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Key 2008 Road Casualty Statistics
This bulletin presents provisional statistics of injury road accidents (i.e. road accidents in which one or more people were killed or injured) in Scotland in 2008. Final figures will be published in autumn 2009.
1. Main Points
1.1 There were a total of 15,563 road casualties reported in 2008, (669 or 4% fewer than 2007), the lowest figure since 1949. Of which there were:
- 272 fatalities - 9 (or 3%) fewer than 2007
- 2,535 seriously injured - 150 (or 6%) more than 2007
- 12,756 slightly injured - 810 (or 6%) fewer than 2007 [Table 2]
1.2 In 2008 there were 1,694 child casualties reported, 123 (7%) fewer than in 2007. This included 20 fatalities: 11 more deaths than in 2007. [Table 4]
1.3 In 2008 there were 9,648 car users injured in road accidents, 153 of whom died. There were 2,595 pedestrian casualties (including 61 killed), 1,039 motorcyclist casualties (34 of whom died), 728 pedal cyclist casualties and 584 bus and coach user casualties in 2008. [Table 3]
1.4 There were 8,810 male casualties in 2008 (incl. 193 fatalities), compared to 6,713 females (incl. 79 fatalities). 20% ( 3,163) of all casualties were aged 16 -22, of which 1,865 were male (12% of all casualties) and 1,298 were female (8% of all casualties). [Tables 10 & 11]
1.5 There are 3 national targets for casualty reductions by 2010 - a larger reduction in casualties has been achieved in each case:
- 2,807 people were killed or seriously injured in 2008, 42% below the 1994-98 baseline average level (target of 40%) [Table 2]
- 291 children were killed or seriously injured in 2008: 65% below the 1994-98 average (target of 50%). [Tables 4 & 6]
- A slight casualty rate of 30.37 casualties per 100 million vehicle kilometres in 2007 (the latest available traffic volume estimate): 35% below the 1994-98 average (target of 10%). [Table 7]
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