Table 41

Casualties

Casualties by police force area, council and severity
Years: 1981-85 average and 1998

Police force/Council

Numbers in 1998

1998 % change on 1981-85 ave

Rates per thousand population

Fatal

Fatal &Serious

All Severities

Fatal

Fatal &Serious

All Severities

Fatal

Fatal &Serious

All Severities

Northern

43

416

1,455

-23

-38

-8

.15

1.49

5.22

Highland

37

344

1,211

-21

-36

-8

.18

1.65

5.81

Orkney Islands

3

17

56

50

-36

-6

.15

.87

2.86

Shetland Islands

-

21

86

-100

-61

-20

-

.92

3.75

Eilean Siar*

3

34

102

-25

-31

3

.11

1.22

3.65

Grampian

58

406

1,904

-29

-47

-35

.11

.77

3.63

Aberdeen City

13

107

653

-35

-58

-48

.06

.50

3.06

Aberdeenshire

30

225

961

-37

-43

-24

.13

.99

4.25

Moray

15

74

290

6

-37

-33

.17

.86

3.38

Tayside

28

503

1,712

-55

-39

-20

.07

1.29

4.39

Dundee City

8

105

476

-26

-43

-22

.05

.72

3.24

Angus

3

147

507

-85

-36

-12

.03

1.34

4.61

Perth & Kinross

17

251

729

-46

-39

-23

.13

1.89

5.48

Fife

24

219

1,013

-37

-57

-39

.07

.63

2.90

Lothian & Borders

73

514

4,572

-24

-72

-8

.08

.58

5.20

Edinburgh, City of

24

213

2,448

-38

-78

-17

.05

.47

5.44

West Lothian

23

124

812

53

-51

30

.15

.81

5.30

Midlothian

8

57

362

-22

-63

5

.10

.70

4.48

East Lothian

3

34

307

-73

-80

-18

.03

.38

3.43

Scottish Borders

15

86

643

-29

-70

-2

.14

.81

6.05

Central

26

248

1,100

-13

-47

-11

.09

.90

3.99

Clackmannanshire

2

30

146

-63

-51

-9

.04

.62

3.01

Stirling

15

144

490

12

-23

-5

.18

1.73

5.89

Falkirk

9

74

464

-20

-66

-17

.06

.51

3.22

Strathclyde

116

1,956

10,063

-53

-45

-15

.05

.86

4.42

Glasgow, City of

28

525

3,141

-62

-51

-18

.05

.85

5.07

Argyll & Bute

12

169

534

20

-27

-18

.13

1.88

5.93

West Dunbartonshire

10

87

424

9

-38

-5

.11

.92

4.47

East Dunbartonshire

2

59

337

-80

-57

-25

.02

.54

3.08

Inverclyde

2

67

398

-67

-48

-19

.02

.78

4.66

Renfrewshire

6

121

704

-71

-55

-24

.03

.68

3.96

East Renfrewshire

4

52

261

-23

-40

-16

.05

.59

2.97

North Lanarkshire

14

247

1,435

-57

-48

-1

.04

.76

4.39

South Lanarkshire

21

262

1,416

-34

-41

4

.07

.85

4.61

North Ayrshire

2

127

519

-86

-38

-19

.01

.91

3.72

East Ayrshire

7

120

455

-63

-38

-25

.06

.99

3.75

South Ayrshire

8

120

439

-39

-36

-35

.07

1.05

3.84

Dumfries & Galloway

17

189

638

-41

-26

-20

.12

1.28

4.33

Scotland

385

4,451

22,457

-40

-50

-17

.08

.87

4.39