10. Casualties by Gender and Age

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2015

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 2015 male fatalities fell by 27, 18% (to 123). Female fatalities fell by 14, 26% (to 39). Fifteen per cent (1,686) of all casualties were aged 16–22, a fall of 10% on 2014, of which 950 were male and 736 were female. Casualties aged under 5 fell by 10%, from 162 to 146 between 2014 and 2015

**Table 12: Casualties by gender, severity and age, 2004 – 2015**
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	156	602	495	2,166	1,364	1,894	1,577	933	524	479	10,204	1,253	8,937
2006	244	1,672	151	557	451	2,100	1,377	1,662	1,511	946	505	447	9,723	1,159	8,548
2007	207	1,631	130	500	427	2,042	1,299	1,555	1,476	880	520	458	9,302	1,057	8,230
2008	191	1,684	127	449	407	1,870	1,256	1,485	1,424	866	477	469	8,843	983	7,847
2009	162	1,486	105	399	302	1,846	1,197	1,412	1,397	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	128	1,303	94	316	245	1,322	1,028	1,144	1,237	937	445	448	7,219	655	6,561
2013	119	1,084	95	278	210	1,089	878	1,090	1,173	849	449	399	6,518	583	5,927
2014	150	1,095	87	267	223	1,100	910	1,036	1,121	827	452	406	6,436	577	5,852
2015	123	1,031	78	257	187	950	964	1,012	1,017	841	437	416	6,161	522	5,637
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	1,459	1,078	835	536	667	8,016	996	7,008
2005	77	919	111	375	418	1,375	928	1,293	1,114	820	544	671	7,658	904	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	95	328	332	1,376	931	1,073	952	762	483	579	6,917	755	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	225	200	978	779	782	839	657	421	522	5,489	509	4,978
2013	53	585	85	210	172	802	690	744	725	629	417	489	4,977	467	4,496
2014	53	609	72	224	157	780	608	772	736	642	391	479	4,867	453	4,408
2015	39	564	61	218	166	736	683	710	729	654	393	427	4,779	445	4,332
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	3,529	2,597	1,811	1,108	1,151	18,502	2,395	16,061
2005	286	2,666	273	977	913	3,541	2,294	3,187	2,692	1,753	1,068	1,153	17,885	2,163	15,688
2006	314	2,635	264	902	855	3,560	2,285	2,919	2,634	1,727	1,024	1,066	17,269	2,021	15,215
2007	281	2,385	228	829	759	3,419	2,231	2,628	2,430	1,642	1,003	1,041	16,239	1,816	14,394
2008	270	2,575	234	753	702	3,175	2,178	2,519	2,452	1,557	953	1,047	15,592	1,689	13,881
2009	216	2,287	201	682	590	3,086	2,098	2,425	2,389	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	176	1,981	182	541	445	2,300	1,807	1,926	2,076	1,595	866	970	12,714	1,168	11,540
2013	172	1,671	188	488	382	1,891	1,568	1,834	1,898	1,478	866	888	11,505	1,058	10,423
2014	203	1,704	162	491	380	1,880	1,518	1,808	1,857	1,469	843	885	11,307	1,033	10,260
2015	162	1,597	146	475	353	1,686	1,647	1,723	1,746	1,495	830	843	10,950	974	9,970

Notes: 1. Includes unknown ages;
2. Includes unknown gender;
3. 2014 data are provisional.