The Scottish Government

Table 23
Casualties by mode of transport and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 and 1999-2003 averages, 1993 to 2003

Casualties

Mode of transport

Year

Built-up

Non built-up

Total

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

(a) Numbers

Pedestrian

1994-98 average

72

1,256

4,165

32

120

219

104

1,376

4,385

1993

90

1,309

4,462

37

141

254

127

1,450

4,716

1994

78

1,503

4,483

33

144

247

111

1,647

4,730

1995

83

1,442

4,392

38

145

243

121

1,587

4,635

1996

72

1,156

4,106

34

123

220

106

1,279

4,326

1997

57

1,109

3,962

30

102

193

87

1,211

4,155

1998

71

1,068

3,883

25

88

194

96

1,156

4,077

1999

61

1,030

3,571

28

113

192

89

1,143

3,763

2000

49

910

3,434

23

86

169

72

996

3,603

2001

51

835

3,247

25

83

159

76

918

3,406

2002

49

813

3,142

24

78

173

73

891

3,315

2003

43

693

2,836

20

78

143

63

771

2,979

1999-2003 average

51

856

3,246

24

88

167

75

944

3,413

Pedal cycle

1994-98 average

4

196

1,130

6

53

153

11

249

1,283

1993

9

161

1,019

9

71

173

18

232

1,192

1994

3

248

1,219

2

68

165

5

316

1,384

1995

4

223

1,150

7

69

173

11

292

1,323

1996

4

171

1,156

11

45

141

15

216

1,297

1997

4

168

1,117

5

42

155

9

210

1,272

1998

7

169

1,009

6

41

131

13

210

1,140

1999

5

163

916

3

26

101

8

189

1,017

2000

6

138

790

6

38

94

12

176

884

2001

4

127

792

6

44

124

10

171

916

2002

-

124

727

8

27

101

8

151

828

2003

6

103

706

8

35

95

14

138

801

1999-2003 average

4

131

786

6

34

103

10

165

889

Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾

1994-98 average

5

148

509

26

207

426

31

355

935

1993

6

178

645

27

222

460

33

400

1,105

1994

5

178

569

19

175

361

24

353

930

1995

6

179

530

27

216

441

33

395

971

1996

6

120

477

23

180

373

29

300

850

1997

3

130

493

34

228

455

37

358

948

1998

6

133

475

27

238

501

33

371

976

1999

5

161

518

25

270

507

30

431

1,025

2000

8

188

586

32

287

543

40

475

1,129

2001

7

160

612

42

294

566

49

454

1,178

2002

8

181

629

38

274

535

46

455

1,164

2003

12

159

590

38

258

523

50

417

1,113

1999-2003 average

8

170

587

35

277

535

43

446

1,122

Car

1994-98 average

28

718

6,236

181

1,783

7,125

209

2,501

13,360

1993

20

657

5,697

178

1,731

7,201

198

2,388

12,898

1994

18

858

6,095

179

1,946

6,832

197

2,804

12,927

1995

31

818

6,108

190

1,835

6,866

221

2,653

12,974

1996

32

621

6,015

153

1,672

7,018

185

2,293

13,033

1997

22

632

6,521

197

1,733

7,513

219

2,365

14,034

1998

36

663

6,440

187

1,727

7,394

223

2,390

13,834

1999

27

576

6,053

142

1,428

6,853

169

2,004

12,906

2000

30

521

5,967

152

1,457

6,682

182

1,978

12,649

2001

32

538

5,728

162

1,414

6,566

194

1,952

12,294

2002

14

495

5,544

140

1,281

6,280

154

1,776

11,824

2003

22

495

5,366

162

1,190

6,356

184

1,685

11,722

1999-2003 average

25

525

5,732

152

1,354

6,547

177

1,879

12,279

Table 23 (continued)

Casualties by mode of transport and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 and 1999-2003 averages, 1993 to 2003

Casualties

Mode of transport

Year

Built-up

Non built-up

Total

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Taxi

1994-98 average

1

25

261

1

10

38

2

34

299

1993

-

14

188

-

3

28

-

17

216

1994

-

20

201

1

9

19

1

29

220

1995

-

29

243

1

11

43

1

40

286

1996

1

25

266

1

8

41

2

33

307

1997

3

21

269

3

14

53

6

35

322

1998

-

29

328

-

6

32

-

35

360

1999

-

21

278

1

12

44

1

33

322

2000

1

21

279

1

4

51

2

25

330

2001

1

15

254

-

8

53

1

23

307

2002

1

17

216

-

2

33

1

19

249

2003

1

29

252

-

2

52

1

31

304

1999-2003 average

1

21

256

0

6

47

1

26

302

Minibus ⁽²⁾

1994-98 average

0

5

46

1

22

110

2

27

156

1993

2

8

61

1

27

124

3

35

185

1994

-

6

33

1

19

97

1

25

130

1995

1

7

42

1

17

132

2

24

174

1996

-

4

40

1

14

94

1

18

134

1997

-

5

61

-

31

118

-

36

179

1998

1

3

52

4

27

110

5

30

162

1999

-

6

43

1

19

86

1

25

129

2000

1

7

43

1

7

76

2

14

119

2001

-

7

37

4

14

57

4

21

94

2002

-

2

38

-

9

76

-

11

114

2003

-

2

32

1

8

62

1

10

94

1999-2003 average

0

5

39

1

11

71

2

16

110

Bus/coach

1994-98 average

2

75

835

1

21

174

3

96

1,009

1993

3

76

950

2

31

128

5

107

1,078

1994

6

125

1,048

3

25

186

9

150

1,234

1995

1

80

761

-

25

146

1

105

907

1996

3

72

792

-

24

206

3

96

998

1997

-

42

749

2

13

192

2

55

941

1998

1

57

824

-

19

139

1

76

963

1999

1

66

726

-

17

198

1

83

924

2000

1

68

810

-

12

124

1

80

934

2001

-

51

707

-

11

116

-

62

823

2002

-

53

781

-

6

77

-

59

858

2003

1

59

726

-

12

161

1

71

887

1999-2003 average

1

59

750

0

12

135

1

71

885

Light goods

1994-98 average

1

27

180

8

84

335

9

111

514

1993

2

30

219

4

94

410

6

124

629

1994

-

32

192

10

108

401

10

140

593

1995

1

41

180

12

90

334

13

131

514

1996

-

18

150

5

65

282

5

83

432

1997

-

20

167

11

70

306

11

90

473

1998

4

25

209

4

85

351

8

110

560

1999

-

19

162

6

67

310

6

86

472

2000

1

11

143

7

55

244

8

66

387

2001

-

9

147

8

58

264

8

67

411

2002

2

15

139

9

65

252

11

80

391

2003

1

13

108

10

49

239

11

62

347

1999-2003 average

1

13

140

8

59

262

9

72

402

Heavy goods

1994-98 average

1

13

59

5

48

181

6

61

240

1993

1

18

67

5

58

213

6

76

280

1994

1

10

59

3

61

228

4

71

287

1995

1

22

73

5

58

203

6

80

276

1996

2

12

59

7

42

145

9

54

204

1997

1

9

45

4

37

143

5

46

188

1998

-

12

60

5

41

186

5

53

246

1999

2

13

84

3

45

197

5

58

281

2000

-

11

88

7

44

188

7

55

276

2001

1

11

82

5

51

231

6

62

313

2002

-

9

115

10

52

254

10

61

369

2003

-

21

100

3

42

217

3

63

317

1999-2003 average

1

13

94

6

47

217

6

60

311

Other ⁽²⁾

1994-98 average

-

11

61

1

17

74

1

28

135

1993

1

8

48

2

16

67

3

24

115

1994

-

16

73

1

20

65

1

36

138

1995

-

15

63

-

17

71

-

32

134

1996

-

6

49

2

20

86

2

26

135

1997

-

8

54

1

10

63

1

18

117

1998

-

9

65

1

17

84

1

26

149

1999

-

10

75

-

13

89

-

23

164

2000

-

8

98

-

20

102

-

28

200

2001

-

10

87

-

18

83

-

28

170

2002

-

5

73

1

15

72

1

20

145

2003

1

10

64

2

13

78

3

23

142

1999-2003 average

0

9

79

1

16

85

1

24

164

Total

1994-98 average

115

2,474

13,481

263

2,364

8,834

378

4,838

22,316

1993

134

2,459

13,356

265

2,394

9,058

399

4,853

22,414

1994

111

2,996

13,972

252

2,575

8,601

363

5,571

22,573

1995

128

2,856

13,542

281

2,483

8,652

409

5,339

22,194

1996

120

2,205

13,110

237

2,193

8,606

357

4,398

21,716

1997

90

2,144

13,438

287

2,280

9,191

377

4,424

22,629

1998

126

2,168

13,345

259

2,289

9,122

385

4,457

22,467

1999

101

2,065

12,426

209

2,010

8,577

310

4,075

21,003

2000

97

1,883

12,238

229

2,010

8,273

326

3,893

20,511

2001

96

1,763

11,693

252

1,995

8,219

348

3,758

19,912

2002

74

1,714

11,404

230

1,809

7,853

304

3,523

19,257

2003

87

1,584

10,780

244

1,687

7,926

331

3,271

18,706

1999-2003 average

91

1,802

11,708

233

1,902

8,170

324

3,704

19,878

(b) Change in numbers: 2003 on 2002

Pedestrian

-6

-120

-306

-4

-

-30

-10

-120

-336

Pedal cycle

6

-21

-21

-

8

-6

6

-13

-27

Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾

4

-22

-39

-

-16

-12

4

-38

-51

Car

8

-

-178

22

-91

76

30

-91

-102

Taxi

-

12

36

-

-

19

-

12

55

Minibus

-

-

-6

1

-1

-14

1

-1

-20

Bus/coach

1

6

-55

-

6

84

1

12

29

Light goods

-1

-2

-31

1

-16

-13

-

-18

-44

Heavy goods

-

12

-15

-7

-10

-37

-7

2

-52

Other

1

5

-9

1

-2

6

2

3

-3

Total

13

-130

-624

14

-122

73

27

-252

-551

(c) Per cent changes:

2003 on 2002

Pedestrian

-12

-15

-10

-17

-

-17

-14

-13

-10

Pedal cycle

n/a

-17

-3

-

30

-6

75

-9

-3

Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾

50

-12

-6

-

-6

-2

9

-8

-4

Car

57

-

-3

16

-7

1

19

-5

-1

Taxi

-

71

17

n/a

-

58

-

63

22

Minibus

n/a

-

-16

n/a

-11

-18

n/a

-9

-18

Bus/coach

n/a

11

-7

n/a

100

109

n/a

20

3

Light goods

-50

-13

-22

11

-25

-5

-

-23

-11

Heavy goods

n/a

133

-13

-70

-19

-15

-70

3

-14

Other

n/a

100

-12

100

-13

8

200

15

-2

Total

18

-8

-5

6

-7

1

9

-7

-3

2003 on 1994-98 average

Pedestrian

-40

-45

-32

-38

-35

-35

-40

-44

-32

Pedal cycle

36

-47

-38

29

-34

-38

32

-45

-38

Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾

131

7

16

46

24

23

60

17

19

Car

-21

-31

-14

-11

-33

-11

-12

-33

-12

Taxi

25

17

-4

-100

-79

38

-50

-10

2

Minibus ⁽²⁾

-100

-60

-30

-29

-63

-44

-44

-62

-40

Bus/coach

-55

-22

-13

-100

-43

-7

-69

-26

-12

Light goods

-

-52

-40

19

-41

-29

17

-44

-33

Heavy goods

-100

62

69

-38

-12

20

-48

4

32

Other ⁽²⁾

n/a

-7

5

100

-23

6

200

-17

5

Total

-24

-36

-20

-7

-29

-10

-12

-32

-16