5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

5.1 In 2015, non built-up roads (roads with a speed limit of over 40mph, see paragraph 11.4 for more detail) accounted for two-fifths of the total number of reported casualties (40%: 4,344 out of 10,950). However, they accounted for almost three quarters of those killed (72%: 117 out of 162) and almost half of the total number of seriously injured (46%: 727 out of 1,597).  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 (40%) than built-up roads (33%). The reduction in built-up roads fatalities was greater at 45%  than  non built-up at 44%. There was a 34% and 44% reduction respectively 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, 2013-2015 & 2004-08 average

Mode of Transport	Built-up roads			Non built-up roads			All roads
	Killed	Serious	All	Killed	Serious	All	Killed	Serious	All
Pedestrian
2004-08 average	46	609	2,723	18	47	133	65	656	2,855
2013	24	371	1,665	14	32	82	38	403	1,747
2014	41	401	1,671	18	22	83	59	423	1,754
2015 prov.	27	404	1,617	14	17	71	41	421	1,688
% change on 2014	*	1%	-3%	*	*	-14%	-31%	0%	-4%
on 04-08 average	*	-34%	-41%	*	*	-46%	-37%	-36%	-41%
Pedal cycle
2004-08 average	5	111	673	4	23	83	9	134	756
2013	2	120	783	11	29	103	13	149	886
2014	3	124	787	5	35	106	8	159	893
2015 prov.	2	129	688	3	35	106	5	164	794
% change on 2014	*	4%	-13%	*	*	0%	*	3%	-11%
on 04-08 average	*	16%	2%	*	*	27%	*	22%	5%
Motor cycle
2004-08 average	6	159	561	36	212	489	42	371	1,049
2013	5	124	428	18	157	347	23	281	775
2014	6	144	465	24	183	363	30	327	828
2015 prov.	3	99	395	24	156	339	27	255	734
% change on 2014	*	-31%	-15%	*	-15%	-7%	*	-22%	-11%
on 04-08 average	*	-38%	-30%	*	-26%	-31%	*	-31%	-30%
Car
2004-08 average	21	337	4,762	141	920	5,844	162	1,258	10,606
2013	14	179	3,373	75	541	3,589	89	720	6,962
2014	18	186	3,340	76	499	3,445	94	685	6,785
2015 prov.	10	189	3,320	62	452	3,381	72	641	6,701
% change on 2014	*	2%	-1%	-18%	-9%	-2%	-23%	-6%	-1%
on 04-08 average	*	-44%	-30%	-56%	-51%	-42%	-55%	-49%	-37%
Bus/Coach
2004-08 average	0	50	669	0	5	80	1	55	749
2013	1	28	317	1	6	77	2	34	394
2014	1	24	257	0	4	34	1	28	291
2015 prov.	1	25	259	0	24	73	1	49	332
% change on 2014	*	*	1%	*	*	*	*	*	14%
on 04-08 average	*	*	-61%	*	*	-8%	*	-11%	-56%
Other modes of transport
2004-08 average	4	42	489	10	90	591	14	132	1,080
2013	1	26	355	6	58	386	7	84	741
2014	4	28	355	7	54	401	11	82	756
2015 prov.	2	24	327	14	43	374	16	67	701
% change on 2014	*	*	-8%	*	-20%	-7%	*	-18%	-7%
on 04-08 average	*	*	-33%	*	-52%	-37%	*	-49%	-35%
All casualties
2004-08 average	82	1,309	9,877	209	1,297	7,220	292	2,605	17,097
2013	47	848	6,921	125	823	4,584	172	1,671	11,505
2014	73	907	6,875	130	797	4,432	203	1,704	11,307
2015 prov.	45	870	6,606	117	727	4,344	162	1,597	10,950
% change on 2014	-38%	-4%	-4%	-10%	-9%	-2%	-20%	-6%	-3%
on 04-08 average	-45%	-34%	-33%	-44%	-44%	-40%	-44%	-39%	-36%

1 Figures for 2014 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.