Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2015

Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident Years: 2004 to 2015, and 2004-08 and 2011-2015 averages

Table 13
Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 2004 to 2015, and 2004-08 and 2011-2015 averages
Pedal cycle Motorcycle 3 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
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 189 375 1,964 123 146 121 2,971
2013 174 305 1,680 92 115 114 2,531
2014 177 371 1,727 74 162 111 2,687
2015 184 290 1,707 69 157 109 2,551
2011-15 average 179 336 1,795 96 141 114 2,716
(b) vehicles involved - all severities of reported accident
2004-08 ave. 782 1,076 16,746 1,040 931 707 21,772
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 1,040 14,969 776 760 554 19,387
2010 810 860 13,160 668 752 546 17,242
2011 855 828 12,787 669 784 464 16,752
2012 934 891 12,547 574 806 453 16,530
2013 919 791 11,563 508 877 408 15,321
2014 923 849 11,505 476 876 420 15,295
2015 825 756 11,199 425 888 384 14,667
2011-15 average 891 823 11,920 530 846 426 15,713
(c) traffic volumes (2) million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave. 249 313 34,104 614 5,755 2,701 43,736
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 34,392 635 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
2014 369 297 34,415 610 6,676 2,473 44,839
2015 342 293 34,669 588 6,979 2,504 45,374
2011-15 average 331 292 34,050 600 6,443 2,482 44,199
(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
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 1.07 0.05 0.15 0.02 0.05 0.06
2014 0.48 1.25 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.04 0.06
2015 0.54 0.99 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.04 0.06
2011-15 average 0.54 1.15 0.05 0.16 0.02 0.05 0.06
(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
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 2.97 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 3.01 3.07 0.37 0.98 0.13 0.18 0.38
2013 2.79 2.76 0.34 0.84 0.14 0.16 0.35
2014 2.50 2.86 0.33 0.78 0.13 0.17 0.34
2015 2.42 2.58 0.32 0.72 0.13 0.15 0.32
2011-15 average 2.69 2.82 0.35 0.88 0.13 0.17 0.36

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.

3. A new 'unknown cc' motor cycle category was included from 2013 onwards. Previously these vehicles were mistakenly included in the 'other' category. They are now included with motorcycles.