Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2014

10. Casualties by Gender and Age

10.1 Table 12 shows the number of reported casualties by gender and age. This table does not account for differences between gender and age groups in the level of exposure to risk, for example, we do not account for the number of people in each group with driving licences.

10.2 In 2014 male fatalities rose by 30, 25% (to 149). Female fatalities fell by 2, 4% (to 51). Seventeen per cent (1,874) of all casualties were aged 16-22, a fall of 1% on 2013, of which 1,096 were male and 778 were female. Casualties aged under 5 fell by 11%, from 193 to 172 between 2013 and 2014

Table 12 Casualties by gender, severity and age, 2004 - 2014
Male
All severities														Child	Adult
	Killed	Serious	Under 5	5-11	12-15	16-22	23-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	Total ¹	0-15	16+
2004	225	1,807	191	667	539	2,038	1,392	2,070	1,519	976	571	480	10,473	1,397	9,046
2005	209	1,745	157	603	496	2,165	1,364	1,892	1,578	932	523	480	10,204	1,256	8,934
2006	244	1,672	152	557	451	2,099	1,378	1,662	1,511	946	505	447	9,723	1,160	8,548
2007	207	1,631	130	500	427	2,041	1,300	1,556	1,475	879	521	458	9,302	1,057	8,230
2008	191	1,684	127	449	407	1,869	1,256	1,486	1,424	866	477	469	8,843	983	7,847
2009	162	1,486	105	399	302	1,845	1,197	1,412	1,398	821	511	444	8,450	806	7,628
2010	146	1,275	109	375	336	1,459	1,050	1,275	1,272	817	461	377	7,541	820	6,711
2011	139	1,220	122	364	272	1,276	975	1,201	1,317	856	515	405	7,310	758	6,545
2012	130	1,303	94	317	245	1,322	1,028	1,147	1,237	937	445	448	7,223	656	6,564
2013	119	1,084	97	279	210	1,090	877	1,090	1,172	848	449	398	6,516	586	5,924
2014p	149	1,085	89	266	222	1,096	898	1,027	1,111	827	447	404	6,392	577	5,810
Female
All severities														Child	Adult
	Killed	Serious	Under 5	5-11	12-15	16-22	23-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	Total ¹	0-15	16+
2004	83	958	116	450	430	1,424	1,009	1,460	1,078	835	535	667	8,016	996	7,008
2005	77	919	113	375	418	1,375	931	1,295	1,112	820	542	670	7,658	906	6,745
2006	70	962	108	345	404	1,460	908	1,257	1,123	781	519	619	7,532	857	6,667
2007	74	753	96	328	332	1,377	931	1,074	953	760	482	579	6,917	756	6,156
2008	79	890	106	304	295	1,305	920	1,032	1,028	691	476	577	6,738	705	6,029
2009	54	801	96	283	288	1,240	901	1,013	992	717	486	556	6,587	667	5,905
2010	62	693	61	256	240	1,032	835	916	913	635	416	478	5,787	557	5,225
2011	46	659	82	226	249	967	714	873	829	599	424	501	5,474	557	4,907
2012	48	677	84	226	200	978	779	784	839	657	421	522	5,492	510	4,980
2013	53	586	85	210	172	802	690	744	726	629	417	489	4,977	467	4,497
2014p	51	609	80	223	157	778	604	767	731	639	386	475	4,844	460	4,380
All casualties ²
All severities														Child	Adult
	Killed	Serious	Under 5	5-11	12-15	16-22	23-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	Total ¹	0-15	16+
2004	308	2,766	307	1,119	969	3,463	2,402	3,530	2,597	1,811	1,107	1,151	18,502	2,395	16,061
2005	286	2,666	280	978	914	3,540	2,296	3,187	2,691	1,752	1,065	1,153	17,885	2,172	15,684
2006	314	2,635	265	902	855	3,559	2,286	2,919	2,634	1,727	1,024	1,066	17,269	2,022	15,215
2007	281	2,385	229	829	759	3,419	2,232	2,630	2,429	1,639	1,003	1,041	16,239	1,817	14,393
2008	270	2,575	234	753	702	3,174	2,179	2,519	2,452	1,557	953	1,047	15,592	1,689	13,881
2009	216	2,287	201	682	590	3,085	2,098	2,425	2,390	1,538	997	1,000	15,043	1,473	13,533
2010	208	1,969	170	631	576	2,491	1,885	2,191	2,185	1,452	877	855	13,338	1,377	11,936
2011	185	1,880	205	590	521	2,243	1,690	2,074	2,146	1,455	939	906	12,790	1,316	11,453
2012	178	1,981	182	543	445	2,300	1,807	1,931	2,076	1,595	866	970	12,721	1,170	11,545
2013	172	1,672	193	489	382	1,892	1,567	1,834	1,898	1,477	866	887	11,504	1,064	10,421
2014p	200	1,694	172	489	379	1,874	1,502	1,794	1,842	1,466	833	879	11,240	1,040	10,190

Notes: 1. Includes unknown ages;

2. Includes unknown gender;

3. 2014 data are provisional.