Road Accidents Scotland 1998: Page 15

Road Accidents Scotland 1998

Table 2

Accidents
Casualties

Accidents and Casualties by severity

Years: 1938 to 1998

Year	Accidents					Casualties
Year	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Fatal &Serious	All Severities	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Fatal &Serious	All Severities
numbers
1938	..	..	..	..	..	655	5,309	14,451	5,964	20,415

1947	..	..	..	..	..	554	..	..	..	14,655
1948	..	..	..	..	..	534	..	..	..	13,635
1949	..	..	..	..	..	535	..	..	..	14,706

1950	..	..	..	..	..	529	4,553	10,774	5,082	15,856
1951	..	..	..	..	..	544	4,545	11,806	5,089	16,895
1952	..	..	..	..	..	485	4,424	11,638	4,909	16,547
1953	..	..	..	..	..	579	5,170	12,594	5,749	18,343
1954	..	..	..	..	..	545	4,875	13,481	5,420	18,901

1955	..	..	..	..	..	610	5,096	15,193	5,706	20,899
1956	..	..	..	..	..	540	5,049	15,870	5,589	21,459
1957	..	..	..	..	..	550	5,006	15,861	5,556	21,417
1958	..	..	..	..	..	605	5,302	16,923	5,907	22,830
1959	..	..	..	..	..	604	6,336	18,071	6,940	25,011

1960	..	..	..	..	..	648	6,632	19,035	7,280	26,315
1961	..	..	..	..	..	671	7,228	19,463	7,899	27,362
1962	..	..	..	..	..	664	7,052	18,987	7,716	26,703
1963	..	..	..	..	..	712	7,227	19,789	7,939	27,728
1964	..	..	..	..	..	754	8,136	21,637	8,890	30,527

1965	..	..	..	..	..	743	8,744	22,340	9,487	31,827
1966	..	..	..	..	23,225	790	9,253	22,237	10,043	32,280
1967	..	..	..	..	22,838	778	9,258	21,724	10,036	31,760
1968	..	..	..	..	22,120	769	9,493	20,387	10,262	30,649
1969	..	..	..	..	21,863	892	9,831	20,333	10,723	31,056

1970	758	7,860	13,515	8,618	22,133	815	10,027	20,398	10,842	31,240
1971	785	7,867	13,680	8,652	22,332	866	9,947	20,381	10,813	31,194
1972	770	7,965	13,968	8,735	22,703	855	10,000	20,907	10,855	31,762
1973	783	8,056	13,741	8,839	22,580	855	10,094	20,455	10,949	31,404
1974	763	7,548	12,270	8,311	20,581	825	9,522	18,436	10,347	28,783

1975	699	6,912	13,041	7,611	20,652	769	8,779	19,073	9,548	28,621
1976	687	6,923	14,141	7,610	21,751	783	8,720	20,430	9,503	29,933
1977	727	7,063	13,888	7,790	21,678	811	8,850	20,122	9,661	29,783
1978	739	7,442	13,926	8,181	22,107	820	9,349	20,337	10,169	30,506
1979	728	7,536	14,800	8,264	23,064	810	9,241	21,336	10,051	31,387

1980	644	7,218	13,926	7,862	21,788	700	8,839	19,747	9,539	29,286
1981	610	7,265	13,610	7,875	21,485	677	8,840	19,249	9,517	28,766
1982	640	7,421	12,789	8,061	20,850	701	9,260	18,312	9,961	28,273
1983	568	6,429	12,437	6,997	19,434	624	7,633	16,967	8,257	25,224
1984	537	6,547	12,890	7,084	19,974	599	7,727	17,832	8,326	26,158

1985	550	6,507	13,587	7,057	20,644	602	7,788	18,900	8,390	27,290
1986	537	6,182	13,100	6,719	19,819	601	7,422	18,094	8,023	26,117
1987	517	5,568	12,572	6,085	18,657	556	6,707	17,485	7,263	24,748
1988	499	5,602	12,996	6,101	19,097	554	6,732	18,139	7,286	25,425
1989	496	5,814	14,295	6,310	20,605	553	6,998	19,981	7,551	27,532

1990	491	5,236	14,441	5,727	20,168	546	6,252	20,427	6,798	27,225
1991	443	4,724	13,837	5,167	19,004	491	5,638	19,217	6,129	25,346
1992	426	4,268	13,314	4,694	18,008	463	5,176	18,534	5,639	24,173
1993	359	3,651	12,676	4,010	16,686	399	4,454	17,562	4,853	22,415
1994	319	4,323	12,126	4,642	16,768	363	5,207	17,003	5,570	22,573

1995	361	4,071	12,102	4,432	16,534	409	4,930	16,855	5,339	22,194
1996	316	3,315	12,441	3,631	16,072	357	4,041	17,317	4,398	21,715
1997	340	3,312	12,994	3,652	16,646	377	4,047	18,205	4,424	22,629
1998	339	3,314	12,861	3,653	16,514	385	4,066	18,006	4,451	22,457
1981-85 ave⁽¹⁾	581	6,834	13,063	7,415	20,477	641	8,250	18,252	8,890	27,142

Per cent changes:
1998 on 1997	-0.3	0.1	-1.0	0.0	-0.8	2.1	0.5	-1.1	0.6	-0.8
1998 on 1981-85 ave	-41.7	-51.5	-1.5	-50.7	-19.4	-39.9	-50.7	-1.3	-49.9	-17.3

(1) Baseline for 1/3 casualty reduction by year 2000.