Table L: Comparison of sources: Scottish Household Survey & Police Stats 19

Table L: Comparison of sources: Scottish Household Survey & Police Stats 19

Age Road casualties - all severities (Police Stats 19 figures)1 Scottish Household Survey Police Stats 19 as a % of SHS Road casualties - all severities (Police Stats 19 figures)1 Scottish Household Survey Police Stats 19 as a % of SHS
2008-2012 average 2008 - 2012 average 2008 - 2012 average 2008 - 2012 average
  percentages of adults % percentages of adults %
All types of road user Pedestrians
16-22 0.553 2.835 20% 0.072 0.233 31%
23-29 0.395 1.768 22% 0.041 0.076 54%
30-39 0.340 1.448 23% 0.035 0.063 55%
40-49 0.282 1.352 21% 0.026 0.058 46%
50-59 0.218 1.092 20% 0.023 0.068 34%
60-69 0.158 0.749 21% 0.024 0.057 42%
70+ 0.153 0.491 31% 0.035 0.071 49%
All adults 0.320 1.342 24% 0.050 0.085 59%
Pedal cyclists Others - drivers/riders and passengers
16-22 0.017 0.094 19% 0.464 2.508 18%
23-29 0.024 0.168 14% 0.330 1.524 22%
30-39 0.026 0.176 15% 0.279 1.209 23%
40-49 0.021 0.158 14% 0.235 1.136 21%
50-59 0.011 0.105 11% 0.184 0.919 20%
60-69 0.005 0.051 11% 0.129 0.641 20%
70+ 0.002 0.000 n/a 0.116 0.420 28%
All adults 0.019 0.109 17% 0.252 1.148 22%

1. Derived from Table 32

Note that the SHS and Police Stats 19 figures are not on the same basis - for example:

(a) the SHS respondent is asked whether he/she was injured in a road collision in the past year. An injury obtained 13-14 months ago might be counted, if the respondent couldn't remember exactly when, which could inflate the SHS figures

(b) the word injury is subjective - what an SHS respondent regards as an injury may differ from what the Police would count as an injury, which could also affect the comparison

(c) the SHS data relate only to adult members of Scottish households; the Stats 19 data will include non-Scots who were injured in Scotland, and exclude Scots injured elsewhere

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