Statistical Tables (7)

Statistical Tables

Table 5 (c) Reported accident rates on all roads by police force area and severity
Years: 2004-08 and 2015-2019 averages
Trunk Local Authority A roads(1) All Major Roads Minor Roads All Roads
Severity/
Police force area
Motorways A roads
Reported accident rate per 100 million vehicle km - for 2015-2019 average
Fatal
North East 2 - 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4
Tayside 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4
Argyll & West Dunbartonshire - 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5
Forth Valley 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2
Dumfries & Galloway 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4
Ayrshire - 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4
Greater Glasgow 0.0 - 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2
Lothians & Scottish Borders 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4
Edinburgh - 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
Highlands & Islands - 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
Fife 0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2
Lanarkshire 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3
Scotland 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
Serious 1
North East 2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tayside .. .. .. .. .. ..
Argyll & West Dunbartonshire .. .. .. .. .. ..
Forth Valley .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dumfries & Galloway .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ayrshire .. .. .. .. .. ..
Greater Glasgow .. .. .. .. .. ..
Lothians & Scottish Borders .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh .. .. .. .. .. ..
Highlands & Islands .. .. .. .. .. ..
Fife .. .. .. .. .. ..
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde .. .. .. .. .. ..
Lanarkshire .. .. .. .. .. ..
Scotland .. .. .. .. .. ..
All severities
North East 2 - 5.8 11.0 8.3 10.5 9.3
Tayside 2.2 4.9 11.2 6.7 15.4 9.2
Argyll & West Dunbartonshire - 15.4 17.0 16.1 19.7 17.1
Forth Valley 3.9 13.9 15.5 10.6 15.6 12.2
Dumfries & Galloway 2.6 10.2 16.7 8.5 24.3 11.3
Ayrshire 5.6 10.5 19.9 14.0 20.1 16.3
Greater Glasgow 5.9 26.5 32.7 16.3 39.1 25.3
Lothians & Scottish Borders 5.2 9.5 16.1 11.7 24.4 16.0
Edinburgh 6.1 9.3 34.7 22.1 44.1 31.0
Highlands & Islands - 9.7 12.9 10.9 15.2 11.9
Fife 3.5 8.5 12.4 9.7 15.6 12.0
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde 4.4 12.7 17.4 10.9 24.5 15.8
Lanarkshire 4.2 9.3 19.8 10.2 21.6 13.9
Scotland 4.4 9.0 18.1 11.5 22.4 15.2
1. Due to changes in the the way casualty severities are recorded, figures for serious casualties in 2019 are not comparable with previous years.
2. In 2015 the police created a new North East division by combining Aberdeen City, Moray and Aberdeenshire councils.
Percentage above/below Scottish average - for 2015-19 average
All severities
North East n/a -35 -39 -28 -53 -39
Tayside -50 -45 -38 -42 -31 -39
Argyll & West Dunbartonshire n/a 72 -6 40 -12 12
Forth Valley -13 55 -14 -8 -30 -20
Dumfries & Galloway -41 14 -8 -26 9 -26
Ayrshire 26 17 10 22 -10 7
Greater Glasgow 32 196 81 42 75 66
Lothians & Scottish Borders 16 6 -11 1 9 5
Edinburgh 38 3 92 92 97 104
Highlands & Islands n/a 8 -29 -6 -32 -22
Fife -21 -5 -31 -16 -30 -21
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde -2 41 -4 -5 10 4
Lanarkshire -6 4 9 -12 -3 -9