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Table 5 (c) Accident rates on all roads by police force area and severity
Years: 1994-98 and 2002-2006 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 2002-2006 average

Fatal

Northern

-

1.0

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

Grampian

-

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.9

1.0

Tayside

0.2

0.6

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.6

Fife

0.1

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.8

0.7

Lothian & Borders

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.5

Central

0.2

1.3

1.0

0.8

0.4

0.7

Strathclyde

0.2

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

Dumfries & Galloway

0.3

1.0

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

Scotland

0.2

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

Fatal & Serious

Northern

-

5.5

7.0

6.0

8.6

6.6

Grampian

-

3.6

6.8

5.2

5.8

5.4

Tayside

1.3

3.7

8.5

5.2

10.4

6.7

Fife

1.7

3.5

6.7

4.9

8.9

6.4

Lothian & Borders

0.6

2.8

6.4

4.2

9.1

5.9

Central

1.4

8.4

8.4

5.8

7.2

6.3

Strathclyde

1.2

4.6

7.6

4.8

9.9

6.7

Dumfries & Galloway

1.2

5.4

7.1

4.1

13.5

5.6

Scotland

1.2

4.3

7.3

4.9

9.0

6.3

All severities

Northern

-

20.3

23.8

21.6

40.8

25.8

Grampian

-

14.3

27.1

20.5

28.1

23.8

Tayside

4.7

11.8

30.8

18.0

44.0

25.5

Fife

6.4

12.9

26.4

19.0

37.8

25.9

Lothian & Borders

6.1

14.1

41.5

26.9

63.2

39.6

Central

5.3

23.4

31.8

20.9

32.5

24.6

Strathclyde

9.2

21.1

43.2

26.7

57.9

38.1

Dumfries & Galloway

5.4

18.4

31.6

16.3

59.6

23.3

Scotland

7.4

17.1

36.1

23.3

49.7

32.3

Percentage above/below Scottish average - for 2002-2006 average

Fatal & Serious

Northern

n/a

27

-4

22

-4

5

Grampian

n/a

-16

-6

5

-36

-14

Tayside

12

-14

16

5

16

6

Fife

44

-18

-8

0

-1

1

Lothian & Borders

-49

-35

-12

-14

1

-6

Central

23

96

15

18

-20

-1

Strathclyde

4

6

4

-2

10

6

Dumfries & Galloway

2

26

-3

-16

50

-11

All severities

Northern

n/a

19

-34

-7

-18

-20

Grampian

n/a

-16

-25

-12

-44

-26

Tayside

-37

-31

-15

-23

-11

-21

Fife

-14

-25

-27

-18

-24

-20

Lothian & Borders

-18

-18

15

15

27

23

Central

-29

37

-12

-10

-35

-24

Strathclyde

24

23

20

15

17

18

Dumfries & Galloway

-27

8

-13

-30

20

-28

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