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Table 5 (c) Accident rates on all roads by police force area and severity
Years: 1994-98 and 2001-2005 averages

Severity/Police force area

Motorways

Trunk A roads

Local Authority A roads (1)

All Major Roads

Minor Roads

All Roads

Accident rate per 100 million vehicle km - for 1994-98 average

Fatal

Northern

-

1.0

1.8

1.3

1.2

1.3

Grampian

-

1.0

1.3

1.1

0.9

1.0

Tayside

0.1

0.9

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.9

Fife

-

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

Lothian & Borders

0.3

0.9

1.0

0.8

0.8

0.8

Central

0.3

1.6

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.7

Strathclyde

0.2

1.1

1.0

0.8

1.0

0.9

Dumfries & Galloway

0.2

1.3

1.4

1.1

0.9

1.1

Scotland

0.2

1.0

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.9

Fatal & Serious

Northern

-

8.5

12.1

9.8

16.1

11.2

Grampian

-

4.3

9.1

6.6

8.8

7.5

Tayside

1.8

6.0

13.3

8.2

18.7

11.2

Fife

1.2

4.9

8.4

6.4

12.2

8.6

Lothian & Borders

1.1

3.7

9.6

6.6

11.9

8.5

Central

2.1

11.8

11.7

8.6

12.4

9.8

Strathclyde

2.1

8.6

14.2

9.3

19.2

13.0

Dumfries & Galloway

1.4

6.9

12.5

6.9

21.0

9.2

Scotland

1.8

6.7

11.8

8.1

15.4

10.6

All severities

Northern

-

23.2

32.0

26.5

55.3

32.9

Grampian

-

18.2

40.1

28.9

42.5

34.7

Tayside

5.5

16.3

38.5

23.2

64.3

35.0

Fife

5.6

15.5

30.7

22.8

45.7

31.4

Lothian & Borders

5.9

20.3

58.8

39.5

80.9

54.2

Central

6.5

29.6

36.5

25.5

44.8

31.9

Strathclyde

9.9

29.5

56.9

36.2

81.3

53.0

Dumfries & Galloway

3.6

17.2

36.5

18.5

60.4

25.3

Scotland

7.9

22.1

47.9

31.2

67.9

43.8

Percentage above/below Scottish average - for 1994-98 average

Fatal & Serious

Northern

n/a

27

2

21

4

6

Grampian

n/a

-36

-23

-18

-43

-29

Tayside

-2

-11

13

0

22

5

Fife

-35

-28

-29

-22

-21

-19

Lothian & Borders

-38

-46

-18

-19

-23

-20

Central

17

76

-1

5

-19

-7

Strathclyde

14

28

20

14

25

22

Dumfries & Galloway

-23

2

6

-15

36

-13

All severities

Northern

n/a

5

-33

-15

-18

-25

Grampian

n/a

-18

-16

-7

-37

-21

Tayside

-30

-26

-20

-26

-5

-20

Fife

-28

-30

-36

-27

-33

-28

Lothian & Borders

-25

-8

23

26

19

24

Central

-17

34

-24

-18

-34

-27

Strathclyde

25

33

19

16

20

21

Dumfries & Galloway

-54

-22

-24

-41

-11

-42

Accident rate per 100 million vehicle km - for 2001-2005 average

Fatal

Northern

-

0.9

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.0

Grampian

-

0.8

1.2

1.0

0.9

1.0

Tayside

0.3

0.8

1.1

0.8

0.6

0.8

Fife

0.2

0.6

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.7

Lothian & Borders

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.5

Central

0.3

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.3

0.6

Strathclyde

0.2

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.6

Dumfries & Galloway

0.3

0.8

0.9

0.6

0.7

0.6

Scotland

0.2

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.7

0.7

Fatal & Serious

Northern

-

6.4

8.1

7.0

9.5

7.6

Grampian

-

3.9

6.9

5.4

6.2

5.7

Tayside

1.5

4.1

9.1

5.6

10.7

7.1

Fife

1.6

3.5

6.9

5.0

9.5

6.6

Lothian & Borders

0.6

2.5

6.5

4.2

9.6

6.1

Central

1.7

9.3

8.6

6.1

7.4

6.6

Strathclyde

1.3

4.9

8.2

5.2

10.6

7.2

Dumfries & Galloway

1.1

5.2

6.7

3.9

13.3

5.4

Scotland

1.2

4.6

7.7

5.2

9.5

6.7

All severities

Northern

-

21.1

24.5

22.4

42.2

26.7

Grampian

-

14.6

27.0

20.6

29.3

24.4

Tayside

5.2

12.8

32.8

19.3

46.2

27.1

Fife

7.2

12.9

26.5

19.3

39.9

26.8

Lothian & Borders

6.8

13.7

42.5

27.5

67.3

41.4

Central

5.7

25.6

30.3

20.6

31.7

24.2

Strathclyde

9.5

21.8

45.2

27.9

60.5

39.9

Dumfries & Galloway

5.6

19.0

31.6

16.5

60.7

23.6

Scotland

7.8

17.7

37.1

24.1

52.0

33.6

Percentage above/below Scottish average - for 2001-2005 average

Fatal & Serious

Northern

n/a

39

6

34

-

13

Grampian

n/a

-16

-10

2

-35

-15

Tayside

20

-11

18

7

12

6

Fife

34

-24

-11

-4

-1

-1

Lothian & Borders

-49

-45

-15

-19

1

-9

Central

37

102

12

18

-22

-2

Strathclyde

4

6

7

-1

11

7

Dumfries & Galloway

-10

13

-13

-25

39

-19

All severities

Northern

n/a

19

-34

-7

-19

-20

Grampian

n/a

-17

-27

-14

-44

-27

Tayside

-34

-28

-12

-20

-11

-19

Fife

-8

-27

-29

-20

-23

-20

Lothian & Borders

-13

-23

14

14

29

23

Central

-27

44

-18

-14

-39

-28

Strathclyde

22

23

22

16

16

19

Dumfries & Galloway

-29

7

-15

-31

17

-30

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