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.


9. Accidents and Casualties by Police Force and Local Authority area (Tables 8 and 9)

9.1 Tables 8 and 9 show the reported numbers of accidents and casualties in each Police Force area and each Local Authority area. These are provisional figures, which are subject to a higher degree of revision from late returns and amendments. In addition, there can be quite large percentage year-to-year fluctuations in the figures for areas (as roads are often the boundary between areas/forces) within Scotland, particularly for those with the lower numbers. Therefore, the annual average for the latest five years may be a better guide to the "normal" level of the numbers than the figures for the latest year.

Table 8: Accidents by police force area, council and severity, 94-98, 03-07 averages and 2007

1994-98 average

2007
(provisional)

2003-2007 average
(provisional)

Police force Council

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

Fatal

Fatal & Serious

All

Northern

34

300

877

34

169

738

29

191

774

Highland

25

246

720

30

149

626

24

162

652

Orkney Islands

2

14

38

-

2

27

1

7

35

Shetland Islands

3

18

56

4

8

41

2

8

40

Eilean Siar

3

21

63

-

10

44

2

13

47

Grampian

44

324

1,493

35

207

1,061

45

248

1,115

Aberdeen City

9

102

603

5

59

365

6

68

384

Aberdeenshire

27

171

681

24

120

556

33

143

565

Moray

8

52

208

6

28

140

6

37

165

Tayside

32

417

1,304

30

235

927

28

268

1,009

Dundee City

5

114

420

2

53

253

3

64

299

Angus

8

118

366

13

68

282

10

78

291

Perth & Kinross

19

185

518

15

114

392

15

126

419

Fife

18

209

766

10

130

606

16

160

691

Lothian & Borders

53

538

3,442

41

415

2,514

39

420

2,757

Edinburgh, City of

17

267

1,995

6

185

1,333

9

180

1,439

West Lothian

12

95

521

11

68

425

9

72

466

Midlothian

4

45

254

4

45

209

3

39

230

East Lothian

5

44

237

5

35

212

5

37

211

Scottish Borders

15

87

435

15

82

335

13

92

410

Central

18

244

792

8

130

675

16

163

695

Clackmannanshire

2

38

108

1

12

88

2

19

93

Stirling

9

114

320

5

63

290

8

78

292

Falkirk

7

93

364

2

55

297

6

66

310

Strathclyde

119

1,814

7,401

87

807

5,358

94

971

5,845

Glasgow, City of

25

527

2,464

14

251

1,782

18

286

1,955

Argyll & Bute

12

132

355

13

53

268

11

83

303

West Dunbartonshire

6

71

294

2

27

201

4

38

226

East Dunbartonshire

2

57

255

3

23

149

2

29

180

Inverclyde

2

61

309

3

30

205

2

32

199

Renfrewshire

9

137

574

6

55

427

7

76

473

East Renfrewshire

5

48

203

4

17

118

2

22

140

North Lanarkshire

18

241

953

10

111

755

11

112

774

South Lanarkshire

17

223

945

12

113

688

15

120

746

North Ayrshire

5

109

380

6

45

265

6

61

305

East Ayrshire

11

111

344

6

34

239

7

55

267

South Ayrshire

5

99

328

8

48

261

7

56

277

Dumfries & Galloway

18

157

433

11

144

475

12

119

460

Scotland

335

4,003

16,508

256

2,237

12,354

279

2,541

13,346

Note: Latest year is provisional, see paragraph 9.1

Table 9: Casualties by police force area, council and severity, 94-98, 03-07 averages and 2007

1994-98 average

2007
(provisional)

2003-2007 average
(provisional)

Police force Council

Killed

Killed & Serious

All

Killed

Killed & Serious

All

Killed

Killed & Serious

All

Northern

38

412

1,353

39

211

1,076

33

240

1,151

Highland

29

342

1,125

34

187

929

27

206

980

Orkney Islands

2

17

52

-

2

37

1

8

47

Shetland Islands

3

24

82

5

11

51

2

10

56

Eilean Siar

3

29

94

-

11

59

3

16

69

Grampian

50

395

1,971

37

245

1,337

49

299

1,468

Aberdeen City

9

112

716

5

62

418

6

74

457

Aberdeenshire

30

215

959

25

151

741

36

179

781

Moray

11

69

296

7

32

178

7

46

229

Tayside

36

508

1,772

35

269

1,206

31

318

1,337

Dundee City

5

124

515

2

54

312

3

69

368

Angus

9

149

508

13

82

386

11

95

398

Perth & Kinross

21

236

749

20

133

508

18

155

570

Fife

21

267

1,065

14

151

780

19

192

926

Lothian & Borders

61

635

4,453

42

461

3,171

40

472

3,530

Edinburgh, City of

18

290

2,392

6

193

1,592

9

191

1,715

West Lothian

14

122

763

11

82

599

9

84

656

Midlothian

4

55

354

4

50

262

4

45

307

East Lothian

7

55

316

5

39

264

5

42

276

Scottish Borders

18

115

627

16

97

454

13

110

576

Central

20

290

1,073

8

152

894

17

198

944

Clackmannanshire

2

42

137

1

12

111

3

25

125

Stirling

10

142

454

5

77

393

9

98

408

Falkirk

8

106

482

2

63

390

6

76

411

Strathclyde

131

2,117

10,006

95

939

6,955

101

1,110

7,710

Glasgow, City of

27

570

3,107

14

262

2,174

18

305

2,450

Argyll & Bute

13

175

556

14

70

373

12

102

435

West Dunbartonshire

7

85

404

2

30

251

4

43

296

East Dunbartonshire

2

67

354

3

27

188

2

32

234

Inverclyde

2

70

405

3

37

266

3

38

268

Renfrewshire

11

157

758

7

66

554

7

85

615

East Renfrewshire

6

58

272

4

20

148

3

28

181

North Lanarkshire

19

276

1,313

12

133

1,020

12

128

1,065

South Lanarkshire

20

264

1,327

14

137

945

16

142

1,005

North Ayrshire

6

133

540

6

55

359

7

74

414

East Ayrshire

12

140

500

7

41

323

8

66

358

South Ayrshire

6

120

469

9

61

354

9

69

388

Dumfries & Galloway

22

214

623

12

170

644

14

142

627

Scotland

378

4,838

22,316

282

2,598

16,063

305

2,971

17,692

Note: Latest year is provisional, see paragraph 9.1

Table 10: Casualties by gender and severity, 1999 - 2007

Male

Female

Total 1

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

Killed

Killed & Serious

All Severities

1999

225

2,710

11,888

85

1,365

9,114

310

4,075

21,002

2000

228

2,557

11,534

98

1,337

8,956

326

3,894

20,515

2001

254

2,456

11,301

94

1,302

8,579

348

3,758

19,908

2002

224

2,369

11,086

80

1,164

8,176

304

3,533

19,275

2003

231

2,150

10,657

105

1,144

8,085

336

3,294

18,755

2004

225

2,032

10,472

83

1,041

8,016

308

3,074

18,501

2005

209

1,951

10,201

77

996

7,656

286

2,949

17,880

2006

244

1,910

9,722

70

1,029

7,527

314

2,940

17,263

2007

208

1,796

9,196

74

801

6,840

282

2,598

16,063

1. Includes unknown gender

Table 11: Casualties by gender and age, 1999 - 2007

Male

<5

5-11

12-15

16-22

23-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70 +

Total

Child 0-15

Adult 16+

1999

265

1,022

611

2,383

1,829

2,348

1,414

914

577

500

11,888

1,890

9,965

2000

254

893

600

2,198

1,717

2,377

1,468

981

541

468

11,534

1,739

9,750

2001

243

851

623

2,225

1,541

2,292

1,504

961

542

493

11,301

1,709

9,558

2002

210

871

579

2,240

1,434

2,249

1,539

943

521

478

11,086

1,658

9,404

2003

192

734

552

2,145

1,344

2,091

1,523

981

578

489

10,657

1,474

9,151

2004

191

667

539

2,038

1,392

2,069

1,519

976

571

480

10,472

1,387

9,045

2005

157

603

496

2,165

1,363

1,891

1,577

931

524

480

10,201

1,251

8,931

2006

152

556

451

2,099

1,378

1,662

1,511

946

505

447

9,722

1,154

8,548

2007

131

496

421

2,008

1,290

1,541

1,459

868

515

452

9,196

1,044

8,133

Female

1999

212

630

456

1,585

1,357

1,666

1,139

836

542

672

9,114

1,291

7,797

2000

182

587

479

1,396

1,201

1,681

1,212

861

562

760

8,956

1,239

7,673

2001

140

578

481

1,475

1,098

1,598

1,096

834

577

672

8,579

1,195

7,350

2002

143

507

432

1,345

1,000

1,492

1,136

873

522

704

8,176

1,077

7,072

2003

126

452

422

1,321

1,019

1,502

1,136

828

565

693

8,085

993

7,064

2004

116

450

430

1,424

1,009

1,460

1,078

835

535

667

8,016

989

7,008

2005

113

375

418

1,374

931

1,295

1,112

819

542

670

7,656

901

6,743

2006

108

345

404

1,458

908

1,255

1,122

781

519

619

7,527

853

6,662

2007

98

328

328

1,352

917

1,070

943

749

473

575

6,840

745

6,079

Total 1

1999

477

1,652

1,067

3,968

3,186

4,014

2,553

1,750

1,119

1,172

21,002

3,196

17,762

2000

437

1,484

1,079

3,594

2,918

4,059

2,680

1,842

1,104

1,236

20,515

3,000

17,433

2001

384

1,435

1,104

3,702

2,639

3,890

2,601

1,796

1,119

1,169

19,908

2,923

16,916

2002

355

1,379

1,011

3,587

2,434

3,742

2,675

1,816

1,043

1,183

19,275

2,745

16,480

2003

318

1,187

974

3,467

2,364

3,594

2,659

1,809

1,143

1,187

18,755

2,479

16,223

2004

307

1,119

969

3,463

2,402

3,529

2,597

1,811

1,107

1,151

18,501

2,395

16,060

2005

280

978

914

3,539

2,295

3,186

2,690

1,750

1,066

1,153

17,880

2,172

15,679

2006

265

901

855

3,557

2,286

2,917

2,633

1,727

1,024

1,066

17,263

2,021

15,210

2007

235

825

749

3,362

2,208

2,611

2,403

1,617

988

1,033

16,063

1,809

14,222

1. Includes unknown ages and gender

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