Table 16

Vehicles involved by type of accident and severity
Separately for built-up and non-built-up roads
Year: 1998

Fatal

Serious

Slight

All Severities

Fatal

Serious

Slight

All Severities

numbers of vehicles involved

percentage of total

Built-up

Single vehicle

14

220

862

1,096

9

8

6

6

Single vehicle and pedestrian

66

942

2,642

3,650

42

35

18

21

Two vehicles

66

1,286

9,218

10,570

42

48

62

60

Three/more vehicles

10

244

2,031

2,285

6

9

14

13

Total

156

2,692

14,753

17,601

100

100

100

100

Non built-up

Single vehicle

58

566

1,587

2,211

14

23

22

22

Single vehicle and pedestrian

22

56

81

159

5

2

1

2

Two vehicles

216

1,310

3,824

5,350

53

54

52

53

Three/more vehicles

113

513

1,826

2,452

28

21

25

24

Total

409

2,445

7,318

10,172

100

100

100

100

Total

Single vehicle

72

786

2,449

3,307

13

15

11

12

Single vehicle and pedestrian

88

998

2,723

3,809

16

19

12

14

Two vehicles

282

2,596

13,042

15,920

50

51

59

57

Three/more vehicles

123

757

3,857

4,737

22

15

17

17

Total

565

5,137

22,071

27,773

100

100

100

100

Table 17

Vehicles involved and vehicles licensed in Scotland
Years: 1988, 1994 to 1998

Involved

in accident

Vehicles licensed

in Scotland⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Involved as %

of registered

1988

30,465

1,597,000

1.9

1994

27,693

1,798,000

1.5

1995

27,232

1,799,000

1.5

1996

26,674

1,840,000

1.4

1997

28,207

1,887,000

1.5

1998

27,773

1,935,000

1.4

Per cent changes:

1998 on 1997

-2

3

-4

1998 on 1988

-9

21

-25

(1) Excludes duty exempt vehicles.

(2) Figures from 1993 onwards are on a different basis from earlier years, due to a change in the source of the data.

Figures from the new source are about 2.5% lower than those from the previous source.