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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019
The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.
Table 17: Summary cause personal injury cases initiated and disposed of1 in the sheriff courts2, 2018-19
| Disposed | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolvitor | For pursuer | Decree by default | Dismissed3 | Other | ||||
| Case type | Initiated | Disposed | Defended | Undefended | ||||
| Road traffic accident | 2,550 | 1,989 | 595 | 599 | 191 | 5 | 589 | 10 |
| Accident at work | 31 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Clinical negligence | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asbestos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slip, trip or fall | 71 | 55 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Other | 80 | 72 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Total | 2,758 | 2,153 | 680 | 631 | 203 | 6 | 623 | 10 |
1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
2. Excludes Sheriff Personal Injury Court.
3. Data from the new case management system is not currently split between 'defended' and 'undefended', therefore these have been combined into a single category.
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