3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)
Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2018
3. Reported numbers of Accidents (Table 1)
3.1 Table 1 shows the downward trend of injury road accidents recorded by the police. In 2018, there were 6,412 accidents in which someone was killed or injured, 10 per cent fewer than in 2017 and the lowest number since records began. There were 149 fatal accidents in 2018, 9 (6%) more than in 2017. In 2018, there were 1,368 serious injury accidents - a decrease of 9 (1%) from 2017; and 4,895 slight injury accidents reported in 2018, 13 per cent (706) fewer than 2017.
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal and Serious |
Slight |
All |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1,675 |
1,850 |
8,135 |
9,985 |
2012 |
162 |
1,736 |
1,898 |
7,879 |
9,777 |
2013 |
159 |
1,425 |
1,584 |
7,390 |
8,974 |
2014 |
181 |
1,488 |
1,669 |
7,164 |
8,833 |
2015 |
157 |
1,421 |
1,578 |
6,899 |
8,477 |
2016 |
175 |
1,432 |
1,607 |
6,746 |
8,353 |
2017 |
140 |
1,377 |
1,517 |
5,601 |
7,118 |
2018 prov. |
149 |
1,368 |
1,517 |
4,895 |
6,412 |