7. Child Casualties (Table 4)

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2016

7. Child Casualties (Table 4)

7.1 There were 1,011 child casualties reported in 2016 representing 9% of all casualties (1,011 out of 10,881) and an increase of 40 (or 4%) on 2015. Of these, 167 were seriously injured and 12 died, 8 more deaths than in 2015. Seven of the twelve children killed in 2016 were in a car, three were pedestrians, one was a pedal cyclist and one a motor cyclist. The numbers of fatalities are small, so care should be taken when drawing conclusions from year on year changes and trends should be looked at over the longer term. The three year average used to monitor progress against the Road Safety Framework targets shows individual years as fluctuating around the longer term trend [Table 7].

7.2 There were 479 child pedestrian casualties recorded in 2016. They accounted for 29% of all pedestrian casualties of all ages (479 out of 1,663). Of the child pedestrian casualties, 105 were seriously injured (3 died). The number killed was the same as 2015 but the number of seriously injured was 8 more than in 2015.

7.3 In 2016, there were 426 child casualties in cars, 6% of all car user casualties (426 out of 6,683). Of the child casualties in cars, 46 were seriously injured (7 died): an increase of 19 in the number of serious and 7 more killed than in 2015. In 2016, there were 55 child pedal cycle casualties (7% of the total of 789 pedal cycle casualties of all ages) including 8 who were seriously injured, there was one child killed on a pedal cycle in 2016, the same as 2015.

Table 4: Child casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2014-2016 & 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 4 210 976 2 9 21 6 218 997
2014 2 114 493 1 2 8 3 116 501
2015 1 95 450 2 2 10 3 97 460
2016 prov. 3 105 477 0 0 2 3 105 479
% change on 2015 * 11% 6% * * * * 8% 4%
on 04-08 average * -50% -51% * * * * -52% -52%
Pedal cycle
2004-08 average 2 27 194 1 2 9 2 29 203
2014 0 17 74 0 1 6 0 18 80
2015 1 11 70 0 0 1 1 11 71
2016 prov. 1 8 53 0 0 2 1 8 55
% change on 2015 * * -24% * * * * * -23%
on 04-08 average * * -73% * * * * * -73%
Car
2004-08 average 1 18 316 6 44 353 6 62 670
2014 0 3 206 4 24 184 4 27 390
2015 0 7 192 0 20 185 0 27 377
2016 prov. 0 5 212 7 41 214 7 46 426
% change on 2015 * * 10% * * 16% * * 13%
on 04-08 average * * -33% * * -39% * -26% -36%
Bus/Coach
2004-08 average 0 3 68 0 0 20 0 3 88
2014 0 2 29 0 0 1 0 2 30
2015 0 2 41 0 0 1 0 2 42
2016 prov. 0 1 17 0 1 4 0 2 21
% change on 2015 * * * * * * * * *
on 04-08 average * * -75% * * * * * -76%
Other
2004-08 average 1 9 39 0 3 23 1 13 62
2014 0 6 26 0 2 5 0 8 31
2015 0 2 13 0 0 8 0 2 21
2016 prov. 1 2 13 0 4 17 1 6 30
% change on 2015 * * * * * * * * *
on 04-08 average * * * * * * * * -51%
All child casualties
2004-08 average 7 267 1,593 8 59 426 15 325 2,019
2014 2 142 828 5 29 204 7 171 1,032
2015 2 117 766 2 22 205 4 139 971
2016 prov. 5 121 772 7 46 239 12 167 1,011
% change on 2015 * 3% 1% * * 17% * 20% 4%
on 04-08 average * -55% -52% * -22% -44% * -49% -50%

1 Figures for 2015 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.