SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20: 2001 Edition: page 60


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Table 7.3 Vehicles involved by type of vehicle and severity of accident, 2000

Vehicle	Numbers				Percent change on 1981-85 average
Vehicle	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total
Pedal cycle	12	166	716	894	-41	-66	-39	-47
Motor cycle¹	42	458	651	1,151	-51	-67	-67	-67
Car	334	3,284	15,610	19,228	-42	-49	14	-7
Taxi	6	88	492	586	-33	-51	17	-4
Minibus²	3	22	110	135	-65	-73	-26	-43
Bus/coach	17	156	929	1,102	-53	-59	-16	-28
Light goods	21	182	776	979	-59	-68	-32	-45
Heavy goods	48	190	677	915	-51	-59	-19	-35
Other	5	103	366	474	-56	-15	58	30
Total	488	4,649	20,327	25,464	-46	-54	-2	-20

1. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
2. The percentage changes on the 1981-85 average are affected by a change in the way in which motor caravans are counted: for years up to 1998 they are included under "minibus": from 1999 they are counted as "other".

Table 7.4 Casualties by severity

	Child				Adult¹				Total
	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total
81-85 average	69	1,441	3,371	4,881	571	6,808	14,881	22,260	641	8,249	18,252	27,142
1990	48	1,083	3,480	4,611	498	5,169	16,950	22,617	546	6,252	20,430	27,228
1991	43	978	3,134	4,155	448	4,660	16,083	21,191	491	5,638	19,217	25,346
1992	41	856	3,150	4,047	422	4,320	15,384	20,126	463	5,176	18,534	24,173
1993	39	737	2,915	3,691	360	3,717	14,647	18,724	399	4,454	17,562	22,415
1994	37	992	3,134	4,163	326	4,216	13,868	18,410	363	5,208	17,002	22,573
1995	30	920	2,985	3,935	379	4,010	13,870	18,259	409	4,930	16,855	22,194
1996	27	763	3,037	3,827	330	3,278	14,281	17,889	357	4,041	17,318	21,716
1997	26	719	3,053	3,798	351	3,328	15,152	18,831	377	4,047	18,205	22,629
1998	32	666	2,838	3,536	353	3,405	15,173	18,931	385	4,071	18,011	22,467
1999	25	600	2,571	3,196	285	3,161	14,354	17,800	310	3,761	16,925	20,996
2000	21	541	2,463	3,025	304	3,012	14,113	17,429	325	3,553	16,576	20,454
Per cent change:2000 on 1981-85average	-70	-62	-27	-38	-47	-56	-5	-22	-49	-57	-9	-25

1. Including those casualties whose age was not known

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