Table 5

Accidents

Accident rates on major roads by police force area and severity

Years: 1996-98 average

Severity

Police force area

All
Motorway

Trunk⁽¹⁾
A roads

Local Authority A roads⁽¹⁾

All

Non built-up

Built-up

Total

Major Roads

(a) Accident rate per 100 million vehicle km

Fatal

Northern

-

1.1

2.0

0.7

1.6

1.3

Grampian

-

0.8

1.9

0.6

1.3

1.0

Tayside

-

1.0

0.9

0.5

0.8

0.8

Fife

-

1.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

Lothian & Borders

0.1

0.9

1.3

0.9

1.2

0.9

Central

0.3

1.5

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.8

Strathclyde

0.2

0.9

1.4

0.7

1.0

0.7

Dumfries & Galloway

-

1.3

2.1

1.1

1.8

1.0

Scotland

0.2

1.0

1.3

0.7

1.1

0.9

Fatal &

Serious

Northern

-

7.7

12.4

5.9

10.3

8.8

Grampian

-

3.6

9.2

7.8

8.6

5.8

Tayside

2.3

7.3

11.8

10.1

11.2

8.7

Fife

1.9

8.8

6.1

11.3

7.5

7.0

Lothian & Borders

1.0

3.5

6.7

9.6

8.1

5.6

Central

1.7

11.7

8.3

12.2

9.5

7.1

Strathclyde

1.7

7.7

12.7

13.8

13.4

8.4

Dumfries & Galloway

0.4

5.6

11.2

15.4

12.4

5.5

Scotland

1.5

6.4

9.8

11.5

10.6

7.4

All severities

Northern

-

22.1

30.8

19.8

27.3

24.1

Grampian

-

15.6

31.0

46.4

37.4

25.3

Tayside

7.3

20.6

29.4

41.5

33.8

25.5

Fife

7.7

28.1

21.5

51.3

29.6

26.8

Lothian & Borders

6.8

22.3

33.8

90.7

60.6

41.3

Central

5.9

26.8

25.2

48.2

32.5

22.6

Strathclyde

9.6

28.1

44.8

66.9

59.0

35.8

Dumfries & Galloway

1.4

15.0

29.5

56.1

36.8

15.4

Scotland

7.7

22.2

32.6

63.0

46.7

30.7

(b) Percentage above/below Scottish average

Fatal

Northern

n/a

6

49

-10

48

46

Grampian

n/a

-21

38

-19

25

19

Tayside

n/a

-1

-31

-36

-28

-11

Fife

n/a

82

-42

13

-25

-4

Lothian & Borders

-15

-11

-1

28

8

4

Central

86

51

-43

35

-21

-14

Strathclyde

18

-13

6

-3

-9

-17

Dumfries & Galloway

n/a

27

54

50

70

14

Fatal &

Serious

Northern

n/a

20

27

-48

-2

19

Grampian

n/a

-43

-6

-32

-19

-21

Tayside

54

14

21

-12

6

17

Fife

29

36

-38

-2

-29

-5

Lothian & Borders

-34

-46

-31

-16

-24

-23

Central

14

82

-15

6

-10

-3

Strathclyde

13

19

30

20

27

13

Dumfries & Galloway

-73

-13

15

34

17

-26

All severities

Northern

n/a

-1

-6

-69

-42

-21

Grampian

n/a

-30

-5

-26

-20

-17

Tayside

-5

-7

-10

-34

-28

-17

Fife

1

26

-34

-19

-37

-13

Lothian & Borders

-11

-

4

44

30

35

Central

-23

21

-23

-24

-30

-26

Strathclyde

25

26

37

6

26

17

Dumfries & Galloway

-81

-33

-10

-11

-21

-50

(1) The distinction between 'trunk' and 'local authority' roads is based on the road networks as from 1 April 1996

(see Annex E)