Mode of Transport

Built-up roads

Non built-up roads

All roads

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

a. Numbers of child casualties

Pedestrian

1981-85 average

34

960

2,739

11

67

121

45

1,027

2,860

1998

12

439

1,727

6

16

36

18

455

1,763

1999

10

410

1,585

7

20

32

17

430

1,617

2000

10

365

1,469

3

14

34

13

379

1,503

Pedal cycle

1981-85 average

4

175

669

4

38

88

8

213

757

1998

3

57

387

0

7

28

3

64

415

1999

0

62

349

1

7

25

1

69

374

2000

3

58

310

1

7

20

4

65

330

Car

1981-85 average

2

48

407

10

131

486

12

179

893

1998

3

57

558

6

96

559

9

153

1,117

1999

1

34

465

5

74

516

6

108

981

2000

0

18

489

4

77

481

4

95

970

Bus/Coach

1981-85 average

1

17

130

0

3

34

1

20

164

1998

1

5

115

0

1

26

1

6

141

1999

0

2

103

0

0

41

0

2

144

2000

0

6

127

0

1

18

0

7

145

Other

1981-85 average

2

43

126

1

29

82

3

72

208

1998

0

9

52

1

11

48

1

20

100

1999

0

9

52

1

7

28

1

16

80

2000

0

10

43

0

6

39

0

16

82

Total child casualties

1981-85 average

43

1,243

4,070

27

268

811

69

1,511

4,881

1998

19

567

2,839

13

131

697

32

698

3,536

1999

11

517

2,554

14

108

642

25

625

3,196

2000

13

457

2,438

8

105

592

21

562

3,030

b. 2000 percentage change on 1999 *

Pedestrian

*

-11%

-7%

*

*

*

*

-12%

-7%

Pedal cycle

*

-6%

-11%

*

*

*

*

-6%

-12%

Car

*

*

5%

*

4%

-7%

*

-12%

-1%

Bus/Coach

*

*

23%

*

*

*

*

*

1%

Other

*

*

-17%

*

*

*

*

*

3%

Total

*

-12%

-5%

*

-3%

-8%

*

-10%

-5%

c. 2000 percentage change on 1981-85 average *

Pedestrian

*

-62%

-46%

*

-79%

-72%

*

-63%

-47%

Pedal cycle

*

-67%

-54%

*

*

-77%

*

-70%

-56%

Car

*

*

20%

*

-41%

-1%

*

-47%

9%

Bus/Coach

*

*

-2%

*

*

*

*

*

-11%

Other

*

*

-66%

*

*

-53%

*

-78%

-61%

Total

*

-63%

-40%

*

-61%

-27%

-70%

-63%

-38%