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Table 13: Vehicles Involved

Vehicles involved, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 1994 to 2004, and 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages

Pedal cycle

Motor cycle

Car or taxi

Bus / coach

Light goods

Heavy goods

All (1)

(a) vehicles involved in fatal and serious accidents

number

1994-98 ave.

266

360

4,639

247

291

284

6,184

1994

332

362

5,358

314

359

348

7,186

1995

316

403

4,992

268

343

322

6,739

1996

235

310

4,215

227

262

243

5,585

1997

224

351

4,328

207

245

260

5,705

1998

222

376

4,300

220

248

246

5,707

1999

206

438

3,981

223

234

249

5,423

2000

180

503

3,724

200

205

242

5,161

2001

178

473

3,558

206

182

272

4,966

2002

160

478

3,415

185

196

228

4,735

2003

149

438

3,174

193

165

245

4,441

2004

131

400

2,954

166

171

192

4,097

2000-04 ave.

160

458

3,365

190

184

236

4,680

(b) vehicles involved - all severities of accident

1994-98 ave.

1,320

940

21,502

1,309

1,201

891

27,518

1994

1,416

935

21,251

1,462

1,307

988

27,694

1995

1,361

975

21,084

1,277

1,227

961

27,232

1996

1,346

867

20,914

1,235

1,137

805

26,676

1997

1,309

951

22,340

1,243

1,143

853

28,207

1998

1,167

972

21,922

1,326

1,189

847

27,781

1999

1,062

1,032

20,175

1,165

1,073

944

25,835

2000

900

1,154

19,868

1,243

984

924

25,547

2001

942

1,207

19,159

1,187

934

1,013

24,876

2002

852

1,197

18,688

1,173

856

998

24,138

2003

840

1,153

18,194

1,176

795

928

23,433

2004

791

1,020

18,117

1,236

969

791

23,282

2000-04 ave.

865

1,146

18,805

1,203

908

931

24,255

(c) traffic volumes (2)

million vehicle kilometres

1994-98 ave.

235

207

30,242

576

4,088

2,305

37,653

1994

235

204

29,082

535

3,746

2,198

36,000

1995

240

203

29,646

565

3,832

2,250

36,736

1996

236

202

30,429

581

4,022

2,308

37,777

1997

235

210

30,900

597

4,284

2,357

38,582

1998

228

217

31,154

601

4,557

2,412

39,169

1999

238

242

31,589

613

4,657

2,431

39,770

2000

242

250

31,450

599

4,592

2,439

39,572

2001

236

261

31,904

604

4,662

2,398

40,065

2002

250

292

33,127

630

4,828

2,408

41,535

2003

249

327

33,228

646

5,076

2,511

42,038

2004

217

309

33,674

593

5,283

2,615

42,691

2000-04 ave.

239

288

32,677

614

4,888

2,474

41,180

(d) vehicle involvement rates: fatal and serious accidents

per million vehicle kilometres

1994-98 ave.

1.13

1.74

0.15

0.43

0.07

0.12

0.16

1994

1.41

1.77

0.18

0.59

0.10

0.16

0.20

1995

1.32

1.98

0.17

0.47

0.09

0.14

0.18

1996

1.00

1.53

0.14

0.39

0.07

0.11

0.15

1997

0.95

1.67

0.14

0.35

0.06

0.11

0.15

1998

0.97

1.73

0.14

0.37

0.05

0.10

0.15

1999

0.87

1.81

0.13

0.36

0.05

0.10

0.14

2000

0.74

2.01

0.12

0.33

0.04

0.10

0.13

2001

0.76

1.81

0.11

0.34

0.04

0.11

0.12

2002

0.64

1.64

0.10

0.29

0.04

0.09

0.11

2003

0.60

1.34

0.10

0.30

0.03

0.10

0.11

2004

0.60

1.29

0.09

0.28

0.03

0.07

0.10

2000-04 ave.

0.67

1.59

0.10

0.31

0.04

0.10

0.11

(e) vehicle involvement rates: all severities of accident

per million vehicle kilometres

1994-98 ave.

5.62

4.54

0.71

2.27

0.29

0.39

0.73

1994

6.02

4.58

0.73

2.73

0.35

0.45

0.77

1995

5.67

4.80

0.71

2.26

0.32

0.43

0.74

1996

5.71

4.29

0.69

2.13

0.28

0.35

0.71

1997

5.57

4.54

0.72

2.08

0.27

0.36

0.73

1998

5.12

4.48

0.70

2.20

0.26

0.35

0.71

1999

4.46

4.27

0.64

1.90

0.23

0.39

0.65

2000

3.72

4.62

0.63

2.07

0.21

0.38

0.65

2001

4.00

4.62

0.60

1.97

0.20

0.42

0.62

2002

3.41

4.10

0.56

1.86

0.18

0.41

0.58

2003

3.37

3.52

0.55

1.82

0.16

0.37

0.56

2004

3.64

3.30

0.54

2.09

0.18

0.30

0.55

2000-04 ave.

3.62

3.98

0.58

1.96

0.19

0.38

0.59

(1) Includes a small number of 'unknown' and 'other' types of vehicles.
(2) There may be slight differences between the vehicle types used for road accident statistics and those used for the traffic estimates.

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