7. Child Casualties (Table 4 and Table 7)

Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2018

7. Child Casualties (Table 4 and Table 7)

7.1 There were 756 child casualties reported in 2018 representing 9% of all casualties (756 out of 8,402) and a decrease of 144 (or 16%) from 2017. Of these, 142 were seriously injured and 3 died, 1 more death than in 2017. Two of the 3 children killed in 2018 were pedestrians and one was a minibus passenger. 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 333 child pedestrian casualties recorded in 2018. They accounted for 27% of all pedestrian casualties of all ages (333 out of 1,250). Of the child pedestrian casualties, 96 were seriously injured (2 died). The number killed was the same as 2017 but the number of seriously injured fell by 10 from 106 in 2017 to 96 in 2018.

7.3 In 2018, there were 319 child casualties in cars, 6% of all car user casualties (319 out of 5,069). Of the child casualties in cars, 29 were seriously injured (none died): the same figures for killed and serious as in 2017. In 2018, there were 64 child pedal cycle casualties (10% of the total of 638 pedal cycle casualties of all ages) including 15 who were seriously injured, there were no children killed on a pedal cycle in 2018, the same as 2017.

Table 4: Child casualties by built-up and non built-up roads, mode of transport and severity, 2016-2018 & 2004-08 average

Mode of

Built-up roads

Non built-up roads

All roads

Transport

Killed

Serious

All

Killed

Serious

All

Killed

Serious

All

Pedestrian

2004-08 average

4

210

976

2

9

21

6

218

997

2016

3

105

477

0

0

1

3

105

478

2017

1

103

392

1

3

9

2

106

401

2018 prov.

1

93

327

1

3

6

2

96

333

% change on 2017

*

 10% 17%

*

*

*

*

 9% 17%

on 04-08 average

*

 56% 67%

*

*

*

*

 56% 67%

Pedal cycle

2004-08 average

2

27

194

1

2

9

2

29

203

2016

1

8

53

0

0

2

1

8

55

2017

0

8

63

0

2

4

0

10

67

2018 prov.

0

13

60

0

2

4

0

15

64

% change on 2017

*

*

 5%

*

*

*

*

*

 4%

on 04-08 average

*

*

 69%

*

*

*

*

*

 68%

Car

2004-08 average

1

18

316

6

44

353

6

62

670

2016

0

5

208

7

41

211

7

46

419

2017

0

10

188

0

19

140

0

29

328

2018 prov.

0

7

159

0

22

160

0

29

319

% change on 2017

*

*

 15%

*

*

14%

*

*

 3%

on 04-08 average

*

*

 50%

*

*

 55%

*

 53% 52%

Bus/Coach

2004-08 average

0

3

68

0

0

20

0

3

88

2016

0

1

16

0

1

4

0

2

20

2017

0

0

54

0

0

20

0

0

74

2018 prov.

0

0

19

0

0

0

0

0

19

% change on 2017

*

*

 65%

*

*

*

*

*

 74%

on 04-08 average

*

*

 72%

*

*

*

*

*

 78%

Other

2004-08 average

1

9

39

0

3

23

1

13

62

2016

1

2

9

0

4

18

1

6

27

2017

0

4

13

0

3

17

0

7

30

2018 prov.

0

1

11

1

1

10

1

2

21

% change on 2017

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

on 04-08 average

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 66%

All child casualties

2004-08 average

7

267

1,593

8

59

426

15

325

2,019

2016

5

121

763

7

46

236

12

167

999

2017

1

125

710

1

27

190

2

152

900

2018 prov.

1

114

576

2

28

180

3

142

756

% change on 2017

*

 9% 19%

*

*

 5%

*

 7% 16%

on 04-08 average

*

 57% 64%

*

 52% 58%

*

 56% 63%

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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