Table 8

Accidents

Accidents by road surface condition, severity Built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1981-85 and 1995-99 averages, 1995 to 1999

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

1995-99 ave

63

1,310

6,619

123

844

2,590

186

2,154

9,209

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

1,202

6,328

119

802

2,566

184

2,004

8,894

1999

63

1,196

6,083

99

768

2,372

162

1,964

8,455

Wet/Damp/Flood

1981-85 ave

119

1,752

5,128

130

1,034

2,444

249

2,786

7,572

1995-99 ave

42

769

3,828

90

707

2,492

132

1,476

6,320

1995

50

944

3,805

93

708

2,242

143

1,652

6,047

1996

44

695

3,472

76

632

2,193

120

1,327

5,665

1997

37

743

3,996

101

731

2,735

138

1,474

6,731

1998

49

771

4,227

96

778

2,790

145

1,549

7,017

1999

31

694

3,641

83

684

2,498

114

1,378

6,139

Snow/Frost/Ice

1981-85 ave

6

149

506

24

246

698

30

396

1,204

1995-99 ave

1

39

246

8

99

450

10

139

696

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

1999

1

41

245

7

89

513

8

130

758

All conditions⁽¹⁾

1981-85 ave

267

4,759

14,378

314

2,656

6,100

581

7,415

20,477

1995-99 ave

107

2,119

10,696

221

1,652

5,538

328

3,771

16,234

1995

124

2,633

11,123

237

1,799

5,411

361

4,432

16,534

1996

111

2,043

10,709

205

1,588

5,363

316

3,631

16,072

1997

89

1,988

10,920

251

1,664

5,726

340

3,652

16,646

1998

116

1,999

10,745

223

1,657

5,774

339

3,656

16,519

1999

95

1,933

9,981

190

1,553

5,417

285

3,486

15,398

(b) Per cent changes:

1995-99 ave. on 1981-85 ave.

Dry

-55

-54

-24

-24

-39

-12

-38

-49

-21

Wet/Damp/Flood

-65

-56

-25

-31

-32

2

-47

-47

-17

Snow/Frost/Ice

-77

-74

-51

-64

-60

-36

-67

-65

-42

All conditions

-60

-55

-26

-30

-38

-9

-44

-49

-21

(c) Per cent changes on previous year:

Dry

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

-4

-7

1999

-3

-

-4

-17

-4

-8

-12

-2

-5

Wet/Damp/Flood

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

1999

-37

-10

-14

-14

-12

-10

-21

-11

-13

Snow/Frost/Ice

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

1999

-50

58

29

-13

16

23

-20

26

25

All conditions

1996

-10

-22

-4

-14

-12

-1

-12

-18

-3

1997

-20

-3

2

22

5

7

8

1

4

1998

30

1

-2

-11

-

1

-

-

-1

1999

-18

-3

-7

-15

-6

-6

-16

-5

-7