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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999
| Table 3 |
Accidents | |
Accidents by police force area and severity
Years: 1981-85 average(1),
1997 to 1999 |
| Police force area |
Year | Fatal
| Serious |
Slight | Fatal
& Serious | All
Severities | | (a) Numbers
| | Northern |
1981-85 average | 47
| 444 |
548 | 491 |
1,039 | | |
1997 | 41 |
231 | 619 |
272 | 891 |
| | 1998
| 39 |
263 | 646 |
302 | 948 |
| | 1999
| 35 |
245 | 629 |
280 | 909 |
| Grampian |
1981-85 average | 74
| 550 |
1,566 | 624
| 2,190 | | |
1997 | 46 |
276 | 1,202
| 322 |
1,524 | | |
1998 | 51 |
268 | 1,090
| 319 |
1,409 | | |
1999 | 35 |
233 | 971 |
268 | 1,239
| | Tayside |
1981-85 average | 53
| 592 |
922 | 645 |
1,567 | | |
1997 | 26 |
373 | 883 |
399 | 1,282
| | |
1998 | 25 |
376 | 857 |
401 | 1,258
| | |
1999 | 34 |
314 | 909 |
348 | 1,257
| | Fife |
1981-85 average | 35
| 386 |
806 | 421 |
1,227 | | |
1997 | 21 |
192 | 593 |
213 | 806 |
| | 1998
| 18 |
151 | 562 |
169 | 731 |
| | 1999
| 14 |
158 | 538 |
172 | 710 |
| Lothian & Borders |
1981-85 average | 89
| 1,469 |
2,327 | 1,558
| 3,884 | | |
1997 | 53 |
375 | 3,035
| 428 |
3,463 | | |
1998 | 61 |
377 | 3,114
| 438 |
3,552 | | |
1999 | 48 |
427 | 2,741
| 475 |
3,216 | | Central
| 1981-85 average |
27 | 362 |
534 | 389 |
924 | | |
1997 | 21 |
214 | 637 |
235 | 872 |
| | 1998
| 23 |
186 | 591 |
209 | 800 |
| | 1999
| 9 |
198 | 528 |
207 | 735 |
| Strathclyde |
1981-85 average | 230
| 2,858 |
5,999 | 3,089
| 9,088 | | |
1997 | 113
| 1,538 |
5,733 | 1,651
| 7,384 | | |
1998 | 106
| 1,558 |
5,699 | 1,664
| 7,363 | | |
1999 | 98 |
1,521 | 5,325
| 1,619 |
6,944 | | Dumfries
& Galloway | 1981-85
average | 25 |
173 | 361 |
198 | 559 |
| | 1997
| 19 |
113 | 292 |
132 | 424 |
| | 1998
| 16 |
138 | 304 |
154 | 458 |
| | 1999
| 12 |
105 | 271 |
117 | 388 |
| Scotland |
1981-85 average | 581
| 6,834 |
13,063 | 7,415
| 20,477 | | |
1997 | 340
| 3,312 |
12,994 | 3,652
| 16,646 | | |
1998 | 339
| 3,317 |
12,863 | 3,656
| 16,519 | | |
1999 | 285
| 3,201 |
11,912 | 3,486
| 15,398 | |
(b) Change in numbers: 1999 on 1998 | |
Northern | -4 |
-18 | -17 |
-22 | -39 |
| Grampian |
-16 | -35 |
-119 | -51
| -170 | |
Tayside | 9 |
-62 | 52 |
-53 | -1 |
| Fife |
-4 | 7 |
-24 | 3 |
-21 | | Lothian
& Borders | -13 |
50 | -373 |
37 | -336 |
| Central |
-14 | 12 |
-63 | -2 |
-65 | | Strathclyde
| -8 |
-37 | -374
| -45 |
-419 | |
Dumfries & Galloway | -4
| -33 |
-33 | -37 |
-70 | | Scotland
| -54 |
-116 | -951
| -170 |
-1121 | | (c)
Per cent changes: 1999 on 1998 | |
Northern | -10 |
-7 | -3 |
-7 | -4 |
| Grampian |
-31 | -13 |
-11 | -16 |
-12 | | Tayside
| 36 |
-16 | 6 |
-13 | - |
| Fife |
-22 | 5 |
-4 | 2 |
-3 | | Lothian
& Borders | -21 |
13 | -12 |
8 | -9 |
| Central |
-61 | 6 |
-11 | -1 |
-8 | | Strathclyde
| -8 |
-2 | -7 |
-3 | -6 |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
-25 | -24 |
-11 | -24 |
-15 | | Scotland
| -16 |
-3 | -7
| -5 |
-7 | | 1999
on 1981-85 average | |
Northern | -26 |
-45 | 15 |
-43 | -13 |
| Grampian |
-53 | -58 |
-38 | -57 |
-43 | | Tayside
| -36 |
-47 | -1 |
-46 | -20 |
| Fife |
-60 | -59 |
-33 | -59 |
-42 | | Lothian
& Borders | -46 |
-71 | 18 |
-70 | -17 |
| Central |
-67 | -45 |
-1 | -47 |
-20 | | Strathclyde
| -57 |
-47 | -11 |
-48 | -24 |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
-52 | -39 |
-25 | -41 |
-31 | | Scotland
| -51 |
-53 | -9
| -53 |
-25 | (1) Baseline for 1/3 casualty
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