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Table 26: Casualties

Casualties by mode of motor transport, casualty class and severity
Years: 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages, 2000 to 2004

Mode of Transport

Year

Driver or Rider

Passenger Vehicle/pillion

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

(a) Numbers

Motor cycle (1)

1994-98 average

27

319

832

4

36

103

2000

38

448

1,056

2

27

73

2001

48

424

1,086

1

30

92

2002

46

421

1,077

-

34

87

2003

48

389

1,030

2

28

84

2004

39

361

925

2

28

61

2000-2004 average

44

409

1,035

1

29

79

Car

1994-98 average

132

1,501

7,918

77

1,000

5,443

2000

127

1,243

7,829

55

735

4,821

2001

131

1,195

7,615

63

757

4,680

2002

102

1,118

7,484

52

659

4,347

2003

114

1,058

7,567

70

634

4,173

2004

115

989

7,453

52

580

4,096

2000-2004 average

118

1,121

7,590

58

673

4,423

Taxi

1994-98 average

1

15

112

1

19

187

2000

2

8

132

-

17

198

2001

-

10

129

1

13

178

2002

-

8

115

1

11

135

2003

-

13

135

1

18

169

2004

-

9

116

-

12

124

2000-2004 average

0

10

125

1

14

161

Minibus (2)

1994-98 average

1

8

39

1

19

117

2000

-

2

33

2

12

86

2001

1

4

23

3

17

71

2002

-

-

28

-

11

86

2003

-

3

30

1

7

64

2004

-

2

31

-

7

49

2000-2004 average

0

2

29

1

11

71

Bus/Coach

1994-98 average

0

8

73

3

88

936

2000

-

4

58

1

76

876

2001

-

3

68

-

59

755

2002

-

3

76

-

56

783

2003

-

3

57

1

67

830

2004

1

6

75

2

59

836

2000-2004 average

0

4

67

1

63

816

Light goods

1994-98 average

6

75

347

3

36

168

2000

6

42

278

2

24

109

2001

4

41

296

4

26

115

2002

7

56

279

4

24

113

2003

7

50

259

4

13

89

2004

7

40

304

-

12

100

2000-2004 average

6

46

283

3

20

105

Heavy goods

1994-98 average

5

51

195

1

10

45

2000

7

45

222

-

10

54

2001

6

51

252

-

11

61

2002

9

48

288

1

13

81

2003

3

54

252

-

10

65

2004

3

35

199

2

8

49

2000-2004 average

6

47

243

1

10

62

Other (2) (3)

1994-98 average

1

17

86

-

11

49

2000

-

18

127

-

10

73

2001

-

21

106

-

7

64

2002

-

15

96

1

5

49

2003

3

17

104

-

6

36

2004

1

21

93

-

6

58

2000-2004 average

1

18

105

0

7

56

All modes of motor transport

1994-98 average

174

1,994

9,601

89

1,219

7,047

2000

180

1,810

9,735

62

911

6,290

2001

190

1,749

9,575

72

920

6,016

2002

164

1,669

9,443

59

813

5,681

2003

175

1,587

9,434

79

783

5,510

2004

166

1,463

9,196

58

712

5,373

2000-2004 average

175

1,656

9,477

66

828

5,774

(b) Percent changes:

2004 on 1994-98 average

Motor cycle

42

13

11

-47

-22

-41

Car

-13

-34

-6

-32

-42

-25

Taxi

-100

-41

4

-100

-38

-34

Minibus (2)

-100

-74

-21

-100

-63

-58

Bus/Coach

400

-27

3

-33

-33

-11

Light goods

9

-47

-12

-100

-67

-40

Heavy goods

-35

-31

2

67

-18

9

Other (2)

-

27

9

-

-45

18

All modes

-5

-27

-4

-35

-42

-24

(1) Motor cycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles
(2) Affected by the change in 1999 in the way that motor caravans were counted - see Annex C.
(3) Includes a small number of casualties who were using a "non-motor" mode of transport (other than pedestrian and pedal cyclists, who are excluded from this table).

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