Key 1999 Road Accident Statistics: Trn/2000/2 : page 4

Key 1999 Road Accident Statistics: Trn/2000/2

Table 3 Casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity

	Built-up roads			Non built-up roads			All roads
	Fatal	Fatal and Serious	All Severities	Fatal	Fatal and Serious	All Severities	Fatal	Fatal and Serious	All Severities
Numbers of Casualties by built-up and non built-up roads and severity
1981-85 average	276	5,205	17,348	364	3,685	9,794	641	8,890	27,142
1997	90	2,144	13,438	287	2,280	9,191	377	4,424	22,629
1998	126	2,167	13,348	259	2,286	9,115	385	4,453	22,463
1999 prov.	100	2,055	12,355	210	1,987	8,482	310	4,042	20,837
1999 percentage change on:
1998	-21%	-5%	-7%	-19%	-13%	-7%	-19%	-9%	-7%
81-85 average	-64%	-61%	-29%	-42%	-46%	-13%	-52%	-55%	-23%
Casualties in 1999 by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity
a. Numbers in 1999 (provisional)
Pedestrian	61	1,024	3,543	28	113	191	89	1,137	3,734
Pedal cycle	5	164	915	3	25	102	8	189	1,017
Motor cycle	5	158	512	25	267	503	30	425	1,015
Car	26	573	6,036	143	1,410	6,769	169	1,983	12,805
Taxi	0	21	273	1	12	45	1	33	318
Minibus	0	6	42	1	19	86	1	25	128
Bus or coach	1	65	715	0	17	197	1	82	912
Light goods	0	18	157	6	66	304	6	84	461
Heavy goods	2	13	84	3	45	198	5	58	282
Other	0	13	78	0	13	87	0	26	165
Total	100	2,055	12,355	210	1,987	8,482	310	4,042	20,837
b. Percentage change on 1998 *
Pedestrian	-14%	-4%	-9%	*	28%	-2%	-7%	-2%	-8%
Pedal cycle	*	-3%	-9%	*	*	-22%	*	-10%	-11%
Motor cycle	*	19%	8%	*	12%	0%	*	15%	4%
Car	*	-13%	-6%	-24%	-18%	-8%	-24%	-17%	-7%
Taxi	*	*	-17%	*	*	*	*	*	-12%
Minibus	*	*	-19%	*	*	-22%	*	*	-21%
Bus or coach	*	14%	-13%	*	*	43%	*	8%	-5%
Light goods	*	*	-25%	*	-22%	-13%	*	-24%	-18%
Heavy goods	*	*	40%	*	*	6%	*	9%	15%
Other	*	*	20%	*	*	4%	*	*	11%
Total	-21%	-5%	-7%	-19%	-13%	-7%	-19%	-9%	-7%
c. Percentage change on 1981-85 average *
Pedestrian	-65%	-58%	-42%	-52%	-53%	-54%	-62%	-57%	-43%
Pedal cycle	*	-54%	-33%	*	-76%	-58%	*	-59%	-37%
Motor cycle	*	-82%	-79%	*	-50%	-52%	-59%	-70%	-71%
Car	-52%	-53%	9%	-36%	-42%	-1%	-39%	-46%	4%
Taxi	*	*	3%	*	*	*	*	-36%	3%
Minibus	*	*	-41%	*	-64%	-53%	*	-62%	-50%
Bus or coach	*	-56%	-29%	*	*	-3%	*	-55%	-25%
Light goods	*	-81%	-60%	*	-59%	-39%	*	-67%	-49%
Heavy goods	*	*	-24%	*	-46%	-22%	*	-48%	-22%
Other	*	*	20%	*	*	24%	*	*	22%
Total	-64%	-61%	-29%	-42%	-46%	-13%	-52%	-55%	-23%

* indicates that a percentage change is not shown because the denominator is 50 or fewer.
NB: Some figures for 1998 and earlier years may have been revised slightly from those published previously due to late returns, or due to late corrections being made to returns that had been received earlier.