Statistical Bulletin: Transport Series: Key 2008 Road Casualty Statistics

9. Accidents and Casualties by Police Force and Local Authority area (Tables 8 and 9)

9.1 Tables 8 and 9 show the reported numbers of accidents and casualties in each Police Force area and each Local Authority area. These are provisional figures, which are subject to a higher degree of revision from late returns and amendments. In addition, there can be quite large percentage year-to-year fluctuations in the figures for areas (as roads are often the boundary between areas/forces) within Scotland, particularly for those with the lower numbers. Therefore, the annual average for the latest five years may be a better guide to the "normal" level of the numbers than the figures for the latest year.

Table 8: Accidents by police force area, council and severity, 94-98, 04-08 averages and 2008

Police force Council	1994-98 average			2008 (provisional)			2004-2008 average (provisional)
Police force Council	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All
Northern	34	300	877	33	149	702	29	178	754
Highland	25	246	720	30	122	586	25	149	634
Orkney Islands	2	14	38	2	9	36	1	7	35
Shetland Islands	3	18	56	-	4	20	2	8	38
Eilean Siar	3	21	63	1	14	60	2	13	47
Grampian	44	324	1,493	29	366	1,398	42	279	1,205
Aberdeen City	9	102	603	4	117	513	6	79	422
Aberdeenshire	27	171	681	21	205	691	30	161	608
Moray	8	52	208	4	44	194	6	39	175
Tayside	32	417	1,304	29	240	911	28	262	982
Dundee City	5	114	420	4	62	265	3	64	289
Angus	8	118	366	12	71	282	11	79	293
Perth & Kinross	19	185	518	13	107	364	14	119	399
Fife	18	209	766	13	108	575	15	149	663
Lothian & Borders	53	538	3,442	37	377	2,558	37	422	2,702
Edinburgh, City of	17	267	1,995	13	176	1,299	9	184	1,405
West Lothian	12	95	521	9	68	460	9	73	463
Midlothian	4	45	254	3	29	220	3	38	226
East Lothian	5	44	237	2	19	194	4	35	208
Scottish Borders	15	87	435	10	85	385	12	91	399
Central	18	244	792	11	159	681	14	154	679
Clackmannanshire	2	38	108	2	22	86	2	18	89
Stirling	9	114	320	5	67	284	7	73	288
Falkirk	7	93	364	4	70	311	5	63	302
Strathclyde	119	1,814	7,401	86	968	4,905	91	927	5,584
Glasgow, City of	25	527	2,464	15	311	1,650	18	281	1,869
Argyll & Bute	12	132	355	10	88	288	11	78	298
West Dunbartonshire	6	71	294	2	25	148	4	35	210
East Dunbartonshire	2	57	255	2	24	140	2	25	172
Inverclyde	2	61	309	2	36	194	1	32	193
Renfrewshire	9	137	574	9	70	371	8	70	442
East Renfrewshire	5	48	203	1	25	109	2	21	128
North Lanarkshire	18	241	953	11	99	641	11	106	742
South Lanarkshire	17	223	945	15	127	667	15	116	720
North Ayrshire	5	109	380	6	51	248	6	57	291
East Ayrshire	11	111	344	7	60	229	7	54	259
South Ayrshire	5	99	328	6	52	220	7	51	262
Dumfries & Galloway	18	157	433	9	94	419	12	118	455
Scotland	335	4,003	16,508	247	2,461	12,149	268	2,487	13,023

Note: Latest year is provisional, see paragraph 9.1

Table 9: Casualties by police force area, council and severity, 94-98, 04-08 averages and 2008

Police force Council	1994-98 average			2008 (provisional)			2004-2008 average (provisional)
Police force Council	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All	Fatal	Fatal & Serious	All
Northern	38	412	1,353	37	179	1,010	33	222	1,111
Highland	29	342	1,125	34	148	846	28	188	942
Orkney Islands	2	17	52	2	9	44	1	8	47
Shetland Islands	3	24	82	-	5	24	2	10	51
Eilean Siar	3	29	94	1	17	96	2	16	71
Grampian	50	395	1,971	36	447	1,716	46	334	1,548
Aberdeen City	9	112	716	4	136	591	6	87	495
Aberdeenshire	30	215	959	26	257	893	33	199	823
Moray	11	69	296	6	54	232	7	48	229
Tayside	36	508	1,772	31	270	1,146	30	308	1,286
Dundee City	5	124	515	4	63	314	3	67	350
Angus	9	149	508	13	78	357	12	95	400
Perth & Kinross	21	236	749	14	129	475	15	146	536
Fife	21	267	1,065	14	128	731	18	178	872
Lothian & Borders	61	635	4,453	38	409	3,268	38	470	3,455
Edinburgh, City of	18	290	2,392	13	183	1,548	9	194	1,676
West Lothian	14	122	763	9	78	659	9	87	659
Midlothian	4	55	354	3	34	288	3	44	296
East Lothian	7	55	316	3	21	240	4	40	267
Scottish Borders	18	115	627	10	93	533	13	106	557
Central	20	290	1,073	12	180	895	15	183	911
Clackmannanshire	2	42	137	2	25	111	2	23	118
Stirling	10	142	454	6	82	382	7	89	392
Falkirk	8	106	482	4	73	402	5	71	401
Strathclyde	131	2,117	10,006	94	1,079	6,245	97	1,052	7,285
Glasgow, City of	27	570	3,107	15	332	2,011	18	298	2,331
Argyll & Bute	13	175	556	13	123	436	12	99	427
West Dunbartonshire	7	85	404	2	25	175	4	38	271
East Dunbartonshire	2	67	354	2	24	182	2	28	222
Inverclyde	2	70	405	2	41	260	2	37	255
Renfrewshire	11	157	758	9	75	461	8	77	568
East Renfrewshire	6	58	272	1	26	133	2	26	163
North Lanarkshire	19	276	1,313	13	111	853	12	118	1,012
South Lanarkshire	20	264	1,327	17	143	861	16	137	959
North Ayrshire	6	133	540	6	56	303	6	69	388
East Ayrshire	12	140	500	8	68	295	8	64	338
South Ayrshire	6	120	469	6	55	275	8	61	352
Dumfries & Galloway	22	214	623	10	115	552	14	141	621
Scotland	378	4,838	22,316	272	2,807	15,563	292	2,888	17,089

Note: Latest year is provisional, see paragraph 9.1

Table 10: Casualties by gender and severity, 2000 - 2008

	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities	Killed	Killed & Serious	All Severities
	Male			Female			Total ¹
2000	228	2,557	11,535	98	1,337	8,956	326	3,894	20,516
2001	254	2,456	11,301	94	1,302	8,579	348	3,758	19,908
2002	224	2,369	11,086	80	1,164	8,176	304	3,533	19,275
2003	231	2,150	10,657	105	1,144	8,085	336	3,294	18,755
2004	225	2,032	10,472	83	1,041	8,016	308	3,074	18,501
2005	209	1,953	10,204	77	996	7,657	286	2,951	17,884
2006	244	1,911	9,722	70	1,030	7,530	314	2,942	17,266
2007	207	1,839	9,300	74	826	6,912	281	2,666	16,232
2008	193	1,855	8,810	79	949	6,713	272	2,807	15,563

1. Includes unknown gender

Table 11: Casualties by gender and age, 2000 - 2008

Male	< 5	5-11	12-15	16-22	23-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	Total	Child 0-15	Adult 16+
2000	254	893	600	2,198	1,717	2,378	1,468	981	541	468	11,535	1,739	9,751
2001	243	851	623	2,225	1,541	2,292	1,504	961	542	493	11,301	1,709	9,558
2002	210	871	579	2,240	1,434	2,249	1,539	943	521	478	11,086	1,658	9,404
2003	192	734	552	2,145	1,344	2,091	1,523	981	578	489	10,657	1,474	9,151
2004	191	667	539	2,038	1,392	2,069	1,519	976	571	480	10,472	1,387	9,045
2005	157	603	496	2,165	1,364	1,892	1,578	932	523	480	10,204	1,251	8,934
2006	152	556	451	2,099	1,378	1,662	1,511	946	505	447	9,722	1,154	8,548
2007	130	500	427	2,040	1,300	1,556	1,475	878	521	458	9,300	1,054	8,228
2008	134	449	402	1,865	1,250	1,476	1,420	863	470	465	8,810	977	7,809
Female
2000	182	587	479	1,396	1,201	1,681	1,212	861	562	760	8,956	1,239	7,673
2001	140	578	481	1,475	1,098	1,598	1,096	834	577	672	8,579	1,195	7,350
2002	143	507	432	1,345	1,000	1,492	1,136	873	522	704	8,176	1,077	7,072
2003	126	452	422	1,321	1,019	1,502	1,136	828	565	693	8,085	993	7,064
2004	116	450	430	1,424	1,009	1,460	1,078	835	535	667	8,016	989	7,008
2005	113	375	418	1,374	931	1,295	1,112	820	542	670	7,657	901	6,744
2006	108	345	404	1,459	908	1,256	1,123	781	519	619	7,530	853	6,665
2007	96	328	332	1,374	930	1,074	953	759	482	579	6,912	750	6,151
2008	107	303	294	1,298	915	1,026	1,023	685	474	573	6,713	703	5,994
Total ¹
2000	437	1,484	1,079	3,594	2,918	4,060	2,680	1,842	1,104	1,236	20,516	3,000	17,434
2001	384	1,435	1,104	3,702	2,639	3,890	2,601	1,796	1,119	1,169	19,908	2,923	16,916
2002	355	1,379	1,011	3,587	2,434	3,742	2,675	1,816	1,043	1,183	19,275	2,745	16,480
2003	318	1,187	974	3,467	2,364	3,594	2,659	1,809	1,143	1,187	18,755	2,479	16,223
2004	307	1,119	969	3,463	2,402	3,529	2,597	1,811	1,107	1,151	18,501	2,395	16,060
2005	280	978	914	3,539	2,296	3,187	2,691	1,752	1,065	1,153	17,884	2,172	15,683
2006	265	901	855	3,558	2,286	2,918	2,634	1,727	1,024	1,066	17,266	2,021	15,213
2007	229	829	759	3,415	2,231	2,630	2,429	1,637	1,003	1,041	16,232	1,817	14,386
2008	246	752	696	3,163	2,166	2,506	2,445	1,548	947	1,044	15,563	1,694	13,819

1. Includes unknown ages and gender

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