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Table 1 |
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Population |
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Accidents |
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Population, vehicles licensed, road lengths,
injury accidents, vehicles involved and casualties |
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Year |
Population(1) |
Vehicles(2) |
Road |
Injury |
Vehicles |
Casualties |
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Million |
Million |
Thousand km |
Number |
Number |
Number |
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1953 |
5.100 |
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.. |
.. |
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18,343 |
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1954 |
5.104 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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18,901 |
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1955 |
5.111 |
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44.1 |
.. |
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20,899 |
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1956 |
5.120 |
.. |
44.4 |
.. |
.. |
21,459 |
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1957 |
5.125 |
.. |
44.6 |
.. |
.. |
21,417 |
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1958 |
5.141 |
.. |
44.8 |
.. |
.. |
22,830 |
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1959 |
5.163 |
.. |
45.0 |
.. |
.. |
25,011 |
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1960 |
5.178 |
.. |
45.2 |
.. |
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26,315 |
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1961 |
5.184 |
.. |
45.4 |
.. |
.. |
27,362 |
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1962 |
5.198 |
0.766 |
45.6 |
.. |
.. |
26,703 |
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1963 |
5.205 |
0.829 |
45.8 |
.. |
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27,728 |
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1964 |
5.209 |
0.892 |
45.9 |
.. |
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30,527 |
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1965 |
5.210 |
0.945 |
46.2 |
.. |
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31,827 |
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1966 |
5.201 |
0.983 |
46.4 |
23,225 |
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32,280 |
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1967 |
5.198 |
1.029 |
46.4 |
22,838 |
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31,760 |
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1968 |
5.200 |
1.058 |
46.4 |
22,120 |
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30,649 |
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1969 |
5.208 |
1.097 |
47.0 |
21,863 |
31,885 |
31,056 |
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1970 |
5.214 |
1.117 |
47.2 |
22,133 |
33,430 |
31,240 |
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1971 |
5.236 |
1.125 |
47.5 |
22,332 |
32,165 |
31,194 |
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1972 |
5.231 |
1.173 |
47.9 |
22,703 |
32,832 |
31,762 |
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1973 |
5.234 |
1.243 |
48.0 |
22,580 |
32,951 |
31,404 |
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1974 |
5.241 |
1.264 |
48.3 |
20,581 |
30,073 |
28,783 |
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1975 |
5.232 |
1.294 |
48.3 |
20,652 |
30,613 |
28,621 |
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1976 |
5.233 |
1.302 |
48.9 |
21,751 |
32,547 |
29,933 |
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1977 |
5.226 |
.. |
48.9 |
21,678 |
32,893 |
29,783 |
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1978 |
5.212 |
1.296 |
48.9 |
22,107 |
33,965 |
30,506 |
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1979 |
5.204 |
1.339 |
49.3 |
23,064 |
35,512 |
31,387 |
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1980 |
5.193 |
1.374 |
49.4 |
21,788 |
33,626 |
29,286 |
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1981 |
5.180 |
1.371 |
50.0 |
21,485 |
33,311 |
28,766 |
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1982 |
5.167 |
1.388 |
50.2 |
20,850 |
32,192 |
28,273 |
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1983 |
5.153 |
1.408 |
50.4 |
19,434 |
29,918 |
25,224 |
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1984 |
5.146 |
1.444 |
50.6 |
19,974 |
31,236 |
26,158 |
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1985 |
5.137 |
1.462 |
50.7 |
20,644 |
32,446 |
27,290 |
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1986 |
5.123 |
1.493 |
50.8 |
19,819 |
30,983 |
26,117 |
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1987 |
5.113 |
1.518 |
51.2 |
18,657 |
29,454 |
24,748 |
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1988 |
5.093 |
1.597 |
51.3 |
19,097 |
30,465 |
25,425 |
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1989 |
5.097 |
1.665 |
51.6 |
20,605 |
33,221 |
27,532 |
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1990 |
5.102 |
1.720 |
51.7 |
20,168 |
32,420 |
27,225 |
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1991 |
5.107 |
1.757 |
51.9 |
19,004 |
30,897 |
25,346 |
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1992 |
5.111 |
1.806 |
52.0 |
18,008 |
29,306 |
24,173 |
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1993 |
5.120 |
1.778(3) |
52.1 |
16,686 |
27,358 |
22,415 |
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1994 |
5.132 |
1.798 |
52.3 |
16,768 |
27,693 |
22,573 |
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1995 |
5.137 |
1.799 |
52.8 |
16,534 |
27,232 |
22,194 |
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1996 |
5.128 |
1.840 |
53.1 |
16,072 |
26,674 |
21,715 |
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1997 |
5.123 |
1.887 |
53.1 |
16,646 |
28,207 |
22,629 |
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1998 |
5.120 |
1.935 |
53.3 |
16,514 |
27,773 |
22,457 |
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1981-85 average(4) |
5.156 |
1.415 |
50.4 |
20,477 |
31,821 |
27,142 |
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Per cent changes: |
-0.1 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
-0.8 |
-1.5 |
-0.8 |
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1998 on 1981-85 ave |
-0.7 |
40.0(3) |
5.8 |
-19.4 |
-12.7 |
-17.3 |
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(1) Population by age group is given in table 35. |
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(2) Excludes exempt vehicles. |
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(3) Figures from 1993 onwards are on a different basis from those for previous years, due to a change in the source of the data. Figures from the new source are about 2.5% lower than those from the previous source. The calculated percentage change includes an allowance for this. |
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(4) Baseline for 1/3 casualty reduction by year 2000. |
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