Table 41

Casualties

Casualties by police force area, council and severity
Years: 1981-85 average and 1999

Police force/Council

Numbers in 1999

1999 % 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

36

366

1,386

-35

-45

-12

.13

1.31

4.98

Highland

29

285

1,146

-38

-47

-13

.14

1.37

5.49

Orkney Islands

5

32

76

150

20

28

.26

1.63

3.88

Shetland Islands

-

18

67

-100

-67

-38

-

.79

2.95

Eilean Siar*

2

31

97

-50

-37

-2

.07

1.12

3.52

Grampian

35

311

1,592

-57

-59

-46

.07

.59

3.03

Aberdeen City

6

86

556

-70

-66

-55

.03

.40

2.61

Aberdeenshire

24

191

821

-50

-52

-35

.11

.84

3.61

Moray

5

34

215

-65

-71

-50

.06

.40

2.52

Tayside

40

424

1,748

-36

-48

-18

.10

1.09

4.50

Dundee City

6

101

497

-44

-46

-19

.04

.70

3.44

Angus

15

132

485

-27

-42

-16

.14

1.20

4.42

Perth & Kinross

19

191

766

-39

-53

-19

.14

1.43

5.72

Fife

15

190

1,011

-61

-62

-39

.04

.54

2.90

Lothian & Borders

52

543

4,210

-46

-70

-15

.06

.61

4.76

Edinburgh, City of

15

238

2,208

-62

-75

-25

.03

.53

4.89

West Lothian

7

75

688

-53

-70

10

.05

.48

4.45

Midlothian

5

42

331

-51

-72

-4

.06

.51

4.05

East Lothian

8

60

357

-27

-64

-5

.09

.66

3.95

Scottish Borders

17

128

626

-19

-55

-5

.16

1.20

5.88

Central

10

237

985

-67

-49

-21

.04

.85

3.55

Clackmannanshire

3

31

126

-44

-50

-21

.06

.64

2.60

Stirling

3

131

408

-78

-30

-21

.04

1.55

4.82

Falkirk

4

75

451

-64

-66

-20

.03

.52

3.12

Strathclyde

109

1,843

9,447

-56

-48

-20

.05

.81

4.16

Glasgow, City of

18

479

2,822

-76

-55

-26

.03

.78

4.62

Argyll & Bute

10

171

567

-

-26

-13

.11

1.91

6.32

West Dunbartonshire

6

63

310

-35

-55

-31

.06

.66

3.26

East Dunbartonshire

1

65

335

-90

-53

-25

.01

.59

3.03

Inverclyde

3

55

324

-50

-58

-34

.04

.65

3.80

Renfrewshire

9

120

693

-57

-55

-25

.05

.68

3.91

East Renfrewshire

2

45

276

-62

-48

-12

.02

.50

3.09

North Lanarkshire

16

217

1,277

-51

-54

-12

.05

.66

3.89

South Lanarkshire

23

258

1,349

-27

-42

-1

.07

.84

4.39

North Ayrshire

9

109

492

-39

-47

-23

.06

.78

3.53

East Ayrshire

8

127

483

-58

-34

-20

.07

1.05

3.99

South Ayrshire

4

134

519

-70

-28

-24

.04

1.17

4.54

Dumfries & Galloway

13

153

597

-55

-40

-25

.09

1.04

4.07

Scotland

310

4,067

20,976

-52

-54

-23

.06

.79

4.10