Table 3

Accidents

Accidents by police force area and severity
Years: 1981-85 average(1), 1996 to 1998

Police force area

Year

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Fatal & Serious

All Severities

(a) Numbers

Northern

1981-85 average

47

444

548

491

1,039

1996

26

299

559

325

884

1997

41

231

619

272

891

1998

39

263

646

302

948

Grampian

1981-85 average

74

550

1,566

624

2,190

1996

39

286

1,126

325

1,451

1997

46

276

1,202

322

1,524

1998

51

268

1,090

319

1,409

Tayside

1981-85 average

53

592

922

645

1,567

1996

28

376

906

404

1,310

1997

26

373

883

399

1,282

1998

25

376

857

401

1,258

Fife

1981-85 average

35

386

806

421

1,227

1996

20

185

539

205

744

1997

21

192

593

213

806

1998

18

151

562

169

731

Lothian & Borders

1981-85 average

89

1,469

2,327

1,558

3,884

1996

56

384

3,053

440

3,493

1997

53

375

3,035

428

3,463

1998

61

375

3,114

436

3,550

Central

1981-85 average

27

362

534

389

924

1996

11

238

500

249

749

1997

21

214

637

235

872

1998

23

186

591

209

800

Strathclyde

1981-85 average

230

2,858

5,999

3,089

9,088

1996

113

1,413

5,523

1,526

7,049

1997

113

1,538

5,733

1,651

7,384

1998

106

1,557

5,699

1,663

7,362

Dumfries & Galloway

1981-85 average

25

173

361

198

559

1996

23

134

235

157

392

1997

19

113

292

132

424

1998

16

138

302

154

456

Scotland

1981-85 average

581

6,834

13,063

7,415

20,477

1996

316

3,315

12,441

3,631

16,072

1997

340

3,312

12,994

3,652

16,646

1998

339

3,314

12,861

3,653

16,514

(b) Change in numbers: 1998 on 1997

Northern

-2

32

27

30

57

Grampian

5

-8

-112

-3

-115

Tayside

-1

3

-26

2

-24

Fife

-3

-41

-31

-44

-75

Lothian & Borders

8

-

79

8

87

Central

2

-28

-46

-26

-72

Strathclyde

-7

19

-34

12

-22

Dumfries & Galloway

-3

25

10

22

32

Scotland

-1

2

-133

1

-132

(c) Per cent changes:
1998 on 1997

Northern

-5

14

4

11

6

Grampian

11

-3

-9

-1

-8

Tayside

-4

1

-3

1

-2

Fife

-14

-21

-5

-21

-9

Lothian & Borders

15

-

3

2

3

Central

10

-13

-7

-11

-8

Strathclyde

-6

1

-1

1

-

Dumfries & Galloway

-16

22

3

17

8

Scotland

-

-

-1

-

-1

1998 on 1981-85 average

Northern

-17

-41

18

-39

-9

Grampian

-31

-51

-30

-49

-36

Tayside

-53

-36

-7

-38

-20

Fife

-49

-61

-30

-60

-40

Lothian & Borders

-31

-74

34

-72

-9

Central

-16

-49

11

-46

-13

Strathclyde

-54

-46

-5

-46

-19

Dumfries & Galloway

-37

-20

-16

-22

-18

Scotland

-42

-52

-2

-51

-19

(1) Baseline for 1/3 casualty reduction by year 2000