Table 8

Accidents

Accidents by road surface condition, severity
Built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1981-85 and 1994-98 averages, 1994 to 1998

Road surface condition

Built-up

Non Built-up

Total

Fatal

Fatal &
Serious

All
Severities

Fatal

Fatal &
Serious

All
Severities

Fatal

Fatal &
Serious

All
Severities

(a) Numbers

Dry

1981-85 ave

141

2,858

8,745

161

1,375

2,957

302

4,233

11,702

1994-98 ave

60

1,397

6,760

124

872

2,592

184

2,268

9,352

1994

45

1,630

6,785

107

907

2,382

152

2,537

9,167

1995

74

1,636

6,984

133

941

2,652

207

2,577

9,636

1996

64

1,294

6,900

118

832

2,630

182

2,126

9,530

1997

51

1,222

6,802

145

876

2,729

196

2,098

9,531

1998

65

1,201

6,326

119

802

2,567

184

2,003

8,893

Wet/Damp/Flood

1981-85 ave

119

1,752

5,128

130

1,034

2,444

249

2,786

7,572

1994-98 ave

47

848

3,975

93

737

2,485

141

1,585

6,460

1994

57

1,089

4,375

100

837

2,467

157

1,926

6,842

1995

50

944

3,805

93

708

2,242

143

1,652

6,047

1996

44

695

3,471

76

632

2,194

120

1,327

5,665

1997

37

743

3,996

101

731

2,735

138

1,474

6,731

1998

49

770

4,226

96

777

2,787

145

1,547

7,013

Snow/Frost/Ice

1981-85 ave

6

149

506

24

246

698

30

396

1,204

1994-98 ave

1

41

245

9

108

451

10

149

696

1994

-

49

243

10

130

516

10

179

759

1995

-

53

334

11

150

517

11

203

851

1996

3

54

337

11

124

540

14

178

877

1997

1

23

122

5

57

262

6

80

384

1998

2

26

190

8

77

418

10

103

608

Total

1981-85 ave

267

4,759

14,378

314

2,656

6,100

581

7,415

20,477

1994-98 ave

108

2,286

10,979

227

1,716

5,528

335

4,002

16,507

1994

102

2,768

11,403

217

1,874

5,365

319

4,642

16,768

1995

124

2,633

11,123

237

1,799

5,411

361

4,432

16,534

1996

111

2,043

10,708

205

1,588

5,364

316

3,631

16,072

1997

89

1,988

10,920

251

1,664

5,726

340

3,652

16,646

1998

116

1,997

10,742

223

1,656

5,772

339

3,653

16,514

(b) Per cent changes:

1994-98 ave. on 1981-85 ave.

Dry

-58

-51

-23

-23

-37

-12

-39

-46

-20

Wet/Damp/Flood

-60

-52

-22

-28

-29

2

-44

-43

-15

Snow/Frost/Ice

-81

-73

-52

-62

-56

-35

-66

-62

-42

Total

-59

-52

-24

-28

-35

-9

-42

-46

-19

(c) Per cent changes on previous year:

Dry

1995

64

-

3

24

4

11

36

2

5

1996

-14

-21

-1

-11

-12

-1

-12

-18

-1

1997

-20

-6

-1

23

5

4

8

-1

-

1998

27

-2

-7

-18

-8

-6

-6

-5

-7

Wet/Damp/Flood

1995

-12

-13

-13

-7

-15

-9

-9

-14

-12

1996

-12

-26

-9

-18

-11

-2

-16

-20

-6

1997

-16

7

15

33

16

25

15

11

19

1998

32

4

6

-5

6

2

5

5

4

Snow/Frost Ice

1995

n/a

8

37

10

15

-

10

13

12

1996

n/a

2

1

-

-17

4

27

-12

3

1997

-67

-57

-64

-55

-54

-51

-57

-55

-56

1998

100

13

56

60

35

60

67

29

58

Total

1995

22

-5

-2

9

-4

1

13

-5

-1

1996

-10

-22

-4

-14

-12

-1

-12

-18

-3

1997

-20

-3

2

22

5

7

8

1

4

1998

30

-

-2

-11

-

1

-

-

-1