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Table 1 Population, vehicles licensed, road lengths, traffic on all roads and on M & A roads, reported injury accidents, vehicles involved and casualties: Years: 1953 to 2005
Year | Population | Vehicles licensed (1) | Road lengths | Traffic on all roads | Traffic on M & A roads | Injury accidents | Vehicles involved | Casualties |
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Million | Million | Thousand km | million vehicle km | million vehicle km | Number | Number | Number |
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1953 | 5.100 | .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | 18,343 |
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1954 | 5.104 | .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | 18,901 |
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1955 | 5.111 | .. | 44.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20,899 |
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1956 | 5.120 | .. | 44.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21,459 |
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1957 | 5.125 | .. | 44.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21,417 |
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1958 | 5.141 | .. | 44.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22,830 |
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1959 | 5.163 | .. | 45.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25,011 |
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1960 | 5.178 | .. | 45.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26,315 |
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1961 | 5.184 | .. | 45.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27,362 |
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1962 | 5.198 | 0.775 | 45.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26,703 |
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1963 | 5.205 | 0.836 | 45.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27,728 |
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1964 | 5.209 | 0.900 | 45.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30,527 |
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1965 | 5.210 | 0.951 | 46.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31,827 |
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1966 | 5.201 | 0.991 | 46.4 | .. | .. | 23,225 | .. | 32,280 |
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1967 | 5.198 | 1.035 | 46.4 | .. | .. | 22,838 | .. | 31,760 |
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1968 | 5.200 | 1.065 | 46.4 | .. | .. | 22,120 | .. | 30,649 |
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1969 | 5.208 | 1.106 | 47.0 | .. | .. | 21,863 | 31,885 | 31,056 |
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1970 | 5.214 | 1.124 | 47.2 | .. | .. | 22,133 | 33,430 | 31,240 |
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1971 | 5.236 | 1.135 | 47.5 | .. | .. | 22,332 | 32,165 | 31,194 |
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1972 | 5.231 | 1.181 | 47.9 | .. | .. | 22,703 | 32,832 | 31,762 |
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1973 | 5.234 | 1.252 | 48.0 | .. | .. | 22,580 | 32,951 | 31,404 |
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1974 | 5.241 | 1.274 | 48.3 | .. | .. | 20,581 | 30,073 | 28,783 |
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1975 | 5.232 | 1.304 | 48.3 | .. | .. | 20,652 | 30,613 | 28,621 |
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1976 | 5.233 | 1.314 | 48.9 | .. | .. | 21,751 | 32,547 | 29,933 |
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1977 | 5.226 | .. | 48.9 | .. | .. | 21,678 | 32,893 | 29,783 |
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1978 | 5.212 | 1.308 | 48.9 | .. | .. | 22,107 | 33,965 | 30,506 |
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1979 | 5.204 | 1.353 | 49.3 | .. | .. | 23,064 | 35,512 | 31,387 |
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1980 | 5.193 | 1.398 | 49.4 | .. | .. | 21,788 | 33,626 | 29,286 |
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1981 | 5.180 | 1.397 | 50.0 | .. | .. | 21,485 | 33,311 | 28,766 |
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1982 | 5.165 | 1.416 | 50.2 | .. | .. | 20,850 | 32,192 | 28,273 |
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1983 | 5.148 | 1.448 | 50.4 | .. | .. | 19,434 | 29,918 | 25,224 |
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1984 | 5.139 | 1.489 | 50.6 | .. | .. | 19,974 | 31,236 | 26,158 |
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1985 | 5.128 | 1.514 | 50.7 | .. | 17,219 | 20,644 | 32,446 | 27,287 |
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1986 | 5.112 | 1.546 | 50.8 | .. | 17,647 | 19,819 | 30,983 | 26,117 |
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1987 | 5.099 | 1.575 | 51.2 | .. | 18,767 | 18,657 | 29,454 | 24,748 |
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1988 | 5.077 | 1.657 | 51.3 | .. | 20,098 | 19,097 | 30,465 | 25,425 |
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1989 | 5.078 | 1.729 | 51.6 | .. | 21,404 | 20,605 | 33,221 | 27,532 |
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1990 | 5.081 | 1.788 | 51.7 | .. | 21,786 | 20,171 | 32,423 | 27,228 |
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1991 | 5.083 | 1.830 | 51.9 | .. | 21,947 | 19,004 | 30,897 | 25,346 |
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1992 | 5.086 | 1.884
| 52.0 | .. | 22,575
| 18,008 | 29,306 | 24,173 |
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1993 | 5.092 | 1.874 | 52.1 | 35,175 | 22,666 | 16,685 | 27,356 | 22,414 |
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1994 | 5.102 | 1.900 | 52.3 | 36,000 | 23,300 | 16,768 | 27,694 | 22,573 |
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1995 | 5.104 | 1.910 | 52.8 | 36,736 | 23,987 | 16,534 | 27,232 | 22,194 |
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1996 | 5.092 | 1.966 | 53.1 | 37,777 | 24,839 | 16,073 | 26,676 | 21,716 |
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1997 | 5.083 | 2.023 | 53.1 | 38,582 | 25,452 | 16,646 | 28,207 | 22,629 |
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1998 | 5.077 | 2.073 | 53.3 | 39,169 | 25,885 | 16,519 | 27,781 | 22,467 |
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1999 | 5.072 | 2.131 | 53.5 | 39,770 | 26,185 | 15,416 | 25,835 | 21,003 |
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2000 | 5.063 | 2.188 | 53.9 | 39,561 | 25,936 | 15,126 | 25,549 | 20,511 |
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2001 | 5.064 | 2.262 | 54.1 | 40,065 | 26,342 | 14,726 | 24,876 | 19,913 |
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2002 | 5.055 | 2.330 | 54.6 | 41,535 | 27,262 | 14,340 | 24,148 | 19,273 |
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2003 | 5.057 | 2.383 | 54.5 | 42,038 | 27,682 | 13,910 | 23,444 | 18,741 |
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2004 | 5.078 | 2.448 | 54.5 | 42,705 | 28,209 | 13,886 | 23,336 | 18,452 |
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2005 | 5.095 | 2.531 | 54.8 | 42,718 | 28,055 | 13,397 | 22,409 | 17,821 |
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1994-98 average | 5.092 | 1.974 | 52.9 | 37,653 | 24,693 | 16,508 | 27,518 | 22,316 |
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2001-2005 average | 5.070 | 2.391 | 54.5 | 41,812 | 27,510 | 14,052 | 23,643 | 18,840 |
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Per cent changes: |
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2005 on 2004 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -3.5 | -4.0 | -3.4 |
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2005 on 1994-98 ave | 0.1 | 28.2 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | -18.8 | -18.6 | -20.1 |
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1. Figures from 1993 onwards are on a different basis from those for previous years, due to a change in the source of the data.
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