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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999
| International Comparisons1
| Table E
| Fatality rates per capita, for (a) all road users,
(b) pedestrians, (c) car users; and (d) per motor vehicle for car users: ranked
by respective rates - 1998 (a) All road users
| |
Numbers 2 |
Per million population | |
Rate | Index
Scot=100 | | England & Wales
| 3,036 |
58 | 77 |
| Sweden |
531 | 60 |
80 | | Netherlands
| 1,066 |
68 | 91 |
| Scotland |
385 | 75 |
100 | | Finland
| 400 |
78 | 103 |
| Norway |
352 | 80 |
106 | | Switzerland
| 597 |
84 | 112 |
| Japan |
10,805 | 85
| 114 | |
Australia | 1,755 |
94 | 124 |
| Denmark |
499 | 94 |
125 | | N. Ireland
| 160 |
95 | 126 |
| Germany |
7,792 | 95
| 126 | |
Canada | 2,934 |
97 | 129 |
| Iceland |
27 | 98 |
131 | | Italy |
6,326 | 110
| 146 | |
E.C. | 42,400 |
113 | 151 |
| Austria |
963 | 119 |
159 | | Irish Republic
| 458 |
124 | 164 |
| Czech Republic |
1,360 | 132
| 176 | |
New Zealand | 502 |
133 | 177 |
| Luxembourg |
57 | 134 |
179 | | Hungary
| 1,371 |
135 | 180 |
| Belgium |
1,500 | 147
| 196 | |
France | 8,918 |
151 | 201 |
| Spain |
5,957 | 151
| 201 | |
USA | 41,471 |
153 | 204 |
| Poland |
7,080 | 183
| 244 | |
Greece | 2,226 |
209 | 282 |
| Portugal |
2,126 | 224
| 298 | |
Republic of Korea | 10,416
| 227 |
304 | (b) Pedestrians
| |
Numbers 2 |
Per million population | |
Rate | Index
Scot=100 | | Netherlands |
110 | 7 |
37 | | Luxembourg
| 3 |
7 | 38 |
| Sweden |
69 | 8 |
42 | | Norway |
50 | 11 |
60 | | Finland |
62 | 12 |
64 | | Germany |
1,084 | 13
| 70 | |
Canada | 402 |
13 | 71 |
| Denmark |
73 | 14 |
74 | | Iceland |
4 | 15 |
78 | | Italy |
846 | 15 |
78 | | England &
Wales | 810 |
15 | 82 |
| Belgium |
162 | 16 |
85 | | Australia
| 318 |
17 | 90 |
| Switzerland |
122 | 17 |
92 | | E.C. |
6,560 | 18
| 93 | |
France | 1,044 |
18 | 94 |
| Scotland |
96 | 19 |
100 | | New Zealand
| 71 |
19 | 100 |
| USA | 5,220
| 19 |
103 | | Austria
| 165 |
20 | 109 |
| N. Ireland |
40 | 24 |
126 | | Japan |
3,057 | 24
| 129 | |
Spain | 995 |
25 | 135 |
| Irish Republic |
114 | 31 |
164 | | Czech Republic
| 330 |
32 | 171 |
| Hungary |
408 | 40 |
215 | | Portugal
| 406 |
43 | 229 |
| Greece(6) |
481 | 46 |
244 | | Poland |
2,667 | 69
| 368 | |
Republic of Korea | 3,874
| 84 |
454 | (c) Car users
| |
Numbers 2 |
Per million population | |
Rate | Index
Scot=100 | | Japan |
2,983 | 24
| 54 | |
England & Wales | 1,468
| 28 |
64 | | Netherlands
| 551 |
35 | 81 |
| Sweden |
327 | 37 |
85 | | Switzerland
| 305 |
43 | 99 |
| Scotland |
223 | 44 |
100 | | Finland
| 232 |
45 | 103 |
| Denmark |
263 | 50 |
114 | | Norway |
226 | 51 |
117 | | Canada |
1,551 | 51
| 118 | |
Hungary | 553 |
55 | 125 |
| N. Ireland |
93 | 55 |
126 | | Germany
| 4,741 |
58 | 133 |
| Italy |
3,522 | 61
| 140 | |
E.C. | 24,133 |
64 | 148 |
| Australia |
1,209 | 64
| 148 | |
Republic of Korea | 2,996
| 66 |
151 | | Irish Republic
| 253 |
68 | 157 |
| Austria |
565 | 70 |
161 | | Czech Republic
| 750 |
73 | 167 |
| USA | 21,164
| 78 |
180 | | Poland |
3,086 | 80
| 183 | |
Spain | 3,287 |
84 | 192 |
| Iceland |
23 | 84 |
192 | | Greece(6)
| 913 |
87 | 200 |
| New Zealand |
347 | 92 |
211 | | Belgium
| 936 |
92 | 211 |
| Portugal |
912 | 96 |
221 | | France |
5,804 | 98
| 226 | |
Luxembourg | 43 |
101 | 233 |
(d) Car users - fatality rates per million motor vehicles
| |
Numbers 2 |
Per million motor vehicle5 |
Motor Vehicles per 1,000 Population | |
Rate | Index
Scot=100 | | Japan |
2,983 | 39
| 37 |
609 | | England
& Wales | 1,468 |
57 | 55 |
489(3) | |
Switzerland | 305 |
70 | 67 |
613 | | Sweden |
327 | 73 |
70 | 508 |
| Netherlands |
551 | 76 |
73 | 461 |
| Canada |
1,551 | 86
| 82 |
594 | | Norway |
226 | 91 |
87 | 563 |
| Italy |
3,522 | 93
| 89 |
657 | | Germany
| 4,741 |
96 | 91 |
604 | | Australia
| 1,209 |
100 | 96 |
644(3) | |
Finland | 232 |
100 | 96 |
449 | | USA |
21,164 | 102
| 97 |
768 | | Scotland
| 223 |
105 | 100 |
416(3) | |
Denmark | 263 |
113 | 108 |
440 | | E.C. |
24,133 | 117
| 112 |
551 | | Austria
| 565 |
118 | 112 |
595 | | Portugal
| 912 |
132 | 126 |
731 | | N. Ireland
| 93 |
134 | 128 |
412 | | Iceland
| 23 |
144 | 137 |
582 | | Luxembourg
| 43 |
146 | 139 |
696 | | New Zealand
| 347 |
150 | 143 |
613 | | Spain |
3,287 | 154
| 147 |
541 | | Czech Republic
| 750 |
165 | 158 |
442 | | Irish Republic
| 253 |
167 | 160 |
408(3) | |
Belgium | 936 |
172 | 164 |
535 | | France(8)
| 5,358 |
182 | 174 |
504 | | Hungary
| 553 |
207 | 198 |
264 | | Greece(6)
| 913 |
211 | 202 |
386(8) | |
Republic of Korea | 2,996
| 231 |
221 | 282 |
| Poland |
3,086 | 243
| 232 |
329 | (1) Source: International Road Traffic
and Accident Database (OECD). For Hungary, data are from 'Statistics of Road Traffic
Accidents in Europe' (UN/ECE).
(2) The basis of the numbers is
described in the text.
(3) Includes mopeds/mofas
(4) Road deaths (except
moped users) per million motor vehicles (except mopeds).
(5) EC
figures excludes mopeds, and moped user deaths for those countries indicated by
footnotes 3 & 4.
(6) 1995 data
(7) 1996
(8)1997 data < Previous | Contents | Next > |
