Casualties by Police Force division and Local Authority area

Figures 9 and 10 show the number of reported number of casualties in each Police Force division and each Local Authority area for 2025. Since numbers for individual police service divisions and local authorities can be low, late returns and amendments can result in higher percentage changes than those seen in the national figures. In addition, there can be quite large percentage year-to-year fluctuations in the figures for local authority areas within Scotland, particularly for those with the lower numbers.

For both police force divisions and local authorities, the highest number of casualties is seen in urban, densely populated areas. Figure 10 shows Glasgow City and Edinburgh have the highest number of road casualties in 2025. Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Na h-Eileanan Siar have the lowest number of casualties.