5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

5.1 In 2013, non built-up roads (roads with a speed limit of over 40mph, see 10.4 for more detail) accounted for two-fifths of the total number of reported casualties (40%: 4,595 out of 11,493). However, they accounted for almost three quarters of those killed (73%: 126 out of 172) and a half of the total number of killed and seriously injured combined (52%: 951 out of 1,839). This will be at least in part due to the higher average speed as non built-up roads are those with a speed limit of greater than 40 mph. These roads also make up two thirds of Scotland's road network.

5.2 Compared with the 2004-08 average, there has been a greater reduction in casualties on non built-up roads (36%) than built-up roads (30%). However, the reduction in non built-up roads fatalities was smaller at 40 per cent than non built-up at 44 per cent. The was a 36% reduction in those seriously injured for both built-up and non built-up roads.

**Table 3: Casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2011-2013 & 2004-08 average**
Mode of Transport	Built-up roads			Non built-up roads			All roads
Mode of Transport	Killed	Serious	All	Killed	Serious	All	Killed	Serious	All
Pedestrian
2004-08 average	46	609	2,723	18	47	133	65	656	2,855
2011	35	478	1,961	8	37	103	43	515	2,064
2012	44	437	1,899	16	26	87	60	463	1,986
2013 prov.	23	368	1,659	14	34	85	37	402	1,744
% change on 2012	*	-16%	-13%	*	*	-2%	-38%	-13%	-12%
on 04-08 average	*	-40%	-39%	*	*	-36%	-43%	-39%	-39%
Pedal cycle
2004-08 average	5	111	673	4	23	83	9	134	756
2011	3	120	733	4	36	91	7	156	824
2012	5	135	792	4	33	114	9	168	906
2013 prov.	2	118	777	11	30	105	13	148	882
% change on 2012	*	-13%	-2%	*	*	-8%	*	-12%	-3%
on 04-08 average	*	6%	15%	*	*	26%	*	10%	17%
Motorcycle
2004-08 average	6	159	561	36	212	489	42	371	1,049
2011	9	114	427	24	179	381	33	293	808
2012	3	132	433	18	210	434	21	342	867
2013 prov.	5	123	422	18	156	348	23	279	770
% change on 2012	*	-7%	-3%	*	-26%	-20%	*	-18%	-11%
on 04-08 average	*	-23%	-25%	*	-26%	-29%	*	-25%	-27%
Car
2004-08 average	21	337	4,762	141	920	5,844	162	1,258	10,606
2011	12	209	3,759	77	549	4,018	89	758	7,777
2012	12	271	3,661	62	577	4,006	74	848	7,667
2013³ prov.	14	180	3,367	75	540	3,591	89	720	6,960
% change on 2012	*	-34%	-8%	21%	-6%	-10%	20%	-15%	-9%
on 04-08 average	*	-47%	-29%	-47%	-41%	-39%	-45%	-43%	-34%
Bus/Coach
2004-08 average	0	50	669	0	5	80	1	55	749
2011	1	46	413	0	5	93	1	51	506
2012	1	37	335	0	7	106	1	44	441
2013 prov.	1	28	317	1	6	77	2	34	394
% change on 2012	*	*	-5%	*	*	-27%	*	*	-11%
on 04-08 average	*	*	-53%	*	*	-3%	*	-38%	-47%
Other modes of transport
2004-08 average	4	42	489	10	90	591	14	132	1,080
2011	3	36	388	9	71	418	12	107	806
2012	1	35	400	12	82	455	13	117	855
2013 prov.	1	25	354	7	59	389	8	84	743
% change on 2012	*	*	-12%	*	-28%	-15%	*	-28%	-13%
on 04-08 average	*	*	-28%	*	-34%	-34%	*	-37%	-31%
All casualties
2004-08 average	82	1,309	9,877	209	1,297	7,220	292	2,605	17,097
2011	63	1,003	7,681	122	877	5,104	185	1,880	12,785
2012	66	1,047	7,520	112	935	5,202	178	1,982	12,722
2013³ prov.	46	842	6,896	126	825	4,595	172	1,667	11,493
% change on 2012	-30%	-20%	-8%	13%	-12%	-12%	-3%	-16%	-10%
on 04-08 average	-44%	-36%	-30%	-40%	-36%	-36%	-41%	-36%	-33%

1 Figures for 2012 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.
3 There are two cases where the speed limit is unknown.