Road Casualty Reduction Figures

Road Casualty Reduction Figures

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2015, the latest year for which official statistics are available, continue to track the long-term downward trend towards the Framework Targets. The charts show an "indicative line" representing a constant annual percentage decrease that would result in meeting the 2015 milestones and 2020 targets. This is an accepted way to represent progress towards a target; however, it should not be assumed that the trend will match these lines exactly.

Target: -40%

42% (124) below the 2004-2008 average of 292; so the reduction seen to date exceeds the 2015 milestone.

Target: -55%

39% (1,009) below the 2004-2008 average of 2,605. The number of people seriously injured remains above the 2015 milestone but continues a general downward trend.

Target: -50%

4 children were reported as killed in 2015, an average of 7 a year in the 2013-2015 period, 57% (8) below the 2004-2008 average of 15. The level of reduction seen to date exceeded the 2015 milestone and 2020 target of a 50% fall.

Target: -65%

57% (186) below the 2004-2008 average of 325. The number of children seriously injured exceeded the 2015 milestone and continues a general downward trend.

Useful links:

www.transport.gov.scot/media/20223/j452722.pdf