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.


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

Killed

Killed & Serious

All

Killed

Killed & Serious

All

Killed

Killed & Serious

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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