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5. Progress towards the casualty reduction targets for 2010 (Tables 3, 4 & 5)
5.1 Killed or seriously injured casualties
There was a provisional total of 2,908 people reported killed or seriously injured in 2006, 40% below the 1994-98 baseline average level: 39.9% lower, when expressed to one decimal place, so the target of a 40% fall has almost been achieved. As noted in paragraph 10.5, the relevant "indicative line" figure for 2006 (the reduction so far needed to achieve the 2010 target by means of a constant annual percentage reduction) is 30.6% below the 1994-98 baseline average. Table 3 shows that the percentage fall from the 1994-98 average number of killed or seriously injured ( KSI) casualties is more than this for most modes of transport. Indeed in several cases, the falls are greater than 40%.
About half of all the 2,908 KSI casualties reported in 2006 were car users. The total of 1,415 car KSI casualties recorded in 2006 was 43% below the 1994-98 average, and therefore better than the target for 2010. There were 741 pedestrian KSI casualties reported in 2006, 46% fewer than the 1994-98 average: again better than the target reduction by 2010. However, the number of motorcycle KSI casualties recorded in 2006 was 403, an increase of 13% from the 1994-98 average: this was the only category of road user for which the figure in 2006 was above the indicative line. The reported numbers of KSI casualties were smaller for each of the remaining categories of road user (pedal cyclists: 140; goods vehicle users: 99; bus/coach users: 55; and others: 55).
Progress towards the 2010 casualty reduction targets
(A) Killed or Seriously Injured casualties
(B) Child Killed or Seriously Injured casualties
(C) Slight casualties: rate per 100 million vehicle kilometre
5.2 Child killed or seriously injured casualties
There was a provisional total of 369 children reported killed or seriously injured in 2006, 56% below the 1994-98 average, so the target of a 50% reduction by 2010 has been met. Table 4 shows that, in 2006, the figures for child pedestrians, pedal cyclists and car users were all below (and therefore better than) the target for 2010. The figures for the other modes of transport are very small.
About two-thirds of the 369 child killed or seriously injured ( KSI) casualties recorded in 2006 were pedestrians. The number of child pedestrian KSI casualties reported in 2006 was 245, 56% below the 1994-98 average, and therefore meeting the target of a 50% reduction. There were 69 child car KSI casualties recorded in 2006, a fall of 52% from the 1994-98 average, and therefore better than the target. The number of child pedal cycle KSI casualties reported in 2006 was 61% below the 1994-98 average and also better than the target of a 50% reduction. As there are few child KSI casualties for other modes of transport, small fluctuations in their numbers can cause apparently large percentage changes which are therefore not shown in Table 4.
5.3 Slightly injured casualties, and the slight casualty rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres
At the time of writing, 2005 is the latest year for which there is an estimate of the total volume of traffic for Scotland as a whole. Table 5 shows that the slight casualty rate was 34.95 casualties per 100 million vehicle kilometres in 2005. This was 25% below the 1994-98 baseline average, so the target of a 10% reduction has already been achieved.
About two-thirds of slight casualties reported in 2006 were car users. The total number of car user slight casualties recorded in 2006 was 9,181: 15% below the 1994-98 average. There were 2,081 pedestrian slight casualties reported, 31% fewer than the 1994-98 average. Bus and coach user slight casualties totalled 698 in 2006, 23% fewer than the 1994-98 average, the recorded number of pedal cyclist slight casualties (627) was 39% below the baseline average, and reported goods vehicle user slight casualties (482) were 17% fewer than the baseline average. However, recorded motorcyclist slight casualties (651 in 2006) were 12% above the 1994-98 average.
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