Table 6

Accidents

Accidents by severity, month and road type
Years: 1994-98 average
(figures adjusted to standard 30 day month)

Trunk⁽¹⁾

Local Authority⁽¹⁾

Total
All
Roads

Trunk⁽¹⁾

Local Authority⁽¹⁾

Total
All
Roads

Non Built-up

Built-up

Non Built-up

Built-up

Major

Minor

Major

Minor

Major

Minor

Major

Minor

Fatal

numbers

percentages

January

9

6

3

4

5

26

8.7

7.4

5.0

11.2

7.5

7.9

February

8

4

4

5

5

25

7.9

5.0

7.7

11.3

8.3

7.7

March

7

8

3

3

4

25

6.9

9.6

6.2

6.8

6.9

7.4

April

6

8

5

3

5

25

6.1

9.4

9.2

6.5

7.4

7.7

May

7

8

4

1

4

25

7.1

9.6

8.9

2.9

7.2

7.5

June

7

4

3

2

6

22

7.2

4.9

6.4

4.0

9.4

6.5

July

8

6

5

3

4

26

8.3

7.4

10.5

8.3

5.9

8.0

August

9

8

5

3

3

29

9.7

10.3

10.1

8.3

5.3

8.9

September

12

10

5

3

5

35

12.3

11.8

10.4

6.5

8.4

10.5

October

9

7

4

4

7

31

9.1

8.1

8.5

10.2

10.9

9.3

November

7

6

6

5

7

31

7.4

7.7

12.0

11.6

10.6

9.3

December

9

7

3

5

8

31

9.1

8.8

5.0

12.2

12.2

9.4

Year total

98

81

50

40

62

330

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Fatal & Serious

January

47

47

32

57

104

286

7.1

7.6

6.3

8.1

7.1

7.3

February

50

45

37

62

120

314

7.5

7.2

7.4

9.0

8.2

8.0

March

51

48

34

54

123

310

7.7

7.7

6.8

7.8

8.4

7.8

April

42

46

37

54

113

292

6.3

7.5

7.5

7.8

7.7

7.4

May

48

52

43

47

109

299

7.3

8.5

8.6

6.8

7.4

7.6

June

56

55

43

52

128

335

8.5

8.9

8.5

7.5

8.7

8.5

July

59

53

49

51

116

328

9.0

8.5

9.8

7.4

7.9

8.3

August

71

61

54

54

134

374

10.7

9.8

10.8

7.8

9.1

9.5

September

63

53

45

55

134

350

9.6

8.6

9.0

7.9

9.1

8.9

October

63

51

46

67

131

358

9.4

8.3

9.2

9.6

8.9

9.1

November

52

52

44

71

131

350

7.8

8.3

8.9

10.2

8.9

8.9

December

60

55

36

71

127

350

9.1

9.0

7.2

10.2

8.7

8.9

Year total

662

618

500

696

1,470

3,946

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

All Severities

January

160

153

123

266

513

1,214

7.1

7.8

7.5

7.9

7.3

7.5

February

177

164

132

292

591

1,356

7.8

8.3

8.0

8.6

8.4

8.3

March

177

151

120

280

586

1,314

7.8

7.7

7.3

8.3

8.3

8.1

April

161

146

106

263

542

1,219

7.1

7.4

6.5

7.8

7.7

7.5

May

163

154

126

261

563

1,268

7.2

7.9

7.6

7.7

8.0

7.8

June

179

160

148

266

606

1,359

7.9

8.2

9.0

7.9

8.6

8.3

July

190

166

151

257

536

1,300

8.4

8.4

9.2

7.6

7.6

8.0

August

229

179

161

284

626

1,479

10.1

9.1

9.8

8.4

8.9

9.1

September

204

158

145

263

596

1,366

9.0

8.0

8.8

7.8

8.5

8.4

October

220

172

151

307

631

1,480

9.7

8.8

9.2

9.1

9.0

9.1

November

191

182

149

328

641

1,492

8.5

9.3

9.1

9.7

9.1

9.2

December

208

179

130

313

604

1,434

9.2

9.1

7.9

9.3

8.6

8.8

Year total

2,261

1,963

1,643

3,380

7,034

16,281

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Note: As figures in this table have been adjusted to be 30 day months, they may not be comparable with other tables in this publication.

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