ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 2000: page 3

ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 2000

SUMMARY

Summary chart 1

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Summary

On Scotland's roads in 2000 there were:

15,075 injury accidents in which 20,451 people were injured;
3,880 people killed or seriously injured (325 of whom died);
12,618 casualties in cars, 182 of whom died;
3,595 pedestrian casualties, of whom 72 were killed;
1,126 motor cyclist casualties (of whom 40 were killed);
2,998 child casualties, 561 of whom were killed or seriously injured (21 of them died);
1,485 child pedestrian casualties, of whom 379 were killed or seriously injured (13 died).

Between 1990 and 2000:

The number of fatal accidents fell by 40%, from 491 to 296;

The total of fatal and serious accidents fell by 43%, from 5,727 to 3,291;
The total number of accidents (all severities) fell by 25%, from 20,171 to 15,075;
The number of fatalities fell by 40%, from 546 to 325;
The total of fatal and serious casualties fell by 43%, from 6,798 to 3,880;
The total number of casualties (all severities) fell by 25%, from 27,228 to 20,451;
Car user casualties fell by 13%, from 14,439 to 12,618;
Pedestrian casualties fell by 42%, from 6,221 to 3,595;
Pedal cycle casualties fell by 38%, from 1,424 to 879;
Motor cycle casualties fell by 33%, from 1,681 to 1,126;
Male casualties fell by 30%, from 16,352 to 11,492;
Female casualties fell by 18%, from 10,876 to 8,934;
Casualties aged 16-22 fell by 46%, from 6,647 to 3,584;
Casualties aged 23-59 fell by 10%, from 12,713 to 11,458;
Casualties aged 60 and over fell by 28%, from 3,256 to 2,331;
Child fatalities fell from 48 to 21;
Child fatal and serious casualties fell by 50%, from 1,131 1990 to 561;
The total number of child casualties (all severities) fell by 35%, from 4,611 to 2,998;
Child pedestrian fatalities fell from 30 to 13;
Child pedestrian fatal and serious casualties fell by 53%, from 803 to 379;
The total number of child pedestrian casualties fell by 40%, from 2,475 to 1,485;
The estimated number of drink-drive accidents fell by 28%, from 1,040 to 750 (in 1999), and the estimated number of people killed in such accidents fell from 80 to 60 (in 1999);
The estimated total cost of all road accidents (including "damage only" accidents) at 2000 prices fell by 36%, from Ł2,082 million to Ł1,325 million.

Over the longer-term:

Between 1950 and 2000 (inclusive), almost 31,800 people were killed, and a total of about 1.3 million people were injured, in accidents on Scotland's roads;
In 1962 (the earliest year for which a figure is readily available), there were roughly 775,000 vehicles licensed in Scotland, whereas in 2000 the vehicle population stood at 2.2 million. Over the same period, the number of casualties fell from about 26,700 to around 20,500. Thus, whilst the vehicle stock has almost trebled, the number of casualties has actually fallen by approaching a quarter.

Summary chart 2

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Summary road accident and casualty statistics: 1990 to 2000

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Accidents
Fatal	491	443	426	359	319	361	316	340	339	285	296
Fatal & serious	5,727	5,167	4,694	4,010	4,643	4,432	3,631	3,652	3,656	3,490	3,291
All severities	20,171	19,004	18,008	16,686	16,768	16,534	16,073	16,646	16,519	15,413	15,075
Accidents on built-up¹ roads
Fatal	214	184	167	129	102	124	111	89	116	95	92
Fatal & serious	3,558	3,144	2,753	2,270	2,769	2,633	2,043	1,988	1,999	1,935	1,762
All severities	13,805	12,895	12,165	10,994	11,402	11,123	10,710	10,920	10,744	9,988	9,734
Accidents on non built-up¹ roads
Fatal	277	259	259	230	217	237	205	251	223	190	204
Fatal & serious	2,169	2,023	1,941	1,740	1,874	1,799	1,588	1,664	1,657	1,555	1,529
All severities	6,366	6,109	5,843	5,692	5,366	5,411	5,363	5,726	5,775	5,425	5,341
Drink-drive accidents and casualties²
Accidents	1,040	990	860	840	790	790	750	790	740	750	..
Casualties (all severities)	1,600	1,510	1,230	1,280	1,170	1,210	1,170	1,220	1,090	1,110	..
Fatalities	80	80	60	60	80	50	50	40	50	60	..
Fatalities by mode of transport
Pedestrian	198	173	161	127	111	121	106	87	96	89	72
Pedal cycle	17	11	12	18	5	11	15	9	13	8	12
Motor cycle	42	39	38	33	24	33	29	37	33	30	40
Car	268	239	221	198	197	221	185	219	223	169	182
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	21	29	31	23	26	23	22	25	20	14	19
All modes of transport	546	491	463	399	363	409	357	377	385	310	325
Fatal and serious casualties by mode
Pedestrian	2,226	1,932	1,744	1,450	1,647	1,587	1,279	1,211	1,156	1,143	995
Pedal cycle	332	308	222	232	316	292	216	210	210	189	175
Motor cycle	610	486	491	400	353	395	300	358	371	431	472
Car	3,097	2,894	2,749	2,388	2,804	2,653	2,293	2,365	2,389	2,000	1,973
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	533	509	433	383	451	412	310	280	330	308	265
All modes of transport	6,798	6,129	5,639	4,853	5,571	5,339	4,398	4,424	4,456	4,071	3,880
All casualties by mode, by sex and by age
Pedestrian	6,221	5,489	5,350	4,716	4,730	4,635	4,326	4,155	4,078	3,763	3,595
Pedal cycle	1,424	1,334	1,293	1,192	1,384	1,323	1,297	1,272	1,140	1,017	879
Motor cycle	1,681	1,405	1,237	1,105	930	971	850	948	976	1,025	1,126
Car	14,439	14,025	13,555	12,899	12,927	12,974	13,033	14,034	13,834	12,902	12,618
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)	3,463	3,093	2,738	2,503	2,602	2,291	2,210	2,220	2,439	2,291	2,233
All modes of transport	27,228	25,346	24,173	22,415	22,573	22,194	21,716	22,629	22,467	20,998	20,451
Male	16,352	15,128	14,219	12,844	13,122	12,874	12,367	12,788	12,707	11,886	11,492
Female	10,876	10,218	9,954	9,571	9,451	9,320	9,349	9,841	9,760	9,112	8,934
Child: 0 - 15	4,611	4,155	4,047	3,691	4,163	3,935	3,827	3,798	3,536	3,196	2,998
Young adult: 16-22	6,647	5,837	5,382	4,541	4,511	4,274	4,262	4,314	4,169	3,968	3,584
Adult: 23-59	12,713	12,278	11,912	11,466	11,391	11,414	11,081	12,017	12,268	11,499	11,458
Older adults: 60+	3,256	3,076	2,832	2,717	2,508	2,571	2,546	2,500	2,494	2,291	2,331
Child fatalities by mode of transport
Pedestrian	30	27	26	21	18	16	16	15	18	17	13
Pedal cycle	5	3	7	6	4	3	6	1	3	1	4
Car	11	8	6	9	10	11	3	9	9	6	4
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)	2	5	2	3	5	-	2	1	2	1	-
All modes of transport	48	43	41	39	37	30	27	26	32	25	21
Child fatal and serious casualties by mode
Pedestrian	803	686	624	515	674	638	540	505	455	430	379
Pedal cycle	132	130	91	85	144	113	100	78	64	69	65
Car	160	154	144	143	161	153	118	138	153	108	94
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus.)	36	51	38	33	50	46	32	24	26	18	23
All modes of transport	1,131	1,021	897	776	1,029	950	790	745	698	625	561
All child casualties by mode
Pedestrian	2,475	2,208	2,199	1,982	2,078	2,048	1,909	1,894	1,763	1,617	1,485
Pedal cycle	596	548	539	468	629	550	571	518	415	374	330
Car	1,178	1,092	1,034	993	1,066	1,059	1,047	1,180	1,117	981	964
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus.)	362	307	275	248	390	278	300	206	241	224	219
All modes of transport	4,611	4,155	4,047	3,691	4,163	3,935	3,827	3,798	3,536	3,196	2,998
Accident costs (Ł million³)	2,081.5	1,900.4	1,779.6	1,571.9	1,627.0	1,636.5	1,455.1	1,499.3	1,506.2	1,345.2	1,324.6

1. "Built-up" roads have a speed limit of up to 40mph; "Non built-up" roads have a speed limit of over 40mph
2. Estimates, adjusted for under-reporting as described in the text accompanying Table 26. The latest year's estimates are not yet available.
3.Estimated total costs (including "damage only" accidents) at 2000 prices, calculated as described in the text accompanying Tables 11 to 14.

Summary of accidents and casualties by police force area, council and severity: 2000

	Accidents			Total	Casualties			Total
	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total
Northern	41	212	549	802	43	270	880	1,193
Highland	35	189	463	687	37	245	749	1,031
Orkney Islands	-	5	18	23	-	7	25	32
Shetland Islands	4	6	25	35	4	6	38	48
Eilean Siar*	2	12	43	57	2	12	68	82
Grampian	45	243	935	1,223	53	313	1,278	1,644
Aberdeen City	4	74	385	463	4	78	480	562
Aberdeenshire	28	136	408	572	34	185	584	803
Moray	13	33	142	188	15	50	214	279
Tayside	22	291	861	1,174	23	349	1,182	1,554
Dundee City	5	68	294	367	6	72	375	453
Angus	6	84	239	329	6	110	343	459
Perth & Kinross	11	139	328	478	11	167	464	642
Fife	11	195	578	784	12	237	827	1,076
Lothian & Borders	48	478	2,747	3,273	56	552	3,752	4,360
Edinburgh, City of	18	232	1,627	1,877	21	251	2,082	2,354
West Lothian	8	71	373	452	10	81	560	651
Midlothian	3	52	217	272	3	60	320	383
East Lothian	6	50	198	254	7	62	292	361
Scottish Borders	13	73	332	418	15	98	498	611
Central	18	171	483	672	18	213	707	938
Clackmannanshire	5	24	65	94	5	37	82	124
Stirling	11	82	168	261	11	99	266	376
Falkirk	2	65	250	317	2	77	359	438
Strathclyde	99	1,288	5,339	6,726	106	1,471	7,488	9,065
Glasgow, City of	23	335	1,806	2,164	25	360	2,336	2,721
Argyll & Bute	13	101	184	298	17	121	294	432
West Dunbartonshire	2	47	211	260	2	54	310	366
East Dunbartonshire	6	34	206	246	6	38	285	329
Inverclyde	2	36	216	254	2	38	312	352
Renfrewshire	13	91	374	478	13	110	522	645
East Renfrewshire	-	39	143	182	-	44	201	245
North Lanarkshire	12	200	774	986	12	234	1,131	1,377
South Lanarkshire	12	188	700	900	13	224	1,020	1,257
North Ayrshire	5	67	258	330	5	70	369	444
East Ayrshire	6	65	222	293	6	80	331	417
South Ayrshire	5	85	245	335	5	98	377	480
Dumfries & Galloway	12	117	292	421	14	150	457	621
Scotland	296	2,995	11,784	15,075	325	3,555	16,571	20,451

* formerly Western Isles

Figure 1 Accidents by severity

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			30 November 2009