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Table 26 Casualties by mode of motor transport, casualty class and severity
Years: 1994-98 and 2001-2005 averages, 2001 to 2005

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

2001

48

424

1,086

1

30

92

2002

46

421

1,078

-

34

87

2003

48

389

1,030

2

28

84

2004

39

362

927

2

28

61

2005

33

369

1,002

1

34

80

2001-2005 average

43

393

1,025

1

31

81

Car

1994-98 average

132

1,501

7,918

77

1,000

5,443

2001

131

1,195

7,615

63

757

4,680

2002

102

1,118

7,484

52

659

4,349

2003

114

1,058

7,567

70

635

4,174

2004

115

990

7,467

52

585

4,110

2005

107

912

7,121

46

540

3,834

2001-2005 average

114

1,055

7,451

57

635

4,229

Taxi

1994-98 average

1

15

112

1

19

187

2001

-

10

129

1

13

178

2002

-

8

115

1

11

136

2003

-

13

135

1

18

169

2004

-

9

116

-

12

124

2005

-

6

114

-

5

135

2001-2005 average

-

9

122

1

12

148

Minibus (2)

1994-98 average

1

8

39

1

19

117

2001

1

4

23

3

17

71

2002

-

-

28

-

11

86

2003

-

3

30

1

7

64

2004

-

2

31

-

7

49

2005

-

4

19

1

7

50

2001-2005 average

0

3

26

1

10

64

Bus/Coach

1994-98 average

0

8

73

3

88

936

2001

-

3

68

-

59

755

2002

-

3

76

-

56

784

2003

-

3

57

1

67

835

2004

1

6

75

2

59

839

2005

-

2

60

-

60

785

2001-2005 average

0

3

67

1

60

800

Light goods

1994-98 average

6

75

347

3

36

168

2001

4

41

296

4

26

115

2002

7

56

279

4

24

113

2003

7

50

259

4

14

89

2004

7

40

304

-

12

100

2005

6

44

277

2

17

100

2001-2005 average

6

46

283

3

19

103

Heavy goods

1994-98 average

5

51

195

1

10

45

2001

6

51

252

-

11

61

2002

9

48

289

1

13

81

2003

3

54

252

-

10

65

2004

3

35

201

2

8

49

2005

6

30

187

1

7

28

2001-2005 average

5

44

236

1

10

57

Other (2) (3)

1994-98 average

1

17

86

-

11

49

2001

-

21

106

-

7

64

2002

-

15

96

1

5

49

2003

3

17

104

-

6

36

2004

1

23

95

-

6

58

2005

1

22

148

-

10

66

2001-2005 average

1

20

110

0

7

55

All modes of motor transport

1994-98 average

174

1,994

9,601

89

1,219

7,047

2001

190

1,749

9,575

72

920

6,016

2002

164

1,669

9,445

59

813

5,685

2003

175

1,587

9,434

79

785

5,516

2004

166

1,467

9,216

58

717

5,390

2005

153

1,389

8,928

51

680

5,078

2001-2005 average

170

1,572

9,320

64

783

5,537

(b) Percent changes:

2005 on 1994-98 average

Motor cycle

20

16

20

-74

-6

-22

Car

-19

-39

-10

-40

-46

-30

Taxi

-100

-61

2

-100

-74

-28

Minibus (2)

-100

-47

-51

-

-63

-57

Bus/Coach

-100

-76

-17

-100

-32

-16

Light goods

-6

-41

-20

-33

-53

-40

Heavy goods

30

-41

-4

-17

-29

-38

Other (2)

-

33

73

-

-9

35

All modes

-12

-30

-7

-43

-44

-28

(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 D.
(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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