ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 2000: page 7

ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 2000

Table 1
Population, vehicles licensed, road lengths, traffic on all roads and on major roads, injury accidents, vehicles involved and casualties: Years: 1953 to 2000

Year	Population	Vehicles licensed	Road lengths	Traffic on all roads	Traffic on major roads¹	Injury accidents	Vehicles involved	Casualties
Year	Million	Million	Thousand km	million vehicle km	million vehicle km	Number	Number	Number
1953	5.100	..	..		..	..	..	18,343
1954	5.104	..	..		..	..	..	18,901
1955	5.111	..	44.1	..	..	..	..	20,899
1956	5.120	..	44.4	..	..	..	..	21,459
1957	5.125	..	44.6	..	..	..	..	21,417
1958	5.141	..	44.8	..	..	..	..	22,830
1959	5.163	..	45.0	..	..	..	..	25,011
1960	5.178	..	45.2	..	..	..	..	26,315
1961	5.184	..	45.4	..	..	..	..	27,362
1962	5.198	0.775	45.6	..	..	..	..	26,703
1963	5.205	0.836	45.8	..	..	..	..	27,728
1964	5.209	0.900	45.9	..	..	..	..	30,527
1965	5.210	0.951	46.2	..	..	..	..	31,827
1966	5.201	0.991	46.4	..	..	23,225	..	32,280
1967	5.198	1.035	46.4	..	..	22,838	..	31,760
1968	5.200	1.065	46.4	..	..	22,120	..	30,649
1969	5.208	1.106	47.0	..	..	21,863	31,885	31,056
1970	5.214	1.124	47.2	..	..	22,133	33,430	31,240
1971	5.236	1.135	47.5	..	..	22,332	32,165	31,194
1972	5.231	1.181	47.9	..	..	22,703	32,832	31,762
1973	5.234	1.252	48.0	..	..	22,580	32,951	31,404
1974	5.241	1.274	48.3	..	..	20,581	30,073	28,783
1975	5.232	1.304	48.3	..	..	20,652	30,613	28,621
1976	5.233	1.314	48.9	..	..	21,751	32,547	29,933
1977	5.226	..	48.9	..	..	21,678	32,893	29,783
1978	5.212	1.308	48.9	..	..	22,107	33,965	30,506
1979	5.204	1.353	49.3	..	..	23,064	35,512	31,387
1980	5.193	1.398	49.4	..	..	21,788	33,626	29,286
1981	5.180	1.397	50.0	..	..	21,485	33,311	28,766
1982	5.167	1.416	50.2	..	..	20,850	32,192	28,273
1983	5.153	1.448	50.4	..	..	19,434	29,918	25,224
1984	5.146	1.489	50.6	..	..	19,974	31,236	26,158
1985	5.137	1.514	50.7	..	17,219	20,644	32,446	27,287
1986	5.123	1.546	50.8	..	17,647	19,819	30,983	26,117
1987	5.113	1.575	51.2	..	18,767	18,657	29,454	24,748
1988	5.093	1.657	51.3	..	20,098	19,097	30,465	25,425
1989	5.097	1.729	51.6	..	21,404	20,605	33,221	27,532
1990	5.102	1.788	51.7	..	21,786	20,171	32,423	27,228
1991	5.107	1.830	51.9	..	21,947	19,004	30,897	25,346
1992	5.111	1.884	52.0	..	22,575	18,008	29,306	24,173
1993	5.120	1.874⁽²⁾	52.1	..	22,770	16,686	27,358	22,415
1994	5.132	1.900	52.3	..	23,942	16,768	27,694	22,573
1995	5.137	1.910	52.8	..	25,247	16,534	27,232	22,194
1996	5.128	1.966	53.1	..	24,487⁽³⁾	16,073	26,676	21,716
1997	5.123	2.023	53.1	..	24,676	16,646	28,207	22,629
1998	5.120	2.073	53.3	42,775	25,597	16,519	27,781	22,467
1999	5.119	2.131	53.5	43,338	25,433	15,413	25,828	20,998
2000	5.115	2.188	53.9	43,208	25,195	15,075	25,465	20,451
1981-85 average⁴	5.157	1.453	50.4	..	..	20,477	31,821	27,142
Per cent changes:
2000 on 1999	-0.1	2.7	0.7	-0.3	-0.9	-2.2	-1.4	-2.6
2000 on 1981-85 ave	-0.8	54.2²	7.0	..	..	-26.4	-20.0	-24.7

1. Motorways and A roads.
2. Figures from 1993 onwards are on a different basis from those for previous years, due to a change in the source of the data. Figures from the new source are about 2.4% lower than those from the previous source. The calculated percentage change includes an allowance for this.
3. The figures for 1995 (and earlier years) are not directly comparable to the figures for 1996 (and later years) due to the effect on the method of estimation of local government reorganisation and changes to the trunk road network.
4. Baseline for 1/3 casualty reduction by year 2000.


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			2 December 2009