1. Main Points

1.1 There were a total of 12,763 road casualties reported in 2011, (575 or 4% fewer than 2010), the lowest figure recorded. Of which there were:

186 fatalities: 22 (or 11%) fewer than 2010
1,873 seriously injured: 95 (or 5%) less than 2010
10,704 slightly injured: 458 (or 4%) fewer than 2010 [Table 2]

1.2 In 2011 there were 1,315 child casualties reported, 63 (5%) fewer than in 2010. This included 7 fatalities, of which 5 were passengers in cars.[Table 4]This is an increase of 3 from last year but conclusions on trend cannot be made from a single years data as the numbers are small and fluctuate from year to year. Trends using a three year average to smooth out fluctuations are included in Table 7.

1.3 In 2011 there were:

7,768 car users injured (-6% on 2010); including 89 fatalities (-15% on 2010).
2,057 pedestrian casualties (+2% on 2010); incl. 43 fatalities (4 less than 2010),
807 motorcyclist casualties (-4%) ;including 33 fatalities (2 less than 2010)
824 pedal cyclist casualties (+6%); including 7 fatalities (the same as 2010)
502 bus and coach user casualties in 2011 (7% lower than 2010).[Table 3]These figures take no account of changes in modal choice so changes could be because more or less people are travelling by a particular mode.

1.4 Male road casualties fell by 3 per cent (to 7,293 in 2011), with fatalities falling by 5 per cent (to 139). Female road casualties fell by 6 per cent (to 5,463) with fatalities falling by 24 per cent (to 47). 18 per cent (2,239) of all casualties were aged 16-22, of which 1,273 were male (10% of all casualties) and 1,032 were female (8% of all casualties). [Table 12]

1.5 There are 5 national targets for casualty reductions by 2020 - a reduction compared to the baseline has been achieved in each case:

186 people were killed in 2011, 36 per cent below the 2004-08 baseline average level (target of 40%).This updates National Indicator 32 - to reduce deaths on Scotland's roads. [Table 5]
1,873 people were seriously injured in 2011, 28 per cent below the 2004-08 baseline average level (target of 55%) [Table 6]
On average 5 children were killed between 2009 and 2011: 65 per cent below the 2004-08 average (target of 50%). [Table 7]
203 children were seriously injured in 2011: 38 per cent below the 2004-08 average (target of 65%). [Table 8]