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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999Table 1 Population,
vehicles licensed, road lengths, traffic on major roads, injury accidents, vehicles
involved and casualties
Years: 1953 to 1999
| Year |
Population | Vehicles
licensed1 | Road
lengths | Traffic on
major roads2 | Injury
accidents | Vehicles
involved | Casualties
| | |
Million | Million
| Thousand km
| million vehicle km
| Number |
Number | Number
| | 1953 |
5.100 | ..
| .. |
.. | .. |
.. | 18,343
| | 1954 |
5.104 | ..
| .. |
.. | .. |
.. | 18,901
| | 1955 |
5.111 | ..
| 44.1 |
.. | .. |
.. | 20,899
| | 1956 |
5.120 | ..
| 44.4 |
.. | .. |
.. | 21,459
| | 1957 |
5.125 | ..
| 44.6 |
.. | .. |
.. | 21,417
| | 1958 |
5.141 | ..
| 44.8 |
.. | .. |
.. | 22,830
| | 1959 |
5.163 | ..
| 45.0 |
.. | .. |
.. | 25,011
| | 1960 |
5.178 | ..
| 45.2 |
.. | ..
| .. |
26,315 | |
1961 | 5.184 |
.. | 45.4
| .. |
.. | .. |
27,362 | | 1962
| 5.198 |
0.775 | 45.6
| .. |
.. | .. |
26,703 | | 1963
| 5.205 |
0.836 | 45.8
| .. |
.. | .. |
27,728 | | 1964
| 5.209 |
0.900 | 45.9
| .. |
.. | .. |
30,527 | | 1965
| 5.210 |
0.951 | 46.2
| .. |
.. | .. |
31,827 | | 1966
| 5.201 |
0.991 | 46.4
| .. |
23,225 | ..
| 32,280 | |
1967 | 5.198 |
1.035 | 46.4
| .. |
22,838 | ..
| 31,760 | |
1968 | 5.200 |
1.065 | 46.4
| .. |
22,120 | ..
| 30,649 | |
1969 | 5.208 |
1.106 | 47.0
| .. |
21,863 | 31,885
| 31,056 | |
1970 | 5.214
| 1.124 |
47.2 | ..
| 22,133 |
33,430 | 31,240
| | 1971 |
5.236 | 1.135
| 47.5 |
.. | 22,332
| 32,165 |
31,194 | | 1972
| 5.231 |
1.181 | 47.9
| .. |
22,703 | 32,832
| 31,762 | |
1973 | 5.234 |
1.252 | 48.0
| .. |
22,580 | 32,951
| 31,404 | |
1974 | 5.241 |
1.274 | 48.3
| .. |
20,581 | 30,073
| 28,783 | |
1975 | 5.232 |
1.304 | 48.3
| .. |
20,652 | 30,613
| 28,621 | |
1976 | 5.233 |
1.314 | 48.9
| .. |
21,751 | 32,547
| 29,933 | |
1977 | 5.226 |
.. | 48.9
| .. |
21,678 | 32,893
| 29,783 | |
1978 | 5.212 |
1.308 | 48.9
| .. |
22,107 | 33,965
| 30,506 | |
1979 | 5.204 |
1.353 | 49.3
| .. |
23,064 | 35,512
| 31,387 | |
1980 | 5.193
| 1.398 |
49.4 | ..
| 21,788 |
33,626 | 29,286
| | 1981 |
5.180 | 1.397
| 50.0 |
.. | 21,485
| 33,311 |
28,766 | | 1982
| 5.167 |
1.416 | 50.2
| .. |
20,850 | 32,192
| 28,273 | |
1983 | 5.153 |
1.448 | 50.4
| .. |
19,434 | 29,918
| 25,224 | |
1984 | 5.146 |
1.489 | 50.6
| .. |
19,974 | 31,236
| 26,158 | |
1985 | 5.137 |
1.514 | 50.7
| 17,219 |
20,644 | 32,446
| 27,287 | |
1986 | 5.123 |
1.546 | 50.8
| 17,647 |
19,819 | 30,983
| 26,117 | |
1987 | 5.113 |
1.575 | 51.2
| 18,767 |
18,657 | 29,454
| 24,748 | |
1988 | 5.093 |
1.657 | 51.3
| 20,098 |
19,097 | 30,465
| 25,425 | |
1989 | 5.097 |
1.729 | 51.6
| 21,404 |
20,605 | 33,221
| 27,532 | |
1990 | 5.102
| 1.788 |
51.7 | 21,786
| 20,171 |
32,423 | 27,228
| | 1991 |
5.107 | 1.830
| 51.9 |
21,947 | 19,004
| 30,897 |
25,346 | | 1992
| 5.111 |
1.884 | 52.0
| 22,575 |
18,008 | 29,306
| 24,173 | |
1993 | 5.120 |
1.874(3) | 52.1
| 22,770 |
16,686 | 27,358
| 22,415 | |
1994 | 5.132 |
1.900 | 52.3
| 23,942 |
16,768 | 27,694
| 22,573 | |
1995 | 5.137 |
1.910 | 52.8
| 25,247 |
16,534 | 27,232
| 22,194 | |
1996 | 5.128 |
1.966 | 53.1
| 24,487(4) |
16,072 | 26,674
| 21,715 | |
1997 | 5.123 |
2.023 | 53.1
| 24,676 |
16,646 | 28,207
| 22,629 | |
1998 | 5.120 |
2.073 | 53.3
| 25,597 |
16,519 | 27,781
| 22,467 | |
1999 | 5.119 |
2.131 | 53.5
| 25,131 |
15,398 | 25,806
| 20,976 | |
1981-85 average5 | 5.157
| 1.453 |
50.4 | ..
| 20,477 |
31,821 | 27,142
| | Per cent changes: |
| 1999 on 1998 |
0.0 | 2.8
| 0.4 |
-1.8 | -6.8
| -7.1 |
-6.6 | | 1999 on
1981-85 ave | -0.7 |
50.23 | 6.2
| .. |
-24.8 | -18.9
| -22.7 | 1.
The figures given here differ from those shown in previous editions because they
now to all motor vehicles and include the numbers of exempt vehicles, which were
previously excluded.
2. Motorways and A roads.
3. Figures from 1993 onwards
are on a different basis from those for previous years, due to a change in the
source of the data. Figures from the new source are about 2.4% lower than those
from the previous source. The calculated percentage change includes an allowance
for this.
4. The figures for 1995 (and earlier years) are not directly comparable
to the figures for 1996 (and later years) due to the effect on the method of estimation
of local government reorganisation and changes to the trunk road network.
5. Baseline for 1/3 casualty reduction by year 2000. < Previous | Contents | Next > |
