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
Pedal cycle | Motorcycle 3 | Car or taxi | Bus / coach or minibus | Light goods | Heavy goods | All 1 | |
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(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.