Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2010

Summary

On Scotland's roads in 2010 there were:

  • 10,293 reported injury accidents in which 13,334 people were reported as being casualties;
  • 2,172 people reported killed or seriously injured (208 of whom died);
  • 8,296 casualties in cars, 105 of whom died;
  • 2,014 pedestrian casualties, of whom 47 were killed;
  • 845 motor cyclist casualties (of whom 35 were killed);
  • 1,376 child1 casualties, 227 of whom were killed or seriously injured (4 of them died);
  • 643 child1 pedestrian casualties - 151 were killed or seriously injured (1 died).

Between 2000 and 2010:

  • The number of fatal accidents fell by 36%, from 297 to 189;
  • The total of fatal and serious accidents fell by 43%, from 3,304 to 1,897;
  • The total number of accidents (all severities) fell by 32%, from 15,131 to 10,293;
  • The number of people killed fell by 36%, from 326 to 208;
  • The total of killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 44%, from 3,894 to 2,172;
  • The total number of casualties (all severities) fell by 35%, from 20,517 to 13,334;
  • Car user casualties fell by 34%, from 12,653 to 8,296;
  • Pedestrian casualties fell by 44%, from 3,604 to 2,014;
  • Pedal cycle casualties fell by 12%, from 884 to 781;
  • Motor cycle casualties fell by 25%, from 1,130 to 845;
  • Male casualties fell by 35%, from 11,536 to 7,538;
  • Female casualties fell by 35%, from 8,956 to 5,786;
  • Casualties aged 16-22 fell by 31% from 3,594 to 2,490;
  • Casualties aged 23-59 fell by 33% from 11,500 to 7,710;
  • Casualties aged 60 and over fell by 26% from 2,341 to 1,732;
  • Child1 fatalities fell from 21 to 4;
  • Child1 killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 60% from 561 to 227;
  • The total number of child1 casualties (all severities) fell by 54% from 3,000 to 1,376;
  • Child1 pedestrian fatalities fell from 13 to 1;
  • Child1 pedestrians killed and seriously injured casualties fell by 60% from 378 to 151;
  • The total number of child1 pedestrian casualties fell by 57% from 1,486 to 643;
  • The estimated number of drink-drive accidents fell by 11%, from about 750 (in 1999) to roughly 660 (in 2009 - the latest year for which estimates are available); it's estimated that the number of people killed in such accidents fell from about 60 to around 30;
  • The estimated total cost of all road accidents in Scotland (including damage only accidents) at constant 2009 prices, fell by 38%, from £1,853 million to £1,151 million.

Over the longer-term:

  • Between 1950 and 2010 (inclusive), 34,685 people were killed, and a total of about 1.492 million people were either killed or injured, in accidents on Scotland's roads;
  • In 1962 (the earliest year for which a figure is available), there were roughly 775,000 vehicles licensed in Scotland, whereas in 2010 the vehicle population stood at 2.685 million. Over the same period, the number of casualties fell from about 26,700 to around 13,000. Therefore whilst the vehicle stock has more than trebled, the number of casualties has actually halved.

1 Child age 0-15

Table A: Summary of reported road injury accident and reported casualty statistics: 2000 to 2010
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Accidents
Fatal 297 309 274 301 283 264 293 255 245 196 189
Fatal & serious 3,304 3,149 2,958 2,796 2,614 2,516 2,550 2,304 2,487 2,193 1,897
All severities 15,131 14,724 14,343 13,917 13,919 13,438 13,110 12,506 12,158 11,555 10,293
Accidents on built-up(1) roads
Fatal 93 91 71 85 90 76 83 71 82 56 56
Fatal & serious 1,767 1,648 1,599 1,474 1,322 1,300 1,347 1,207 1,359 1,088 977
All severities 9,771 9,436 9,185 8,745 8,708 8,387 8,197 7,781 7,463 6,989 6,342
Accidents on non built-up(1) roads
Fatal 204 218 203 216 193 188 210 184 163 140 133
Fatal & serious 1,537 1,501 1,359 1,322 1,292 1,216 1,203 1,097 1,128 1,105 920
All severities 5,360 5,288 5,158 5,172 5,211 5,051 4,913 4,725 4,695 4,566 3,951
Drink-drive accidents and casualties(2)
Accidents 780 800 820 750 710 660 720 670 660 660
Casualties (all severities) 1,150 1,190 1,270 1,130 1,060 990 980 940 960 920
Killed 40 70 50 50 40 30 30 30 40 30
Killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian 72 76 73 63 76 66 61 60 60 47 47
Pedal cycle 12 10 8 14 7 16 10 4 9 5 7
Motor cycle 40 49 46 50 42 34 58 40 34 43 35
Car 182 194 154 189 167 153 175 160 153 116 105
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) 20 19 23 20 16 17 10 17 14 5 14
All modes of transport 326 348 304 336 308 286 314 281 270 216 208
Killed or seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian 997 918 893 775 750 743 749 654 705 556 502
Pedal cycle 176 171 152 139 128 132 141 151 164 157 145
Motor cycle 475 454 456 417 395 405 410 421 430 375 353
Car 1,978 1,952 1,782 1,700 1,581 1,457 1,433 1,270 1,355 1,250 1,006
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) 268 263 250 262 220 215 216 170 190 164 166
All modes of transport 3,894 3,758 3,533 3,293 3,074 2,952 2,949 2,666 2,844 2,502 2,172
All casualties by mode, by sex and by age
Pedestrian 3,604 3,405 3,316 2,990 3,078 3,051 2,853 2,703 2,592 2,199 2,014
Pedal cycle 884 916 828 802 776 781 781 714 730 804 781
Motor cycle 1,130 1,178 1,167 1,114 994 1,082 1,068 1,061 1,042 1,020 845
Car 12,653 12,294 11,832 11,755 11,605 10,989 10,705 10,063 9,669 9,580 8,296
Other (eg taxi, bus, goods) 2,246 2,118 2,132 2,095 2,049 1,982 1,862 1,697 1,557 1,440 1,398
All modes of transport 20,517 19,911 19,275 18,756 18,502 17,885 17,269 16,238 15,590 15,043 13,334
Male 11,536 11,301 11,086 10,657 10,473 10,204 9,723 9,302 8,842 8,450 7,538
Female 8,956 8,582 8,176 8,086 8,016 7,658 7,532 6,916 6,737 6,587 5,786
Child: 0 - 15 3,000 2,923 2,745 2,480 2,395 2,172 2,022 1,817 1,689 1,473 1,376
Young adult: 16-22 3,594 3,703 3,587 3,467 3,463 3,540 3,559 3,419 3,174 3,084 2,490
Adult: 23-59 11,500 10,929 10,667 10,426 10,340 9,926 9,566 8,929 8,706 8,451 7,710
Older adults: 60+ 2,341 2,287 2,226 2,330 2,258 2,218 2,090 2,044 1,999 1,998 1,732
Child4 killed by mode of transport
Pedestrian 13 14 12 5 8 5 9 4 4 1 1
Pedal cycle 4 4 - 2 - 4 5 1 2 1 1
Car 4 2 2 10 3 1 10 4 13 3 1
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) - - - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 1
All modes of transport 21 20 14 17 12 11 25 9 20 5 4
Child4 killed or seriously injured casualties by mode
Pedestrian 378 353 340 273 247 244 248 185 198 156 151
Pedal cycle 65 56 46 48 40 30 40 29 20 27 24
Car 94 110 111 93 77 69 70 55 69 65 41
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) 24 25 30 18 20 25 17 9 12 10 11
All modes of transport 561 544 527 432 384 368 375 278 299 258 227
All child4 casualties by mode
Pedestrian 1,486 1,475 1,296 1,201 1,180 1,099 993 882 831 674 643
Pedal cycle 330 307 277 276 263 219 209 174 150 148 145
Car 965 950 926 825 805 684 657 633 569 548 505
Other (eg m/c, taxi, bus...) 219 191 246 178 147 170 163 128 139 103 83
All modes of transport 3,000 2,923 2,745 2,480 2,395 2,172 2,022 1,817 1,689 1,473 1,376
Accident costs (£ million)(3) 1,853 1,840 1,720 1,703 1,624 1,549 1,570 1,443 1,437 1,277 1,151

1. Built-up roads have a speed limit of up to 40mph; Non built-up roads have a speed limit of over 40mph
2. Estimates, adjusted for under-reporting as described in the text accompanying Table 22. The latest year's estimates are not yet available.
3. Estimated total costs (including damage only accidents) at 2009 prices, calculated as described in the text accompanying Tables 9 to 11.

Table B: Summary of reported injury accidents and reported casualties by police force area, council and severity: 2010
Accidents Casualties Child casualties
Fatal Serious Slight Total Killed Serious Slight Total All severities
Northern 24 92 458 574 29 120 724 873 62
Highland 21 80 374 475 26 102 597 725 54
Orkney Islands - 4 23 27 - 5 33 38 1
Shetland Islands 1 2 27 30 1 3 51 55 3
Eilean Siar 2 6 34 42 2 10 43 55 4
Grampian 33 266 790 1,089 37 311 1,023 1,371 122
Aberdeen City 7 70 273 350 7 75 325 407 46
Aberdeenshire 22 169 407 598 26 202 565 793 57
Moray 4 27 110 141 4 34 133 171 19
Tayside 28 154 559 741 30 175 746 951 103
Dundee City 5 39 175 219 5 41 208 254 46
Angus 6 46 140 192 6 54 187 247 23
Perth & Kinross 17 69 244 330 19 80 351 450 34
Fife 13 88 455 556 13 119 591 723 91
Lothian & Borders 17 307 1,938 2,262 18 338 2,451 2,807 297
Edinburgh, City of 4 124 1,051 1,179 4 130 1,260 1,394 138
West Lothian 1 54 329 384 1 60 444 505 57
Midlothian 1 26 166 193 1 28 234 263 31
East Lothian 3 29 167 199 3 34 210 247 30
Scottish Borders 8 74 225 307 9 86 303 398 41
Central 7 104 427 538 7 119 574 700 63
Clackmannanshire 2 15 52 69 2 19 70 91 11
Stirling 4 46 179 229 4 57 249 310 19
Falkirk 1 43 196 240 1 43 255 299 33
Strathclyde 63 637 3,473 4,173 69 715 4,666 5,450 596
Glasgow, City 10 200 1,127 1,337 11 210 1,473 1,694 183
Argyll & Bute 15 50 211 276 15 66 316 397 19
West Dunbartonshire 1 23 136 160 1 25 174 200 20
East Dunbartonshire 4 19 118 141 4 22 156 182 20
Inverclyde 1 21 143 165 1 21 183 205 21
Renfrewshire 1 57 262 320 2 62 350 414 35
East Renfrewshire 1 25 77 103 1 25 95 121 12
North Lanarkshire 2 70 512 584 2 77 682 761 114
South Lanarkshire 11 74 427 512 12 83 611 706 73
North Ayrshire 5 23 149 177 5 25 200 230 41
East Ayrshire 5 40 156 201 5 50 215 270 25
South Ayrshire 7 35 155 197 10 49 211 270 33
Dumfries & Galloway 4 60 296 360 5 67 387 459 42
Scotland 189 1,708 8,396 10,293 208 1,964 11,162 13,334 1,376
of which:
Built up roads 56 921 5,365 6,342 59 968 6,655 7,682 1,072
Non- built up roads 133 787 3,031 3,951 149 996 4,507 5,652 304