	39	32
08 - 10	61	47	48	49	48	48	53	42	67	58	64
10 - 12	41	55	42	37	37	35	41	34	38	50	57
12 - 14	97	80	77	78	54	65	59	65	68	76	73
14 - 16	81	91	91	62	64	62	56	95	83	76	90
16 - 18	136	113	107	100	93	104	89	100	141	140	124
18 - 20	120	85	69	76	74	66	67	71	75	79	72
20 - 22	83	71	53	57	47	46	40	45	46	56	65
22 - 24	48	49	32	28	18	23	19	22	27	30	29
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
00 - 02	16	11	3	10	13	11	5	5	5	5	3
02 - 04	6	4	5	3	7	5	2	3	1	3	3
04 - 06	3	4	0	3	5	2	1	5	5	4	2
06 - 08	25	23	18	22	19	25	22	25	22	23	26
08 - 10	29	28	21	24	15	31	31	38	36	30	28
10 - 12	37	32	42	33	41	43	36	51	51	52	53
12 - 14	60	69	56	66	52	61	84	66	85	87	82
14 - 16	87	88	72	92	56	77	95	86	87	110	89
16 - 18	96	98	53	87	69	87	109	113	109	128	113
18 - 20	58	44	37	49	54	53	54	58	74	67	64
20 - 22	41	37	35	33	31	42	38	35	41	36	46
22 - 24	29	22	19	18	11	18	24	19	27	18	25
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C10. Day of week and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Monday	97	66	80	72	72	68	68	80	81	86	86
Tuesday	115	90	74	84	73	94	58	64	96	82	102
Wednesday	108	106	83	87	54	62	90	82	81	107	77
Thursday	113	97	110	70	77	65	73	77	86	88	95
Friday	119	115	90	100	90	85	80	93	98	86	109
Saturday	116	95	69	73	62	65	57	73	80	76	89
Sunday	82	76	63	45	49	54	49	52	64	89	74
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Monday	51	37	35	60	51	50	62	62	62	62	70
Tuesday	46	46	32	48	43	55	56	54	62	51	59
Wednesday	56	43	42	47	44	61	48	51	58	58	62
Thursday	59	62	36	49	39	65	59	68	58	72	57
Friday	79	68	41	69	53	61	67	79	66	62	60
Saturday	94	95	79	70	59	82	97	81	110	117	109
Sunday	102	109	96	97	84	81	112	109	127	141	117
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C11. Quarter and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
Q1	208	136	158	127	126	120	144	133	153	145	152
Q2	389	348	250	292	245	303	303	298	345	398	362
Q3	393	418	318	360	336	346	365	413	417	414	438
Q4	247	203	204	192	143	179	164	181	214	220	214
Total	1237	1105	930	971	850	948	976	1025	1129	1177	1166
Built-up roads
Q1	142	96	122	88	87	82	83	97	99	102	101
Q2	210	183	133	155	121	131	127	143	145	174	169
Q3	211	218	180	162	171	155	152	160	195	183	207
Q4	187	148	134	126	98	125	113	121	147	155	155
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Q1	66	40	36	39	39	38	61	36	54	43	51
Q2	179	165	117	137	124	172	176	155	200	224	193
Q3	182	200	138	198	165	191	213	253	222	231	231
Q4	60	55	70	66	45	54	51	60	67	65	59
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table C12. Month of year and casualties by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of casualties
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
January	46	21	35	17	33	23	33	25	27	35	25
February	51	36	47	33	23	20	24	27	27	22	38
March	45	39	40	38	31	39	26	45	45	45	38
April	75	61	44	46	33	38	36	38	39	48	56
May	61	69	39	58	33	50	49	41	59	63	61
June	74	53	50	51	55	43	42	64	47	63	52
July	68	65	66	58	52	37	43	53	65	56	50
August	71	70	66	67	59	64	63	53	68	71	90
September	72	83	48	37	60	54	46	54	62	56	67
October	78	55	51	48	43	50	48	47	54	63	51
November	64	61	41	50	36	42	33	46	54	58	64
December	45	32	42	28	19	33	32	28	39	34	40
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
January	15	8	7	11	11	5	17	4	15	14	16
February	23	14	11	11	11	5	18	10	15	10	9
March	28	18	18	17	17	28	26	22	24	19	26
April	42	37	23	27	30	35	41	37	47	52	48
May	78	59	44	46	39	65	69	66	80	96	73
June	59	69	50	64	55	72	66	52	73	76	72
July	68	78	54	69	52	68	65	102	94	81	91
August	69	64	41	90	67	70	81	96	80	80	69
September	45	58	43	39	46	53	67	55	48	70	71
October	26	28	38	33	20	30	24	30	38	37	28
November	23	16	15	23	14	12	16	25	15	20	19
December	11	11	17	10	11	12	11	5	14	8	12
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

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