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.

Table 1: Injury Road Accidents by Severity, 1970 – 2018

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

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