8. Progress towards the casualty reduction targets for 2020 (Tables 5-9)
8. Progress towards the casualty reduction targets for 2020 (Tables 5-9)
8.1 The following section provides information on the progress made towards three of the five casualty reduction targets set out in Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (see section 11.5 for more information about the Framework).
8.1 As outlined in section 2.4, the number of serious and slight casualties cannot be directly compared to previously recorded figures due to changes in severity reporting. Progress against the serious casualty reduction target is therefore based on adjusted figures, produced by the Department for Transport, that show how many slight and serious casualties there would have been in previous years if they had been recorded using an injury-based reporting system. Not all required data is available to assess progress against the slight casualty reduction target and the children seriously injured reduction target; progress against these targets will be updated in Reported Road Casualties.
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.
8.3 Scotland is currently on track to meet only 2 of the 5 targets based on data that is available, although in each case there has been a significant improvement since the 2004-2008 baseline.
Target: 40% reduction in those killed by 2020
8.4 There were 168 people killed in 2019, a 42% reduction from the 2004-08 baseline average. The decrease seen to 2019 is greater than that required to achieve the 2020 target reduction (40%). Figure 4 shows that the total number of fatalities in 2019 was below the indicative line required to achieve the target [Table 5].
Figure 4: Progress to casualty reduction target: Casualties killed
Target: 55% reduction in those seriously injured by 2020
8.5 Due to changes in severity reporting, progress against this target is measured on the basis of adjusted figures provided by the Department for Transport. These figures illustrate how many casualties there would have been in previous years if they had been recorded using an injury-based recording system. On the basis of the adjusted figures, there were 1,965 serious injuries in 2019, a 33% reduction since the adjusted 2004-08 baseline level. The decrease seen to 2019 is less than that required to achieve the framework target for 2020 (a reduction of 55% from 2004-08) [Table 6].
Figure 5: Progress to casualty reduction target: Seriously injured casualties
Target: 50% reduction in children killed by 2020
8.6 Due to small numbers and year-to-year fluctuations this target is measured using a three-year average. An average of 2 children a year were killed in the 2017-2019 period, an 85% reduction from the 2004-2008 baseline. The current reduction seen to 2019 is greater than that required to meet the 2020 target [Table 7].
Figure 6: Progress to casualty reduction target: Children killed
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 | 38 | 5 | 29 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 145 |
2018 | 34 | 6 | 33 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 161 |
2019 prov. | 46 | 8 | 25 | 78 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 168 |
2004-08 average | 65 | 9 | 42 | 162 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 292 |
2015-19 average | 39 | 6 | 29 | 80 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 167 |
Numbers in 2019 implied by target | 40 | 6 | 26 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 181 |
* 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.
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 | 291 | 758 | 51 | 63 | 44 | 1,878 |
2012 | 461 | 169 | 343 | 847 | 44 | 68 | 49 | 1,981 |
2013 | 401 | 149 | 281 | 718 | 34 | 45 | 39 | 1,667 |
2014 | 420 | 159 | 327 | 686 | 28 | 50 | 31 | 1,701 |
2015 | 424 | 164 | 258 | 638 | 49 | 46 | 23 | 1,602 |
2016 | 398 | 148 | 268 | 762 | 42 | 54 | 26 | 1,698 |
2017 | 380 | 171 | 281 | 662 | 23 | 45 | 32 | 1,594 |
2018 | 362 | 157 | 283 | 668 | 35 | 53 | 26 | 1,584 |
2019 3 prov. | 482 | 178 | 279 | 932 | 23 | 63 | 44 | 2,001 |
* 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.
3. Due to changes in severity reporting, the number of serious casualties cannot be compared directly to those reported in previous years. These % change figures for serious casualties have therefore been omitted.
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 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
2018 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
2019 prov. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
2004-08 average | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
2015-19 average | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
2017-19 average | 2 | ||||||||
2017-19 avg % change |
1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.
3. All averages rounded to whole percentages.
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 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 141 |
2014 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 171 |
2015 | 97 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 140 |
2016 | 105 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 167 |
2017 | 107 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 153 |
2018 | 96 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
2019 3 prov. | 122 | 24 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 196 |
2004-08 average | 218 | 29 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 325 |
* 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.
3. Due to changes in severity reporting, the number of serious casualties cannot be compared directly to those reported in previous years. These % change figures for serious casualties have therefore been omitted.
Pedestrian | Pedal cycle | Motor cycle | Car | Bus/coach | Goods1 | Other2 | All road users | Traffic | Slight casualty rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
numbers | mill veh-km | 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 | 1,507 | 661 | 482 | 6,930 | 453 | 385 | 304 | 10,722 | 43,390 | 24.71 |
2012 | 1,459 | 727 | 503 | 6,745 | 396 | 411 | 314 | 10,555 | 43,549 | 24.24 |
2013 | 1,295 | 724 | 471 | 6,157 | 358 | 391 | 257 | 9,653 | 43,840 | 22.02 |
2014 | 1,266 | 728 | 469 | 6,006 | 262 | 402 | 265 | 9,398 | 44,839 | 20.96 |
2015 | 1,222 | 628 | 450 | 6,000 | 282 | 411 | 214 | 9,207 | 45,374 | 20.29 |
2016 | 1,233 | 634 | 411 | 5,829 | 257 | 413 | 232 | 9,009 | 46,459 | 19.39 |
2017 | 945 | 552 | 310 | 4,981 | 332 | 354 | 220 | 7,694 | 47,986 | 16.03 |
2018 | 860 | 475 | 324 | 4,342 | 193 | 335 | 150 | 6,679 | 48,137 | 13.87 |
2019 3 prov. | 715 | 378 | 215 | 3,547 | 169 | 224 | 177 | 5,425 | .. | .. |
2004-08 average | 2,136 | 613 | 637 | 9,187 | 693 | 503 | 431 | 14,200 | 43,736 | 32.52 |
1. Light goods vehicles and heavy goods vehicles.
2. Taxis, minibuses and other modes of transport.
3. Due to changes in severity reporting, the number of serious casualties cannot be compared directly to those reported in previous years. These % change figures for serious casualties have therefore been omitted.