Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2013

Table 13
Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle
involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 2002 to 2013, and 2004-08 and 2009-2013 averages
(b) vehicles involved - all severities of reported accident
	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car or taxi	Bus / coach or minibus	Light goods	Heavy goods	All ¹
(a) vehicles involved in fatal and serious accidents							number
2004-08 ave.	151	429	2,751	158	165	173	3,925
2002	161	479	3,423	185	196	230	4,747
2003	149	438	3,179	193	167	246	4,449
2004	132	410	2,975	167	171	193	4,134
2005	138	411	2,772	173	167	194	3,960
2006	148	431	2,850	168	162	173	4,029
2007	159	440	2,492	119	164	157	3,618
2008	179	451	2,668	164	161	149	3,883
2009	165	381	2,443	121	131	134	3,461
2010	152	359	1,980	108	134	150	2,967
2011	172	337	1,895	122	127	113	2,842
2012	188	373	1,967	123	147	121	2,973
2013	174	301	1,681	92	115	114	2,531
2009-13 ave.	170	350	1,993	113	131	126	2,955
2004-08 ave.	782	1,076	16,746	1,040	931	707	21,772
2002	852	1,200	18,698	1,173	858	999	24,154
2003	840	1,153	18,213	1,180	795	929	23,458
2004	794	1,033	18,195	1,240	976	800	23,403
2005	808	1,098	17,239	1,124	912	739	22,476
2006	801	1,091	16,872	1,066	923	697	21,959
2007	740	1,109	15,998	910	924	643	20,804
2008	768	1,050	15,428	861	918	654	20,220
2009	821	1,038	14,969	776	760	554	19,387
2010	810	859	13,160	668	752	546	17,242
2011	855	828	12,790	670	783	464	16,755
2012	935	890	12,555	575	808	453	16,542
2013	917	777	11,558	508	875	406	15,314
2009-13 ave.	868	878	13,006	639	796	485	17,048
(c) traffic volumes ⁽²⁾							million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave.	249	313	34,104	614	5,755	2,701	43,736
2002	250	292	33,127	630	4,828	2,408	41,535
2003	249	327	33,228	646	5,076	2,511	42,038
2004	232	309	33,674	593	5,283	2,615	42,705
2005	243	313	33,478	586	5,460	2,637	42,718
2006	260	302	34,466	609	5,761	2,721	44,119
2007	240	326	34,545	650	6,125	2,781	44,666
2008	273	315	34,357	630	6,145	2,751	44,470
2009	287	322	34,391	635	6,027	2,557	44,219
2010	298	290	33,591	650	6,107	2,550	43,488
2011	305	295	33,578	609	6,122	2,482	43,390
2012	310	290	33,777	585	6,121	2,466	43,549
2013	329	286	33,811	607	6,319	2,487	43,840
2009-13 ave.	306	297	33,830	617	6,139	2,508	43,697

1. Includes a small number of 'unknown' and 'other' types of vehicles.
2. There may be slight differences between the vehicle types used for road accident statistics and those used for the traffic estimates.

Table 13
Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle
involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 2002 to 2013, and 2004-08 and 2009-2013 averages
	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle	Car or taxi	Bus / coach or minibus	Light goods	Heavy goods	All ¹
(d) vehicle involvement rates: fatal and serious accidents							per million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave.	0.61	1.37	0.08	0.26	0.03	0.06	0.09
2002	0.64	1.64	0.10	0.29	0.04	0.10	0.11
2003	0.60	1.34	0.10	0.30	0.03	0.10	0.11
2004	0.57	1.33	0.09	0.28	0.03	0.07	0.10
2005	0.57	1.31	0.08	0.30	0.03	0.07	0.09
2006	0.57	1.43	0.08	0.28	0.03	0.06	0.09
2007	0.66	1.35	0.07	0.18	0.03	0.06	0.08
2008	0.66	1.43	0.08	0.26	0.03	0.05	0.09
2009	0.57	1.18	0.07	0.19	0.02	0.05	0.08
2010	0.51	1.24	0.06	0.17	0.02	0.06	0.07
2011	0.56	1.14	0.06	0.20	0.02	0.05	0.07
2012	0.61	1.29	0.06	0.21	0.02	0.05	0.07
2013	0.53	1.05	0.05	0.15	0.02	0.05	0.06
2009-13 ave.	0.56	1.18	0.06	0.18	0.02	0.05	0.07
(e) vehicle involvement rates: all severities of accident							per million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave.	3.13	3.44	0.49	1.70	0.16	0.26	0.50
2002	3.41	4.11	0.56	1.86	0.18	0.41	0.58
2003	3.37	3.52	0.55	1.83	0.16	0.37	0.56
2004	3.43	3.34	0.54	2.09	0.18	0.31	0.55
2005	3.32	3.51	0.51	1.92	0.17	0.28	0.53
2006	3.08	3.61	0.49	1.75	0.16	0.26	0.50
2007	3.09	3.41	0.46	1.40	0.15	0.23	0.47
2008	2.82	3.34	0.45	1.37	0.15	0.24	0.45
2009	2.86	3.23	0.44	1.22	0.13	0.22	0.44
2010	2.71	2.96	0.39	1.03	0.12	0.21	0.40
2011	2.80	2.81	0.38	1.10	0.13	0.19	0.39
2012	3.02	3.07	0.37	0.98	0.13	0.18	0.38
2013	2.79	2.71	0.34	0.84	0.14	0.16	0.35
2009-13 ave.	2.84	2.96	0.38	1.04	0.13	0.19	0.39