Statistical Bulletin Transport Series Trn/2005/4: Key 2004 Road Accident Statistics

Table 3 Killed and seriously injured casualties by mode of transport

	Pedestrian	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car	Bus/ coach	Goods ¹	Other ²	All road users
1994-98 ave	1,376	249	355	2,501	96	172	89	4,838
1994	1,647	316	353	2,804	150	211	90	5,571
1995	1,587	292	395	2,653	105	211	96	5,339
1996	1,279	216	300	2,293	96	137	77	4,398
1997	1,211	210	358	2,365	55	136	89	4,424
1998	1,156	210	371	2,390	76	163	91	4,457
1999	1,143	189	431	2,004	83	144	81	4,075
2000	996	176	475	1,978	80	121	67	3,893
2001	918	171	454	1,952	62	129	72	3,758
2002	891	151	455	1,776	59	141	50	3,523
2003	772	139	417	1,691	70	125	64	3,278
2004 prov.	741	126	383	1,555	65	93	56	3,019
2000-04 average	864	153	437	1,790	67	122	62	3,494
Numbers in 2010 implied by target	826	149	213	1,501	58	103	53	2,903
2004 % change: on 2003	-4%	-9%	-8%	-8%	-7%	-26%	-13%	-8%
on 94-98 ave	-46%	-49%	8%	-38%	-33%	-46%	-37%	-38%

Table 4 Child killed and seriously injured casualties by mode of transport

	Pedestrian	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car	Bus/ coach	Goods ¹	Other ²	All road users
1994-98 ave	562	100	6	145	11	8	10	842
1994	674	144	6	161	24	12	8	1,029
1995	638	113	7	153	9	13	17	950
1996	540	100	4	118	15	3	10	790
1997	505	78	4	138	3	7	10	745
1998	455	64	8	153	6	6	6	698
1999	430	69	5	108	2	2	9	625
2000	378	65	7	94	7	5	5	561
2001	353	56	7	110	5	6	7	544
2002	340	46	7	111	9	7	7	527
2003	272	48	5	93	5	2	6	431
2004 prov.	245	39	10	77	3	3	4	381
2000-04 average	318	51	7	97	6	5	6	489
Numbers in 2010 implied by target	281	50	3	72	6	4	5	421
2004 % change: on 2003	-10%	*	*	-17%	*	*	*	-12%
on 94-98 ave	-56%	-61%	*	-47%	*	*	*	-55%

Table 5 Slight casualties by mode of transport

	Pedestrian	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car	Bus/ coach	Goods ¹	Other ²	All road users	Traffic	Slight casualty rate
	Pedestrian	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car	Bus/ coach	Goods ¹	Other ²	numbers	mill veh-km	per 100 mill veh-km
1994-98 ave	3,009	1,034	580	10,859	912	583	501	17,478	37,653	46.42
1994	3,083	1,068	577	10,123	1,084	669	398	17,002	36,000	47.23
1995	3,048	1,031	576	10,321	802	579	498	16,855	36,736	45.88
1996	3,047	1,081	550	10,740	902	499	499	17,318	37,777	45.84
1997	2,944	1,062	590	11,669	886	525	529	18,205	38,582	47.19
1998	2,921	930	605	11,444	887	643	580	18,010	39,169	45.98
1999	2,620	828	594	10,902	841	609	534	16,928	39,770	42.56
2000	2,607	708	654	10,671	854	542	582	16,618	39,572	41.99
2001	2,488	745	724	10,342	761	595	499	16,154	40,065	40.32
2002	2,424	677	709	10,048	799	619	458	15,734	41,572	37.85
2003	2,212	663	697	10,043	817	540	474	15,446	42,045	36.74
2004 prov.	2,290	638	594	9,895	844	554	412	15,227	..	..
2000-04 average	2,404	686	676	10,200	815	570	485	15,836	..	..
Rate in 2010 implied by target										41.78
2004 % change: on 2003	4%	-4%	-15%	-1%	3%	3%	-13%	-1%	..	..
on 94-98 ave	-24%	-38%	2%	-9%	-7%	-5%	-18%	-13%	..	..

* A percentage change is not shown if the denominator is 50 or fewer.
1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport

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