Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2015
3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)
3.1 Table 1 shows the downward trend of injury road accidents recorded by the police. In 2015, there were 8,464 accidents in which someone was killed or injured, 4 per cent fewer than in 2014 and the lowest number since records began. There were 152 fatal accidents in 2015, twenty nine (16%) less than in 2014. In 2015, there were 1,416 serious injury accidents - a decrease of 75 (5%) on 2014; and 6,896 slight injury accidents reported in 2015, 4 per cent (274) fewer than 2014.
Table 1: Injury Road Accidents by Severity, 1970 – 2015
|
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal and Serious |
Slight |
All Severities |
1970 |
|
758 |
7,860 |
8,618 |
13,515 |
22,133 |
1975 |
|
699 |
6,912 |
7,611 |
13,041 |
20,652 |
1980 |
|
644 |
7,218 |
7,862 |
13,926 |
21,788 |
1985 |
|
550 |
6,507 |
7,057 |
13,587 |
20,644 |
1990 |
|
491 |
5,237 |
5,728 |
14,443 |
20,171 |
1995 |
|
361 |
4,071 |
4,432 |
12,102 |
16,534 |
1996 |
|
316 |
3,315 |
3,631 |
12,442 |
16,073 |
1997 |
|
340 |
3,312 |
3,652 |
12,994 |
16,646 |
1998 |
|
339 |
3,318 |
3,657 |
12,862 |
16,519 |
1999 |
|
285 |
3,209 |
3,494 |
11,921 |
15,415 |
2000 |
|
297 |
3,007 |
3,304 |
11,828 |
15,132 |
2001 |
|
309 |
2,840 |
3,149 |
11,575 |
14,724 |
2002 |
|
274 |
2,684 |
2,958 |
11,385 |
14,343 |
2003 |
|
301 |
2,495 |
2,796 |
11,121 |
13,917 |
2004 |
|
283 |
2,331 |
2,614 |
11,305 |
13,919 |
2005 |
|
264 |
2,252 |
2,516 |
10,922 |
13,438 |
2006 |
|
293 |
2,257 |
2,550 |
10,560 |
13,110 |
2007 |
|
255 |
2,049 |
2,304 |
10,203 |
12,507 |
2008 |
|
245 |
2,242 |
2,487 |
9,672 |
12,159 |
2009 |
|
196 |
1,998 |
2,194 |
9,362 |
11,556 |
2010 |
|
189 |
1,713 |
1,902 |
8,393 |
10,295 |
2011 |
|
175 |
1,676 |
1,851 |
8,136 |
9,987 |
2012 |
|
162 |
1,736 |
1,898 |
7,881 |
9,779 |
2013 |
|
159 |
1,429 |
1,588 |
7,402 |
8,990 |
2014 |
|
181 |
1,491 |
1,672 |
7,170 |
8,842 |
2015 |
prov. |
152 |
1,416 |
1,568 |
6,896 |
8,464 |