Road Accidents Scotland 2004

Table 23: Casualties

Casualties: Pedestrians, car users and other road users, on built-up and non built-up roads
Separate charts for each severity
Years: 1994 to 2004

Casualties by mode of transport and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages, 1994 to 2004

Mode of transport	Year	Built-up			Non built-up			Total
Mode of transport	Year	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
	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	3,433	23	86	169	72	996	3,602
	2001	51	835	3,247	25	83	159	76	918	3,406
	2002	49	814	3,143	24	77	172	73	891	3,315
	2003	43	695	2,843	20	78	143	63	773	2,986
	2004	54	663	2,907	21	83	156	75	746	3,063
	2000-2004 average	49	783	3,115	23	81	160	72	865	3,274
Pedal cycle	1994-98 average	4	196	1,130	6	53	153	11	249	1,283
	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	104	707	8	35	95	14	139	802
	2004	3	106	694	4	21	79	7	127	773
	2000-2004 average	4	120	742	6	33	99	10	153	841
Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	1994-98 average	5	148	509	26	207	426	31	355	935
	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	591	38	258	523	50	417	1,114
	2004	5	145	526	36	244	460	41	389	986
	2000-2004 average	8	167	589	37	271	525	45	438	1,114
Car	1994-98 average	28	718	6,236	181	1,783	7,125	209	2,501	13,360
	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	5,968	152	1,457	6,682	182	1,978	12,650
	2001	32	538	5,728	162	1,414	6,567	194	1,952	12,295
	2002	14	495	5,546	140	1,282	6,285	154	1,777	11,831
	2003	22	497	5,378	162	1,195	6,362	184	1,692	11,740
	2004	28	376	5,144	139	1,193	6,405	167	1,569	11,549
	2000-2004 average	25	485	5,553	151	1,308	6,460	176	1,794	12,013

Casualties: selected other road user categories
Separate charts for each severity
Years: 1994 to 2004

Casualties by mode of transport and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages, 1994 to 2004

Mode of transport	Year	Built-up			Non built-up			Total
Mode of transport	Year	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
	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	217	-	2	33	1	19	250
	2003	1	29	252	-	2	52	1	31	304
	2004	-	11	205	-	10	35	-	21	240
	2000-2004 average	1	19	241	0	5	45	1	24	286
Minibus ⁽²⁾	1994-98 average	0	5	46	1	22	110	2	27	156
	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
	2004	-	3	32	-	6	48	-	9	80
	2000-2004 average	0	4	36	1	9	64	1	13	100
Bus/coach	1994-98 average	2	75	835	1	21	174	3	96	1,009
	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	78	-	59	859
	2003	1	58	726	-	12	161	1	70	887
	2004	1	53	791	2	12	120	3	65	911
	2000-2004 average	1	57	763	0	11	120	1	67	883
Light goods	1994-98 average	1	27	180	8	84	335	9	111	514
	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	14	138	9	66	254	11	80	392
	2003	1	13	109	10	50	239	11	63	348
	2004	2	12	137	5	40	267	7	52	404
	2000-2004 average	1	12	135	8	54	254	9	66	388
Heavy goods	1994-98 average	1	13	59	5	48	181	6	61	240
	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	43	217	3	64	317
	2004	2	10	69	3	33	179	5	43	248
	2000-2004 average	1	12	91	6	45	214	6	57	305
Other ⁽²⁾	1994-98 average	-	11	61	1	17	74	1	28	135
	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	62	2	13	78	3	23	140
	2004	-	10	65	1	17	86	1	27	151
	2000-2004 average	0	9	77	1	17	84	1	25	161
Total	1994-98 average	115	2,474	13,481	263	2,364	8,834	378	4,838	22,316
	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	8,220	348	3,758	19,913
	2002	74	1,714	11,407	230	1,810	7,860	304	3,524	19,267
	2003	87	1,588	10,800	244	1,694	7,932	331	3,282	18,732
	2004	95	1,389	10,570	211	1,659	7,835	306	3,048	18,405
	2000-2004 average	90	1,667	11,342	233	1,834	8,024	323	3,501	19,366

(1) Motor cycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles
(2) Comparisons of the figures for 1999 and earlier years are affected by a change in the way in which motor caravans are counted: for years up to 1998 they are included under 'minibus'; from 1999 they were counted in 'other' (see Annex C).

Table 23 (continued) Casualties
Casualties by mode of transport and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages, 1994 to 2004

Mode of Transport	Built-up			Non built-up			Total
Mode of Transport	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities
(b) Change in numbers: 2004 on 2003
Pedestrian	11	-32	64	1	5	13	12	-27	77
Pedal cycle	-3	2	-13	-4	-14	-16	-7	-12	-29
Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	-7	-14	-65	-2	-14	-63	-9	-28	-128
Car	6	-121	-234	-23	-2	43	-17	-123	-191
Taxi	-1	-18	-47	-	8	-17	-1	-10	-64
Minibus	-	1	-	-1	-2	-14	-1	-1	-14
Bus/coach	-	-5	65	2	-	-41	2	-5	24
Light goods	1	-1	28	-5	-10	28	-4	-11	56
Heavy goods	2	-11	-31	-	-10	-38	2	-21	-69
Other	-1	-	3	-1	4	8	-2	4	11
Total	8	-199	-230	-33	-35	-97	-25	-234	-327
(c) Per cent changes:
2004 on 2003
Pedestrian	26	-5	2	5	6	9	19	-3	3
Pedal cycle	-50	2	-2	-50	-40	-17	-50	-9	-4
Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	-58	-9	-11	-5	-5	-12	-18	-7	-11
Car	27	-24	-4	-14	0	1	-9	-7	-2
Taxi	-100	-62	-19	n/a	400	-33	-100	-32	-21
Minibus	n/a	50	-	-100	-25	-23	-100	-10	-15
Bus/coach	-	-9	9	n/a	-	-25	200	-7	3
Light goods	100	-8	26	-50	-20	12	-36	-17	16
Heavy goods	n/a	-52	-31	-	-23	-18	67	-33	-22
Other	-100	-	5	-50	31	10	-67	17	8
Total	9	-13	-2	-14	-2	-1	-8	-7	-2
2004 on 1994-98 average
Pedestrian	-25	-47	-30	-34	-31	-29	-28	-46	-30
Pedal cycle	-32	-46	-39	-35	-60	-48	-34	-49	-40
Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	-4	-2	3	38	18	8	31	9	5
Car	1	-48	-18	-23	-33	-10	-20	-37	-14
Taxi	-100	-56	-22	-100	4	-7	-100	-39	-20
Minibus ⁽²⁾	-100	-40	-30	-100	-72	-56	-100	-66	-49
Bus/coach	-55	-30	-5	100	-43	-31	-6	-33	-10
Light goods	100	-56	-24	-40	-52	-20	-26	-53	-21
Heavy goods	100	-23	17	-38	-31	-1	-14	-29	3
Other ⁽²⁾	n/a	-7	7	-	1	17	-	-2	12
Total	-17	-44	-22	-20	-30	-11	-19	-37	-18

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