Road Accidents Scotland 1998: Page 52

Road Accidents Scotland 1998

Table 27	Casualties

Casualties by mode of transport and severity Separately for built-up and non built-up roads Years: 1981-85 average⁽¹⁾, 1996 to 1998

Mode of transport	Year	Built-up			Non built-up			Total
Mode of transport	Year	Fatal	Fatal &Serious	All Severities	Fatal	Fatal &Serious	All Severities	Fatal	Fatal &Serious	All Severities
(a) Numbers
Pedestrian	1981-85 ave	175	2,415	6,148	58	240	413	233	2,655	6,561
	1996	72	1,156	4,106	34	123	220	106	1,279	4,326
	1997	57	1,109	3,962	30	102	193	87	1,211	4,155
	1998	71	1,066	3,883	25	88	194	96	1,154	4,077

Pedal cycle	1981-85 ave	8	357	1,366	10	105	241	18	461	1,607
	1996	4	171	1,155	11	45	141	15	216	1,296
	1997	4	168	1,117	5	42	155	9	210	1,272
	1998	7	169	1,009	6	41	131	13	210	1,140

Motor cycle⁽²⁾	1981-85 ave	29	872	2,397	44	530	1,049	72	1,401	3,447
	1996	6	120	477	23	180	373	29	300	850
	1997	3	130	493	34	228	455	37	358	948
	1998	6	133	475	27	238	501	33	371	976

Car	1981-85 ave	54	1,222	5,517	225	2,440	6,839	279	3,662	12,356
	1996	32	621	6,013	153	1,672	7,020	185	2,293	13,033
	1997	22	632	6,521	197	1,733	7,513	219	2,365	14,034
	1998	36	662	6,439	187	1,724	7,389	223	2,386	13,828

Taxi	1981-85 ave	1	39	266	1	13	42	2	52	308
	1996	1	25	266	1	8	41	2	33	307
	1997	3	21	269	3	14	53	6	35	322
	1998	-	29	328	-	6	32	-	35	360

Minibus⁽³⁾	1981-85 ave	-	12	71	5	53	184	5	66	256
	1996	-	4	40	1	14	94	1	18	134
	1997	-	5	61	-	31	118	-	36	179
	1998	1	3	52	4	27	110	5	30	162

Bus/coach	1981-85 ave	4	146	1,010	3	37	204	7	183	1,214
	1996	3	72	792	-	24	206	3	96	998
	1997	-	42	749	2	13	192	2	55	941
	1998	1	57	814	-	19	138	1	76	952

Light goods	1981-85 ave	3	97	397	11	161	499	15	258	896
	1996	-	18	150	5	65	282	5	83	432
	1997	-	20	167	11	70	306	11	90	473
	1998	4	25	218	4	85	351	8	110	569

Heavy goods	1981-85 ave	1	28	110	7	83	252	9	111	363
	1996	2	12	59	7	42	145	9	54	204
	1997	1	9	45	4	37	143	5	46	188
	1998	-	12	60	5	41	186	5	53	246

Other	1981-85 ave	1	17	65	1	24	70	2	41	135
	1996	-	6	49	2	20	86	2	26	135
	1997	-	8	54	1	10	63	1	18	117
	1998	-	9	65	1	17	82	1	26	147

Total	1981-85 ave	276	5,205	17,348	364	3,685	9,794	641	8,890	27,142
	1996	120	2,205	13,107	237	2,193	8,608	357	4,398	21,715
	1997	90	2,144	13,438	287	2,280	9,191	377	4,424	22,629
	1998	126	2,165	13,343	259	2,286	9,114	385	4,451	22,457
(b) Change in numbers: 1998 on 1997
Pedestrian		14	-43	-79	-5	-14	1	9	-57	-78
Pedal cycle		3	1	-108	1	-1	-24	4	-	-132
Motor cycle⁽²⁾		3	3	-18	-7	10	46	-4	13	28
Car		14	30	-82	-10	-9	-124	4	21	-206
Taxi		-3	8	59	-3	-8	-21	-6	-	38
Minibus⁽³⁾		1	-2	-9	4	-4	-8	5	-6	-17
Bus/coach		1	15	65	-2	6	-54	-1	21	11
Light goods		4	5	51	-7	15	45	-3	20	96
Heavy goods		-1	3	15	1	4	43	-	7	58
Other		-	1	11	-	7	19	-	8	30
Total		36	21	-95	-28	6	-77	8	27	-172
(c) Per cent changes:
1998 on 1997
Pedestrian		25	-4	-2	-17	-14	1	10	-5	-2
Pedal cycle		75	1	-10	20	-2	-15	44	-	-10
Motor cycle⁽²⁾		100	2	-4	-21	4	10	-11	4	3
Car		64	5	-1	-5	-1	-2	2	1	-1
Taxi		-100	38	22	-100	-57	-40	-100	-	12
Minibus⁽³⁾		n/a	-40	-15	n/a	-13	-7	n/a	-17	-9
Bus/coach		n/a	36	9	-100	46	-28	-50	38	1
Light goods		n/a	25	31	-64	21	15	-27	22	20
Heavy goods		-100	33	33	25	11	30	-	15	31
Other		-	13	20	-	70	30	-	44	26
Total		40	1	-1	-10	-	-1	2	1	-1
1998 on 1981-85 average
Pedestrian		-59	-56	-37	-57	-63	-53	-59	-57	-38
Pedal cycle		-17	-53	-26	-38	-61	-46	-28	-54	-29
Motor cycle⁽²⁾		-79	-85	-80	-38	-55	-52	-54	-74	-72
Car		-34	-46	17	-17	-29	8	-20	-35	12
Taxi		-100	-26	23	-100	-52	-24	-100	-32	17
Minibus⁽³⁾		n/a	-75	-27	-13	-49	-40	9	-54	-37
Bus/coach		-75	-61	-19	-100	-49	-32	-85	-59	-22
Light goods		18	-74	-45	-65	-47	-30	-46	-57	-36
Heavy goods		-100	-57	-46	-32	-50	-26	-43	-52	-32
Other		-100	-46	-	-29	-30	17	-50	-37	9
Total		-54	-58	-23	-29	-38	-7	-40	-50	-17

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

(2) Motorcycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles

(3) Minibus includes caravans