7. Child Casualties (Table 4)

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017

7. Child Casualties (Table 4)

7.1 There were 899 child casualties reported in 2017 representing 10% of all casualties (899 out of 9,391) and a decrease of 100 (or 10%) from 2016. Of these, 152 were seriously injured and 2 died, 10 fewer deaths than in 2016. The 2 children killed in 2017 were pedestrians. 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 399 child pedestrian casualties recorded in 2017. They accounted for 30% of all pedestrian casualties of all ages (399 out of 1,350). Of the child pedestrian casualties, 106 were seriously injured (2 died). The number killed was one less than 2016 but the number of seriously injured was 1 more than in 2016.

7.3 In 2017, there were 329 child casualties in cars, 6% of all car user casualties (329 out of 5,685). Of the child casualties in cars, 29 were seriously injured (none died): a decrease of 17 in the number of serious and 7 less killed than in 2016. In 2017, there were 67 child pedal cycle casualties (9% of the total of 729 pedal cycle casualties of all ages) including 10 who were seriously injured, there were no children killed on a pedal cycle in 2017, one less than 2016.

Table 4: Child casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2015-2017 & 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
2015 1 95 450 2 2 10 3 97 460
2016 3 105 477 0 0 1 3 105 478
2017 prov. 1 103 390 1 3 9 2 106 399
% change on 2016 * -2% -18% * * * * 1% -17%
on 04-08 average * -51% -60% * * * * -51% -60%
Pedal cycle
2004-08 average 2 27 194 1 2 9 2 29 203
2015 1 11 70 0 0 1 1 11 71
2016 1 8 53 0 0 2 1 8 55
2017 prov. 0 8 63 0 2 4 0 10 67
% change on 2016 * * 19% * * * * * 22%
on 04-08 average * * -67% * * * * * -67%
Car
2004-08 average 1 18 316 6 44 353 6 62 670
2015 0 7 192 0 20 180 0 27 372
2016 0 5 208 7 41 211 7 46 419
2017 prov. 0 10 189 0 19 140 0 29 329
% change on 2016 * * -9% * * -34% * * -21%
on 04-08 average * * -40% * * -60% * -53% -51%
Bus/Coach
2004-08 average 0 3 68 0 0 20 0 3 88
2015 0 2 41 0 0 1 0 2 42
2016 0 1 16 0 1 4 0 2 20
2017 prov. 0 0 54 0 0 20 0 0 74
% change on 2016 * * * * * * * * *
on 04-08 average * * -21% * * * * * -16%
Other
2004-08 average 1 9 39 0 3 23 1 13 62
2015 0 2 13 0 0 8 0 2 21
2016 1 2 9 0 4 18 1 6 27
2017 prov. 0 4 13 0 3 17 0 7 30
% change on 2016 * * * * * * * * *
on 04-08 average * * * * * * * * -51%
All child casualties
2004-08 average 7 267 1,593 8 59 426 15 325 2,019
2015 2 117 766 2 22 200 4 139 966
2016 5 121 763 7 46 236 12 167 999
2017 prov. 1 125 709 1 27 190 2 152 899
% change on 2016 * 3% -7% * * -19% * -9% -10%
on 04-08 average * -53% -56% * -54% -55% * -53% -55%

1 Figures for 2016 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.