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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 14: Personal injury cases initiated and disposed of¹ in the civil courts², by case type, 2009-10 to 2018-19

Cases	Case type	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	% change since 2017-18	% change since 2009-10
Initiated	Road traffic accident	4,635	5,790	4,613	5,106	4,770	5,143	4,897	4,955	5,492	5,462	-1	18
	Accident at work	1,844	1,802	1,750	1,758	1,797	1,817	1,721	1,480	1,547	1,568	1	-15
	Clinical negligence	189	207	222	203	262	629	388	351	901	342	-62	81
	Asbestos	541	345	294	436	320	458	413	470	568	638	12	18
	Other	2,557	955	931	1,190	1,138	1,163	1,347	1,122	935	1,136	21	-56
	Total initiated	9,766	9,099	7,810	8,693	8,287	9,210	8,766	8,378	9,443	9,146	-3	-6
Disposed	Road traffic accident	2,977	4,607	4,619	4,130	3,893	3,970	4,197	3,630	4,382	4,258	-3	43
	Accident at work	1,596	1,529	1,627	1,570	1,653	1,623	1,560	1,205	1,328	1,408	6	-12
	Clinical negligence	104	124	133	154	178	195	238	232	231	299	29	188
	Asbestos	181	168	216	365	598	633	430	531	589	582	-1	222
	Other	1,343	1,074	1,775	1,444	1,079	941	1,108	994	867	880	1	-34
	Total disposed	6,201	7,502	8,370	7,663	7,401	7,362	7,533	6,592	7,397	7,427	0	20

1. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.

2. Includes Court of Session, sheriff courts and Sheriff Personal Injury Court.

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