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Table 42: Casualties

Casualties killed or seriously injured, child killed or seriously injured, slight casualties, estimated total volume of traffic, and slight casualty rate by police force area
Years: 1994-98 and 2000-2004 averages and 1995-2004

Police force

Killed or Seriously injured

Child killed or Seriously injured

Slight Casualties

Estimated total (1) volume of traffic

Slight casualty rate

numbers

(million veh-km)

(per 100 million veh-km)

Northern

1994-98 average

412

46

942

2,669

35

1995

408

54

948

2,611

36

1996

461

56

946

2,688

35

1997

388

32

1,010

2,741

37

1998

416

42

1,039

2,753

38

1999

366

33

1,020

2,798

36

2000

313

23

880

2,762

32

2001

392

35

852

2,823

30

2002

258

34

850

2,948

29

2003

271

19

941

2,984

32

2004

269

17

953

2,985

32

2000-2004 average

301

26

895

2,900

31

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-35

-63

1

12

-9

2000-2004 average

-27

-43

-5

9

-11

Grampian

1994-98 average

395

44

1,576

4,300

37

1995

390

33

1,654

4,203

39

1996

384

51

1,497

4,323

35

1997

400

41

1,642

4,404

37

1998

406

49

1,498

4,445

34

1999

314

35

1,281

4,498

28

2000

371

32

1,282

4,432

29

2001

323

29

1,284

4,455

29

2002

315

26

1,228

4,670

26

2003

329

35

1,149

4,746

24

2004

317

31

1,112

4,764

23

2000-2004 average

331

31

1,211

4,613

26

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-20

-30

-29

11

-38

2000-2004 average

-16

-30

-23

7

-30

Tayside

1994-98 average

508

77

1,264

3,726

34

1995

499

78

1,300

3,639

36

1996

491

82

1,254

3,741

34

1997

476

75

1,249

3,823

33

1998

503

61

1,209

3,870

31

1999

424

56

1,324

3,884

34

2000

372

53

1,182

3,852

31

2001

440

61

1,250

3,893

32

2002

341

50

1,242

4,065

31

2003

320

36

1,078

4,057

27

2004

374

44

1,087

4,127

26

2000-2004 average

369

49

1,168

3,999

29

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-26

-43

-14

11

-24

2000-2004 average

-27

-36

-8

7

-15

Fife

1994-98 average

267

44

798

2,440

33

1995

307

55

777

2,383

33

1996

259

45

784

2,445

32

1997

270

37

854

2,496

34

1998

219

37

796

2,530

31

1999

192

36

821

2,540

32

2000

251

38

827

2,519

33

2001

232

31

780

2,571

30

2002

278

28

802

2,712

30

2003

200

22

800

2,743

29

2004

214

28

798

2,804

28

2000-2004 average

235

29

801

2,670

30

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-20

-37

0

15

-15

2000-2004 average

-12

-34

0

9

-9

Lothian & Borders

1994-98 average

635

94

3,818

6,354

60

1995

762

133

3,447

6,198

56

1996

509

66

3,984

6,369

63

1997

524

61

3,974

6,504

61

1998

518

58

4,060

6,622

61

1999

546

74

3,684

6,769

54

2000

615

93

3,779

6,769

56

2001

556

73

3,544

6,855

52

2002

536

67

3,387

7,037

48

2003

429

58

3,215

7,156

45

2004

418

47

3,250

7,279

45

2000-2004 average

511

68

3,435

7,019

49

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-34

-50

-15

15

-25

2000-2004 average

-20

-28

-10

10

-18

Central

1994-98 average

290

52

783

2,481

32

1995

282

53

690

2,412

29

1996

292

54

722

2,484

29

1997

278

45

921

2,547

36

1998

248

45

850

2,597

33

1999

237

28

748

2,666

28

2000

229

34

707

2,684

26

2001

233

32

626

2,728

23

2002

254

32

734

2,792

26

2003

244

26

803

2,830

28

2004

198

18

706

2,890

24

2000-2004 average

232

28

715

2,785

26

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-32

-65

-10

16

-25

2000-2004 average

-20

-46

-9

12

-19

Strathclyde

1994-98 average

2,117

459

7,889

13,974

56

1995

2,455

520

7,692

13,632

56

1996

1,800

413

7,781

14,008

56

1997

1,892

428

8,116

14,304

57

1998

1,958

377

8,106

14,561

56

1999

1,843

354

7,606

14,808

51

2000

1,578

272

7,504

14,746

51

2001

1,453

273

7,370

14,919

49

2002

1,414

272

7,041

15,390

46

2003

1,372

219

6,997

15,620

45

2004

1,151

184

6,986

15,922

44

2000-2004 average

1,394

244

7,180

15,319

47

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-46

-60

-11

14

-21

2000-2004 average

-34

-47

-9

10

-16

Dumfries & Galloway

1994-98 average

214

25

409

1,709

24

1995

236

24

347

1,659

21

1996

202

23

350

1,719

20

1997

196

26

439

1,763

25

1998

189

29

452

1,791

25

1999

153

9

444

1,806

25

2000

164

16

457

1,808

25

2001

129

10

449

1,821

25

2002

128

18

459

1,920

24

2003

117

16

467

1,902

25

2004

107

14

465

1,920

24

2000-2004 average

129

15

459

1,874

25

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-50

-44

14

12

0

2000-2004 average

-40

-41

12

10

4

Scotland

1994-98 average

4,838

842

17,478

37,653

46

1995

5,339

950

16,855

36,736

46

1996

4,398

790

17,318

37,777

46

1997

4,424

745

18,205

38,582

47

1998

4,457

698

18,010

39,169

46

1999

4,075

625

16,928

39,770

43

2000

3,893

561

16,618

39,572

42

2001

3,758

544

16,155

40,065

40

2002

3,524

527

15,743

41,535

38

2003

3,282

431

15,450

42,038

37

2004

3,048

383

15,357

42,691

36

2000-2004 average

3,501

489

15,865

41,180

39

% change on 1994-98 average

2004

-37

-55

-12

13

-22

2000-2004 average

-28

-42

-9

9

-15

1. These estimates are not National Statistics. They provide only a rough indication of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the note on the Traffic Estimates, which is in the Introduction.

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