Road Accidents Scotland 2005

image of Table 30 Child and adult casualties by day of week and mode of transport Years: 2001-2005 average

Table 30 Child ⁽¹⁾ and adult casualties by day of week and mode of transport
Years: 2001-2005 average

Day of Week	Pedestrian	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle ⁽²⁾	Car	Taxi	Minibus	Bus/ coach	Light goods	Heavy goods	Other	Total
Child
Monday	170	38	2	101	2	4	15	1	1	3	336
Tuesday	201	38	3	104	3	1	20	1	1	1	373
Wednesday	186	40	2	97	2	3	22	1	1	1	354
Thursday	210	45	3	103	1	4	17	1	-	1	385
Friday	235	33	2	130	2	2	25	1	1	1	432
Saturday	151	36	4	164	1	-	9	2	1	3	372
Sunday	96	38	6	140	2	1	3	2	-	1	289
Total	1,249	268	23	838	13	16	110	8	5	12	2,542
Adult
Monday	251	84	131	1,473	29	12	108	70	59	27	2,245
Tuesday	251	92	141	1,469	32	8	127	68	55	21	2,264
Wednesday	262	100	141	1,475	32	14	125	62	48	21	2,280
Thursday	271	95	150	1,499	31	11	115	60	46	23	2,303
Friday	329	79	158	1,797	37	11	137	63	45	23	2,680
Saturday	326	45	171	1,674	46	9	95	31	19	21	2,437
Sunday	212	52	189	1,440	49	9	35	25	14	16	2,040
Total	1,901	547	1,081	10,827	257	74	744	378	288	152	16,249
Total ⁽³⁾
Monday	422	123	134	1,576	31	15	124	72	60	30	2,586
Tuesday	453	131	144	1,575	35	9	150	69	56	22	2,644
Wednesday	449	140	144	1,574	34	17	149	63	49	22	2,641
Thursday	484	141	153	1,603	32	15	134	60	47	24	2,695
Friday	566	113	161	1,930	40	13	165	64	47	24	3,122
Saturday	479	81	175	1,840	47	10	106	32	20	25	2,816
Sunday	310	91	195	1,582	51	11	39	26	14	17	2,335
Total	3,163	820	1,105	11,680	270	90	867	386	293	164	18,840

(1) Child 0-15 years.
(2) Motorcycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
(3) Includes those whose ages were 'not known'.

The Scottish Government