Road Casualties Scotland 2007

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Summary

On Scotland's roads in 2007 there were:

  • 12,485 reported injury accidents in which 16,213 people were reported as being casualties;
  • 2,663 people reported killed or seriously injured (281 of whom died);
  • 10,054 casualties in cars, 160 of whom died;
  • 2,696 pedestrian casualties, of whom 60 were killed;
  • 1,054 motor cyclist casualties (of whom 40 were killed);
  • 1,814 child casualties, 277 of whom were killed or seriously injured (9 of them died);
  • 879 child pedestrian casualties - 184 were killed or seriously injured (4 died).

Between 1997 and 2007:

  • The number of fatal accidents fell by 25%, from 340 to 255;
  • The total of fatal and serious accidents fell by 37%, from 3,652 to 2,301;
  • The total number of accidents (all severities) fell by 25%, from 16,646 to 12,485;
  • The number of people killed fell by 25%, from 377 to 281;
  • The total of killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 40%, from 4,424 to 2,663;
  • The total number of casualties (all severities) fell by 28%, from 22,629 to 16,213;
  • Car user casualties fell by 28%, from 14,034 to 10,054;
  • Pedestrian casualties fell by 35%, from 4,155 to 2,696;
  • Pedal cycle casualties fell by 44%, from 1,272 to 712;
  • Motor cycle casualties increased by 11%, from 948 to 1,054;
  • Male casualties fell by 27%, from 12,788 to 9,286;
  • Female casualties fell by 30%, from 9,841 to 6,907;
  • Casualties aged 16-22 fell by 21% from 4,314 to 3,409;
  • Casualties aged 23-59 fell by 26% from 12,017 to 8,919;
  • Casualties aged 60 and over fell by 18% from 2,500 to 2,042;
  • Child fatalities fell from 26 to 9;
  • Child killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 63% from 745 to 277;
  • The total number of child casualties (all severities) fell by 52% from 3,798 to 1,814;
  • Child pedestrian fatalities fell from 15 to 4;
  • Child pedestrians killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 64% from 505 to 184;
  • The total number of child pedestrian casualties fell by 54% from 1,894 to 879;
  • The estimated number of drink-drive accidents fell by 9%, from about 790 (in 1997) to roughly 720 (in 2006 - the latest year for which estimates are available), and the estimated number of people killed in such accidents fell from about 40 to around 30 in the same period;
  • The estimated total cost of all road accidents (including damage only accidents) at 2007 prices fell by 31%, from £2,173 million to £1,500 million.

Over the longer-term:

  • Between 1950 and 2007 (inclusive), 33,991 people were killed, and a total of about 1.448 million people were either killed or injured, in accidents on Scotland's roads;
  • In 1962 (the earliest year for which a figure is available), there were roughly 775,000 vehicles licensed in Scotland, whereas in 2007 the vehicle population stood at 2.648 million. Over the same period, the number of casualties fell from about 26,700 to around 16,200. Therefore whilst the vehicle stock has more than trebled, the number of casualties has actually fallen by more than a third.

Table A: Summary reported road injury accident and reported casualty statistics: 1997 - 2007

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Accidents

Fatal

340

339

285

297

309

274

301

283

264

293

255

Fatal & serious

3,652

3,657

3,494

3,304

3,149

2,958

2,797

2,614

2,515

2,542

2,301

All severities

16,646

16,519

15,415

15,130

14,722

14,343

13,917

13,918

13,437

13,107

12,485

Accidents on built-up (1) roads

Fatal

89

116

95

93

91

71

85

90

76

83

71

Fatal & serious

1,988

2,000

1,936

1,767

1,648

1,599

1,474

1,322

1,299

1,341

1,206

All severities

10,920

10,743

9,989

9,770

9,434

9,185

8,744

8,707

8,387

8,195

7,764

Accidents on non built-up (1) roads

Fatal

251

223

190

204

218

203

216

193

188

210

184

Fatal & serious

1,664

1,657

1,558

1,537

1,501

1,359

1,323

1,292

1,216

1,201

1,095

All severities

5,726

5,776

5,426

5,360

5,288

5,158

5,173

5,211

5,050

4,912

4,721

Drink-drive accidents and casualties (2)

Accidents

790

740

750

780

800

820

750

710

660

720

..

Casualties (all severities)

1,220

1,090

1,110

1,150

1,190

1,270

1,130

1,060

990

980

..

Killed

40

50

60

40

70

50

50

40

30

30

..

Killed by mode of transport

Pedestrian

87

96

89

72

76

73

63

76

66

61

60

Pedal cycle

9

13

8

12

10

8

14

7

16

10

4

Motor cycle

37

33

30

40

49

46

50

42

34

58

40

Car

219

223

169

182

194

154

189

167

153

175

160

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

25

20

14

20

19

23

20

16

17

10

17

All modes of transport

377

385

310

326

348

304

336

308

286

314

281

Killed or seriously injured casualties by mode

Pedestrian

1,211

1,156

1,143

997

918

893

775

750

742

746

652

Pedal cycle

210

210

189

176

171

152

139

128

132

141

151

Motor cycle

358

371

431

475

454

456

417

395

404

408

420

Car

2,365

2,390

2,004

1,978

1,952

1,782

1,700

1,581

1,458

1,431

1,270

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

280

330

308

268

263

250

263

220

215

215

170

All modes of transport

4,424

4,457

4,075

3,894

3,758

3,533

3,294

3,074

2,951

2,941

2,663

All casualties by mode, by sex and by age

Pedestrian

4,155

4,077

3,763

3,603

3,405

3,316

2,990

3,077

3,050

2,851

2,696

Pedal cycle

1,272

1,140

1,017

884

916

828

802

776

781

781

712

Motor cycle

948

976

1,025

1,130

1,178

1,167

1,114

994

1,081

1,068

1,054

Car

14,034

13,834

12,905

12,653

12,291

11,832

11,753

11,605

10,989

10,704

10,054

Other (eg taxi, bus, goods)

2,220

2,440

2,292

2,246

2,118

2,132

2,096

2,049

1,983

1,862

1,697

All modes of transport

22,629

22,467

21,002

20,516

19,908

19,275

18,755

18,501

17,884

17,266

16,213

Male

12,788

12,707

11,888

11,535

11,301

11,086

10,657

10,472

10,204

9,722

9,286

Female

9,841

9,760

9,114

8,956

8,579

8,176

8,085

8,016

7,657

7,530

6,907

Child: 0 - 15

3,798

3,535

3,196

3,000

2,923

2,745

2,479

2,395

2,172

2,021

1,814

Young adult: 16-22

4,314

4,170

3,968

3,594

3,702

3,587

3,467

3,463

3,539

3,558

3,409

Adult: 23-59

12,017

12,268

11,503

11,500

10,926

10,667

10,426

10,339

9,926

9,565

8,919

Older adults: 60+

2,500

2,494

2,291

2,340

2,288

2,226

2,330

2,258

2,218

2,090

2,042

Child killed by mode of transport

Pedestrian

15

18

17

13

14

12

5

8

5

9

4

Pedal cycle

1

3

1

4

4

-

2

-

4

5

1

Car

9

9

6

4

2

2

10

3

1

10

4

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

1

2

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

All modes of transport

26

32

25

21

20

14

17

12

11

25

9

Child killed or seriously injured casualties by mode

Pedestrian

505

455

430

378

353

340

273

247

244

247

184

Pedal cycle

78

64

69

65

56

46

48

40

30

40

29

Car

138

153

108

94

110

111

93

77

69

70

55

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

24

26

18

24

25

30

18

20

25

16

9

All modes of transport

745

698

625

561

544

527

432

384

368

373

277

All child casualties by mode

Pedestrian

1,894

1,762

1,617

1,486

1,475

1,296

1,201

1,180

1,098

992

879

Pedal cycle

518

415

374

330

307

277

276

263

219

209

174

Car

1,180

1,117

981

965

950

926

824

805

684

657

633

Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...)

206

241

224

219

191

246

178

147

171

163

128

All modes of transport

3,798

3,535

3,196

3,000

2,923

2,745

2,479

2,395

2,172

2,021

1,814

Accident costs (£ million) (3)

2,173

2,183

1,951

1,927

1,913

1,789

1,772

1,689

1,611

1,631

1,500

Table B: Summary of reported injury accidents and reported casualties, 2007

Accidents

Casualties

Child casualties

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

All severities

Northern

34

135

569

738

39

172

865

1,076

98

Highland

30

119

477

626

34

153

742

929

90

Orkney Islands

-

2

25

27

-

2

35

37

2

Shetland Islands

4

4

33

41

5

6

40

51

2

Eilean Siar

-

10

34

44

-

11

48

59

4

Grampian

35

224

936

1,195

37

262

1,183

1,482

117

Aberdeen City

5

61

326

392

5

64

380

449

48

Aberdeenshire

24

131

476

631

25

162

634

821

40

Moray

6

32

134

172

7

36

169

212

29

Tayside

30

205

692

927

35

234

937

1,206

156

Dundee City

2

51

200

253

2

52

258

312

64

Angus

13

57

214

284

13

71

305

389

49

Perth & Kinross

15

97

278

390

20

111

374

505

43

Fife

10

120

476

606

14

137

629

780

94

Lothian & Borders

40

384

2,086

2,510

41

428

2,706

3,175

334

Edinburgh, City of

5

183

1,142

1,330

5

191

1,400

1,596

158

West Lothian

11

57

356

424

11

71

517

599

60

Midlothian

4

42

164

210

4

47

213

264

28

East Lothian

5

32

173

210

5

35

221

261

38

Scottish Borders

15

70

251

336

16

84

355

455

50

Central

8

122

545

675

8

144

742

894

103

Clackmannanshire

1

11

76

88

1

11

99

111

14

Stirling

5

58

227

290

5

72

316

393

38

Falkirk

2

53

242

297

2

61

327

390

51

Strathclyde

87

723

4,549

5,359

95

847

6,014

6,956

859

Glasgow, City

14

237

1,530

1,781

14

248

1,913

2,175

262

Argyll & Bute

13

40

215

268

14

56

303

373

41

West Dunbartonshire

2

26

174

202

2

29

221

252

48

East Dunbartonshire

3

21

126

150

3

25

161

189

18

Inverclyde

3

27

175

205

3

34

229

266

30

Renfrewshire

6

49

371

426

7

59

484

550

57

East Renfrewshire

4

13

101

118

4

16

128

148

21

North Lanarkshire

10

101

643

754

12

121

887

1,020

168

South Lanarkshire

12

102

575

689

14

124

808

946

96

North Ayrshire

6

39

220

265

6

49

305

360

46

East Ayrshire

6

28

206

240

7

34

282

323

34

South Ayrshire

8

40

213

261

9

52

293

354

38

Dumfries & Galloway

11

133

331

475

12

158

474

644

53

Scotland

255

2,046

10,184

12,485

281

2,382

13,550

16,213

1,814

of which:

Built up roads

71

1,135

6,558

7,764

71

1,219

8,138

9,428

1,435

Non- built up roads

184

911

3,626

4,721

210

1,163

5,412

6,785

379

Page updated: Friday, March 20, 2009