8. Progress towards the casualty reduction targets for 2020 (Tables 5-9)

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017

8. Progress towards the casualty reduction targets for 2020 (Tables 5-9)

8.1 The following section provides information on the progress made towards each of the casualty reduction targets set out in Scotland's Road Safety Framework to 2020 (see section 11.5 for more information about the Framework).

8.2 Progress is assessed towards a milestone in 2015 and the final target by means of an indicative trend based on a constant annual percentage reduction (see section 11.6 for more information). Detailed tables for each of the targets, including a breakdown by mode and historic data are included in Tables 5 to 9.

Target: 40% reduction in those killed by 2020

8.3 There were 146 people killed in 2017, a 50% reduction since the 2004-08 baseline average. The decrease seen to 2017 is greater than that required to achieve the 2020 milestone reduction (40%). Figure 4 shows that the total number of fatalities in 2017 was below the indicative line required to achieve the target [Table 5].

Figure 4: Progress to casualty reduction target: Casualties killed

Figure 4: Progress to casualty reduction target: Casualties killed

Target: 55% reduction in those seriously injured by 2020

8.4 There were 1,580 serious injuries in 2017, a 39% reduction since the 2004-08 baseline level. The decrease seen to 2017 has not yet reached the framework target for 2020 (a reduction of 55% from 2004-08) [Table 6].

Figure 5: Progress to casualty reduction target: Seriously injured casualties

Figure 5: Progress to casualty reduction target: Seriously injured casualties

Target: 50% reduction in children killed by 2020

8.5 Due to small numbers and year-to-year fluctuations this target is measured using a three year average. An average of 6 children a year were killed in the 2015-2017 period, a 61% reduction since the 2004-2008 baseline. The current reduction seen to 2017 is greater than that required to meet the 2020 target [Table 7].

Figure 6: Progress to casualty reduction target: Children killed

Figure 6: Progress to casualty reduction target: Children killed

Target: 65% reduction in children seriously injured by 2020

8.6 152 children were recorded as seriously injured in 2017, a 53% reduction since the 2004-08 baseline. The decrease to 2017 is less than that required to achieve the 2020 milestone reduction (65%) [Table 8].

Figure 7: Progress to casualty reduction target: Children seriously injured

Figure 7: Progress to casualty reduction target: Children seriously injured

Target: 10% reduction in slight casualties by 2020 (per 100 million vehicle kilometres)

8.7 The results for this target have not been updated for 2017, as estimates of traffic volume for 2017 are not currently available.

8.8 The 2016 slight casualty rate was 19.41 casualties per 100 million vehicle kilometres. This was a 40% reduction since the 2004-08 baseline and is therefore greater than the reduction required to achieve the 2020 target [Table 9].

Figure 8: Progress to casualty reduction target: Slightly Injured casualties per 100 million vehicle km

Figure 8: Progress to casualty reduction target: Slightly Injured casualties per 100 million vehicle km

Table 5: People killed by mode of transport, 1994 – 2017
  Pedestrian Pedal cycle Motor cycle Car Bus/coach Goods1 Other2 All road users
1994-98 ave 104 11 31 209 3 15 5 378
1994 111 5 24 197 9 14 3 363
1995 121 11 33 221 1 19 3 409
1996 106 15 29 185 3 14 5 357
1997 87 9 37 219 2 16 7 377
1998 96 13 33 223 1 13 6 385
1999 89 8 30 169 1 11 2 310
2000 72 12 40 182 1 15 4 326
2001 76 10 49 194 0 14 5 348
2002 73 8 46 154 0 21 2 304
2003 63 14 50 189 1 14 5 336
2004 76 7 42 167 3 12 1 308
2005 66 16 34 153 0 15 2 286
2006 61 10 58 175 0 8 2 314
2007 60 4 40 160 0 15 2 281
2008 60 9 34 153 1 8 5 270
2009 47 5 43 116 0 5 0 216
2010 47 7 35 105 1 8 5 208
2011 43 7 33 89 1 9 3 185
2012 59 9 21 73 1 13 0 176
2013 38 13 23 89 2 5 2 172
2014 59 8 30 94 1 2 9 203
2015 44 5 27 75 1 13 3 168
2016 32 8 30 106 3 6 6 191
2017 prov. 38 5 29 65 2 3 4 146
2004-08 average 65 9 42 162 1 12 2 292
2013-17 average 42 8 28 86 2 6 5 176
Numbers in 2017 implied by target 43 6 27 106 1 8 2 192
2017 % change: * * * -39% * * * -24%
on 2016                
on 04-08 ave -41% * * -60% * * * -50%

* A percentage change is not shown if the denominator is 50 or fewer.
1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.

Table 6: People seriously injured by mode of transport, 1994 – 2017
  Pedestrian Pedal cycle Motor cycle Car Bus/coach Goods1 Other2 All road users
1994-98 ave 1,272 238 324 2,292 93 156 84 4,460
1994 1,536 311 329 2,607 141 197 87 5,208
1995 1,466 281 362 2,432 104 192 93 4,930
1996 1,173 201 271 2,108 93 123 72 4,041
1997 1,124 201 321 2,146 53 120 82 4,047
1998 1,060 197 338 2,167 75 150 85 4,072
1999 1,054 181 401 1,835 82 133 79 3,765
2000 925 164 435 1,796 79 106 63 3,568
2001 842 161 405 1,758 62 115 67 3,410
2002 820 144 410 1,628 59 120 48 3,229
2003 712 125 367 1,511 69 114 59 2,957
2004 674 121 353 1,414 63 83 58 2,766
2005 677 116 371 1,304 63 83 52 2,666
2006 688 131 352 1,258 57 91 58 2,635
2007 594 147 381 1,110 33 87 33 2,385
2008 645 155 396 1,203 59 65 52 2,575
2009 509 152 332 1,135 36 73 50 2,287
2010 457 138 319 903 52 60 40 1,969
2011 515 156 293 758 51 63 44 1,880
2012 461 169 343 847 44 68 49 1,981
2013 402 149 281 719 34 45 39 1,669
2014 420 159 327 686 28 51 31 1,702
2015 424 164 258 639 49 46 21 1,601
2016 399 148 268 762 42 54 26 1,699
2017 prov. 370 171 280 662 23 42 32 1,580
2004-08 average 656 134 371 1,258 55 82 51 2,605
2013-17 average 403 158 283 694 35 48 30 1,650
Numbers in 2017 implied by target 340 70 192 652 29 42 26 1,351
2017 % change: -7% 16% 4% -13% * -22% * -7%
on 2016                
on 04-08 ave -44% 28% -24% -47% -58% -49% -37% -39%

* A percentage change is not shown if the denominator is 50 or fewer.

1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.

Table 7: Children killed by mode of transport, 1994 – 2017
  Pedestrian Pedal cycle Motor cycle Car Bus/coach Goods1 Other2 All road users 3 year average 3
1994-98 ave 17 3 0 8 1 0 0 30  
1994 18 4 1 10 4 - - 37
1995 16 3 - 11 - - - 30 31
1996 16 6 1 3 1 - - 27 28
1997 15 1 - 9 - 1 - 26 28
1998 18 3 - 9 1 - 1 32 28
1999 17 1 - 6 - - 1 25 26
2000 13 4 - 4 - - - 21 22
2001 14 4 - 2 - - - 20 18
2002 12 - - 2 - - - 14 17
2003 5 2 - 10 - - - 17 14
2004 8 - 1 3 - - - 12 13
2005 5 4 - 1 - - 1 11 16
2006 9 5 - 10 - 1 - 25 15
2007 4 1 - 4 - - - 9 18
2008 4 2 1 13 - - - 20 11
2009 1 1 - 3 - - - 5 10
2010 1 1 1 1 - - - 4 5
2011 2 - - 5 - - - 7 4
2012 1 1 - - - - - 2 6
2013 5 2 - 2 - - - 9 6
2014 3 - - 4 - - - 7 7
2015 3 1 - - - - - 4 8
2016 3 1 1 7 - - - 12 6
2017 prov. 2 - - - - - - 2  
2004-08 average 6 2 0 6 - 0 0 15  
2013-17 average 3 1 0 3 - - - 7  
2015-17 average   6
2015-17 avg % change  
on 04-08 ave -61%

1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.
3. All averages rounded to whole percentages.

Table 8: Children seriously injured by mode of transport, 1994 - 2017
  Pedestrian Pedal cycle Motor cycle Car Bus/coach Goods1 Other2 All road users
1994-98 ave 546 96 5 136 10 8 10 812
1994 656 140 5 151 20 12 8 992
1995 622 110 7 142 9 13 17 920
1996 524 94 3 115 14 3 10 763
1997 490 77 4 129 3 6 10 719
1998 437 61 8 144 5 6 5 666
1999 413 68 5 102 2 2 8 600
2000 365 61 7 90 7 5 5 540
2001 339 52 7 108 5 6 7 524
2002 328 46 7 109 9 7 7 513
2003 268 46 5 83 5 2 6 415
2004 239 40 9 74 3 3 4 372
2005 239 26 11 67 6 2 5 356
2006 239 35 10 60 4 0 2 350
2007 181 28 4 51 1 1 3 269
2008 194 18 5 56 2 1 3 279
2009 155 26 2 62 2 1 5 253
2010 150 23 3 40 7 0 0 223
2011 139 23 2 34 4 0 1 203
2012 132 21 1 34 1 5 0 194
2013 92 11 1 33 3 0 2 142
2014 116 18 4 27 2 1 3 171
2015 97 11 1 27 2 0 1 139
2016 105 8 4 46 2 2 0 167
2017 prov. 106 10 4 29 0 3 0 152
2004-08 average 218 29 8 62 3 1 3 325
2013-17 average 103 12 3 32 2 1 1 154
Numbers in 2017 implied by target 95 13 3 27 1 1 1 141
2017 % change: 1% * * * * * * -9%
on 2016  
on 04-08 ave -51% * * -53% * * * -53%

* A percentage change is not shown if the denominator is 50 or fewer.
1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.

Table 9: Slight casualties by mode of transport, 1994 - 2017
  Pedestrian Pedal cycle Motor cycle Car Bus/ coach Goods1 Other2 All road users
numbers 		Traffic
mill veh-km 		Slight casualty rate
per 100 mill veh-km
1994-98 ave 3,009 1,034 580 10,859 912 583 501 17,478 37,653 46.42
1994 3,083 1,068 577 10,123 1,084 669 398 17,002 36,000 47.23
1995 3,048 1,031 576 10,321 802 579 498 16,855 36,737 45.88
1996 3,047 1,081 550 10,740 902 499 499 17,318 37,777 45.84
1997 2,944 1,062 590 11,669 886 525 529 18,205 38,581 47.19
1998 2,921 930 605 11,444 887 643 580 18,010 39,168 45.98
1999 2,620 828 594 10,901 841 609 534 16,927 39,770 42.56
2000 2,607 708 655 10,675 854 542 582 16,623 39,561 42.02
2001 2,487 745 724 10,342 761 595 499 16,153 40,065 40.32
2002 2,423 676 711 10,050 801 621 460 15,742 41,535 37.90
2003 2,215 663 697 10,055 822 537 474 15,463 42,038 36.78
2004 2,328 648 599 10,024 849 561 419 15,428 42,705 36.13
2005 2,308 649 677 9,532 794 495 478 14,933 42,718 34.96
2006 2,104 640 658 9,272 706 484 456 14,320 44,119 32.46
2007 2,050 563 640 8,793 590 506 431 13,573 44,666 30.39
2008 1,888 566 612 8,314 527 467 373 12,747 44,470 28.66
2009 1,643 647 646 8,328 437 423 416 12,540 44,219 28.36
2010 1,509 636 491 7,293 487 386 359 11,161 43,488 25.66
2011 1,506 661 482 6,930 453 385 304 10,721 43,390 24.71
2012 1,459 727 503 6,745 396 411 314 10,555 43,549 24.24
2013 1,296 724 471 6,157 358 391 257 9,654 43,840 22.02
2014 1,267 728 470 6,007 262 402 265 9,401 44,839 20.97
2015 1,224 628 450 6,000 282 411 209 9,204 45,374 20.28
2016 1,236 634 412 5,831 257 413 232 9,015 46,437 19.41
2017 prov. 942 553 309 4,958 330 353 220 7,665 .. ..
2004-08 average 2,136 613 637 9,187 693 503 431 14,200 43,736 32.52
2013-17 average 1,193 653 422 5,791 298 394 237 8,988 .. ..
Rate in 2016 implied by target   30.56
2017 % change: -24% -13% -25% -15% 28% -15% -5% -15% .. ..
on 2016  
on 04-08 ave -56% -10% -52% -46% -52% -30% -49% -46% .. -40% 3

1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.
3. Relates to 2016 data as 2017 traffic estimates not yet available.