5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2018

5. Casualties by Type of Road (Table 3)

5.1 In 2018, non built-up roads (roads with a speed limit of over 40mph, see paragraph 11.4 for more detail) accounted for two-fifths of the total number of reported casualties (42%: 3,488 out of 8,402). However, they accounted for almost three quarters of those killed (74%: 118 out of 160) and almost half of the total number of seriously injured (49%: 780 out of 1,581). This will be at least in part due to the higher average speed, as non built-up roads are those with a speed limit of greater than 40 mph. These roads also make up two thirds of Scotland’s road network.

5.2 Compared with the 2004-08 average, total casualties on non built-up roads and built-up roads have reduced by similar proportions (52% and 50% respectively.) However, the reduction in built-up roads fatalities was greater (at 49%) than for non built-up roads (at 44%).

Table 3: Casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2016-2018 & 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	46	609	2,723	18	47	133	65	656	2,855
	2016	23	378	1,598	9	19	63	32	397	1,661
	2017	26	356	1,298	12	23	65	38	379	1,363
	2018 prov.	24	338	1,193	9	24	57	33	362	1,250
	% change on 2017	*	5%	8%	*	*	12%	*	4%	8%
	on 04-08 average	*	44%	56%	*	*	57%	49%	45%	56%
Pedal cycle
	2004-08 average	5	111	673	4	23	83	9	134	756
	2016	3	118	682	5	30	108	8	148	790
	2017	3	132	634	2	39	94	5	171	728
	2018 prov.	2	119	556	4	37	82	6	156	638
	% change on 2017	*	10%	12%	*	*	13%	*	9%	12%
	on 04-08 average	*	7%	17%	*	*	2%	*	16%	16%
Motor cycle
	2004-08 average	6	159	561	36	212	489	42	371	1,049
	2016	7	104	373	23	164	336	30	268	709
	2017	3	119	316	26	162	304	29	281	620
	2018 prov.	5	97	302	28	186	338	33	283	640
	% change on 2017	*	18%	4%	*	15%	11%	*	1%	3%
	on 04-08 average	*	39%	46%	*	12%	31%	*	24%	39%
Car
	2004-08 average	21	337	4,762	141	920	5,844	162	1,258	10,606
	2016	8	204	3,332	98	558	3,365	106	762	6,697
	2017	7	191	2,835	57	471	2,872	64	662	5,707
	2018 prov.	9	195	2,410	66	471	2,659	75	666	5,069
	% change on 2017	*	2%	15%	16%	0%	7%	17%	1%	11%
	on 04-08 average	*	42%	49%	53%	49%	55%	54%	47%	52%
Bus/Coach
	2004-08 average	0	50	669	0	5	80	1	55	749
	2016	0	28	227	3	14	75	3	42	302
	2017	2	18	278	0	5	79	2	23	357
	2018 prov.	0	27	208	2	8	22	2	35	230
	% change on 2017	*	*	25%	*	*	72%	*	*	36%
	on 04-08 average	*	*	69%	*	*	72%	*	36%	69%
Other modes of transport
	2004-08 average	4	42	489	10	90	591	14	132	1,080
	2016	3	21	358	9	59	379	12	80	737
	2017	3	23	318	4	54	340	7	77	658
	2018 prov.	2	25	245	9	54	330	11	79	575
	% change on 2017	*	*	23%	*	0%	3%	*	3%	13%
	on 04-08 average	*	*	50%	*	40%	44%	*	40%	47%
All casualties
	2004-08 average	82	1,309	9,877	209	1,297	7,220	292	2,605	17,097
	2016	44	853	6,570	147	844	4,326	191	1,697	10,896
	2017	44	839	5,679	101	754	3,754	145	1,593	9,433
	2018 prov.	42	801	4,914	118	780	3,488	160	1,581	8,402
	% change on 2017	*	5%	13%	17%	3%	7%	10%	1%	11%
	on 04-08 average	49%	39%	50%	44%	40%	52%	45%	39%	51%

1 Figures for 2017 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.

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