Publication - Statistics

Key 2007 Road Accident Statistics

Published: 30 June 2008
ISBN: 9780755971558

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.

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5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

5.1 In 2007, non built-up roads ( defined in section 10.3) accounted for around two-fifths of the total number of reported casualties (42%: 6,688 out of 16,063). However, they accounted for almost three quarters of those killed (74%: 210 out of 282) and over half of the total number of killed and seriously injured combined (51%: 1,334 out of 2,598): likely due to the higher average speed.

5.2 Compared with the 1994-98 average, there's been a greater reduction in casualties on built-up roads (30%) than non built-up roads (24%). There was a similar distinction with the reduction in fatalities (37% on built-up roads compared with 20% on non built-up) and those killed or seriously injured combined (falls of 49% and 44%).

Table 3: Casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2005-2007 & 94-98 average

Mode of Transport	Built-up roads			Non built-up roads			All roads		All
Mode of Transport	Killed	Killed & Serious	All	Killed	Killed & Serious	All	Killed	Killed & Serious	All
Pedestrian
1994-98 average	72	1,256	4,165	32	120	219	104	1,376	4,385
2005	45	678	2,918	21	63	131	66	741	3,049
2006	44	679	2,716	17	67	134	61	746	2,850
2007 prov.	45	590	2,567	16	50	115	61	640	2,682
% change on 2006	*	-13%	-5%	*	-25%	-14%	0%	-14%	-6%
on 94-98 average	-38%	-53%	-38%	*	-58%	-48%	-41%	-53%	-39%
Pedal cycle
1994-98 average	4	196	1,130	6	53	153	11	249	1,283
2005	8	107	696	8	25	85	16	132	781
2006	7	113	695	3	28	86	10	141	781
2007 prov.	4	125	627	0	24	79	4	149	706
% change on 2006	*	11%	-10%	*	*	-8%	*	6%	-10%
on 94-98 average	*	-36%	-45%	*	-55%	-48%	*	-40%	-45%
Motor cycle
1994-98 average	5	148	509	26	207	426	31	355	935
2005	3	157	575	31	246	506	34	403	1,081
2006	12	175	573	46	233	495	58	408	1,068
2007 prov.	3	153	572	37	251	467	40	404	1,039
% change on 2006	*	-13%	0%	*	8%	-6%	-31%	-1%	-3%
on 94-98 average	*	3%	12%	*	21%	10%	*	14%	11%
Car
1994-98 average	28	718	6,236	181	1,783	7,125	209	2,501	13,360
2005	20	355	4,858	133	1,103	6,129	153	1,458	10,987
2006	18	362	4,846	157	1,068	5,856	175	1,430	10,702
2007 prov.	17	326	4,586	143	911	5,367	160	1,237	9,953
% change on 2006	*	-10%	-5%	-9%	-15%	-8%	-9%	-13%	-7%
on 94-98 average	*	-55%	-26%	-21%	-49%	-25%	-23%	-51%	-26%
Bus/Coach
1994-98 average	2	75	835	1	21	174	3	96	1,009
2005	0	55	782	0	8	74	0	63	856
2006	0	50	698	0	7	65	0	57	763
2007 prov.	0	33	553	0	0	63	0	33	616
% change on 2006	*	*	-21%	*	*	-3%	*	-42%	-19%
on 94-98 average	*	-56%	-34%	*	*	-64%	*	-66%	-39%
Other modes of transport
1994-98 average	3	81	607	17	179	737	20	260	1,344
2005	3	52	526	14	100	600	17	152	1,126
2006	3	42	471	7	116	628	10	158	1,099
2007 prov.	3	37	470	14	98	597	17	135	1,067
% change on 2006	*	*	0%	*	-16%	-5%	*	-15%	-3%
on 94-98 average	*	-54%	-23%	*	-45%	-19%	*	-48%	-21%
All casualties
1994-98 average	115	2,474	13,481	263	2,364	8,834	378	4,838	22,316
2005	79	1,404	10,355	207	1,545	7,525	286	2,949	17,880
2006	84	1,421	9,999	230	1,519	7,264	314	2,940	17,263
2007 prov.	72	1,264	9,375	210	1,334	6,688	282	2,598	16,063
% change on 2006	-14%	-11%	-6%	-9%	-12%	-8%	-10%	-12%	-7%
on 94-98 average	-37%	-49%	-30%	-20%	-44%	-24%	-25%	-46%	-28%

1 Figures for 2006 and earlier years may differ slightly to those previously published due to late returns, or corrections to earlier returns.
2 * indicates that a percentage change is not shown because the denominator is 50 or fewer.

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