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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999

Scottish Executive Transport Statistics publications

Scottish Transport Statistics contains chapters on Road transport vehicles, Bus and coach travel, Road freight, Toll bridges, Road network, Road traffic, Injury road accidents, Rail services, Air transport, Water transport, Finance and Personal and cross-modal travel. Each chapter consists of groups of tables on that topic, together with some comments on points shown in the tables, and some notes on the definitions and sources of the statistics. Also includes a summary of trends in Scottish transport over the past ten years, comparisons of some key statistics with figures for Great Britain, and some longer-term historical series.
Latest edition: provides figures up to 1999 (in most cases), was published in August 2000
Published Annually Price: £ 10.00 ISBN 1-84268-407-8

Bus and Coach Statistics provides information about the trends in bus and coach services in Scotland, including distances travelled by vehicles, numbers of bus passenger journeys, fare indices, passenger receipts, public transport support, operating costs, vehicle stock and staffing.
Latest edition: provides figures up to 1999-2000, was published in March 2001
Published Annually Price: £ 2.00 ISBN 0-7559-2016-3

Household Transport: some Scottish Household Survey results provides information about the transport facilities available to private households, and about some travel by household members. Topics covered include: the accessibility and frequency of bus services; the availability of cars for private use; the types of motor vehicle that are available; people's possession of driving licences and frequency of driving; reasons for driving, for not driving and for not using buses more often; people's frequency of walking and cycling; travel to work; travel to school; adults with limited mobility and adults with Orange Badges.
Latest (and only) edition: provides figures for 1999, was published in January 2001
Published Annually Price: £ 2.00 ISBN 1 84268 780 8

Travel by Scottish residents: some National Travel Survey results provides information about trends in the average number of journeys and average distance travelled per person per year, and the average length of journey, by mode of travel and by the purpose of the journey. It also provides information about travel patterns by age-group, by sex, by socio-economic group, by working status, by household income quintile and by whether or not the household has a car.
Latest (and only) edition: provides figures up to 1995/97, was published in March 1999
Published Occasionally Price: £ 2.00 ISBN 0-7480-8102-X

Road Accidents Scotland contains a commentary which summarises the key statistics and identifies the most interesting and significant points. This is followed by groups of tables on Accidents, Accident costs, Vehicles involved, Car drivers, Drivers breath tested, Drink-drive accidents and casualties, and Casualties. There are notes on the definitions and sources of the statistics.
Latest edition: provides figures up to 1999, was published in April 2001
Published Annually Price: £ 10.00 ISBN not yet assigned

Key Road Accidents Statistics gives the number of accidents, casualties by severity, casualties by type of road, casualties by mode of transport, and child casualties, including trends in recent years.
Latest edition: provides figures up to 1999, was published in June 2000
Published Annually Price: £ 2.00 ISBN 0-7480-9917-4

Copies of the above publications may be purchased from:

The Stationery Office Bookshop
71 Lothian Road EDINBURGH EH3 9AZ
Tel: (0131) 228 4181 FAX: (0131) 622 7017

Cheques (made payable to "The Stationery Office Limited") should be submitted with orders.

They can also be found via the S.E. Web-site's Statistics home page: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/ .

Transport publications are reached by clicking on the section labelled "Land" (which is at the top RHS of the page) and then clicking on the "Transport Travel and Tourism" bar (in the middle of the "Land" page).

Enquiries for more information on Transport Statistics should be addressed to:

Alastair Douglas Transport Statistics branch
Scottish Executive Victoria Quay EDINBURGH EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 244 7255 FAX: 0131 244 0888 E-mail: transtat@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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