Reported road casualties in Scotland, 2017
New provisional figures from Transport Scotland show that there were a total of 9,391 road casualties reported in 2017, which is 1,514 or 14% fewer than in 2016. This represents the lowest number of casualties recorded on Scotland’s roads since records began in 1950.
Broken down by casualty type, the statistics show:
- 146 fatalities: 45 (or 24%) less than 2016
- 1,580 seriously injured: 119 (or 7%) less than 2016
- 7,665 slightly injured: 1,350 (or 15%) fewer than 2016
Overall, there were:
- 5,685 car user casualties (1,014 or 15% less than 2016), including 65 fatalities (41 less than 2016)
- 1,350 pedestrian casualties (317 or 19% less than 2016), including 38 fatalities (6 more than 2016)
- 899 child casualties reported in Scotland, which is 100 (10%) less than in 2016. This included 2 fatalities, which is 10 fewer than the previous year.
As conclusions on injury trends cannot be made from a single year’s data, three-year average trends are also shown in the Statistical Bulletin. On this measure, on average, there were 6 children killed each year between 2015 and 2017; a reduction of 61% since the baseline for Scotland’s road safety framework to 2020 (the 2020 national target is for a 50% reduction).
More information:
- Key Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017 (Transport Scotland: 13 June 2018) https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/key-reported-road-casualties-scotland-2017/ and also: https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/42306/sct04185220761.pdf
- For more information about road safety teams in Scotland, visit the Road Safety GB contact list at: http://roadsafetygb.org.uk/your-area/336-2/
- For more information and resources about child road safety, see CAPT’s website and online shop: https://www.capt.org.uk/News/taking-time-for-child-road-safety