Key 2007 Road Accident Statistics
Provides provisional numbers of accidents and casualties (with police force and council figures), and overall Scottish trends and progress towards the casualty reduction targets for the year 2010.
3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)
3.1 Table 1 shows the downward trend of injury road accidents recorded by the police since 1989. In 2007, there were 12,354 accidents in which someone was killed or injured, 6% fewer than in 2006. There were 256 fatal accidents in 2007 37(13%) fewer than in 2006 and the lowest number since records of fatal accidents began in 1970. In 2007, there were 1,981 serious injury accidents - a drop of 267 (12%) on 2006 - and 10,117 slight injury accidents reported in 2007 - 4% fewer than 2006 - again the lowest since current records began.
Table 1: Injury Road Accidents by Severity, 1970 - 2007
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal and Serious |
Slight |
All Severities |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 |
758 |
7,860 |
8,618 |
13,515 |
22,133 |
1975 |
699 |
6,912 |
7,611 |
13,041 |
20,652 |
1980 |
644 |
7,218 |
7,862 |
13,926 |
21,788 |
1985 |
550 |
6,507 |
7,057 |
13,587 |
20,644 |
1990 |
491 |
5,237 |
5,728 |
14,443 |
20,171 |
1995 |
361 |
4,071 |
4,432 |
12,102 |
16,534 |
1996 |
316 |
3,315 |
3,631 |
12,442 |
16,073 |
1997 |
340 |
3,312 |
3,652 |
12,994 |
16,646 |
1998 |
339 |
3,318 |
3,657 |
12,862 |
16,519 |
1999 |
285 |
3,209 |
3,494 |
11,921 |
15,415 |
2000 |
297 |
3,007 |
3,304 |
11,825 |
15,129 |
2001 |
309 |
2,840 |
3,149 |
11,573 |
14,722 |
2002 |
274 |
2,684 |
2,958 |
11,385 |
14,343 |
2003 |
301 |
2,496 |
2,797 |
11,120 |
13,917 |
2004 |
283 |
2,331 |
2,614 |
11,304 |
13,918 |
2005 |
264 |
2,250 |
2,514 |
10,922 |
13,436 |
2006 |
293 |
2,248 |
2,541 |
10,564 |
13,105 |
2007 prov. |
256 |
1,981 |
2,237 |
10,117 |
12,354 |
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