Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident Years: 2003 to 2014, and 2004-08 and 2010-2014 averages

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2014

Table 13 Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident Years: 2003 to 2014, and 2004-08 and 2010-2014 averages

Table 13
Vehicles involved in reported injury accidents, traffic volumes and vehicle involvement rates, by vehicle type and severity of accident
Years: 2003 to 2014, and 2004-08 and 2010-2014 averages
Pedal cycle Motorcycle Car or taxi Bus / coach
or minibus 		Light goods Heavy goods All 1
(a) vehicles involved in fatal and serious accidents number
2004-08 ave. 151 429 2,751 158 165 173 3,925
2003 149 438 3,179 193 167 246 4,449
2004 132 410 2,975 167 171 193 4,134
2005 138 411 2,772 173 167 194 3,960
2006 148 431 2,850 168 162 173 4,029
2007 159 440 2,492 119 164 157 3,618
2008 179 451 2,668 164 161 149 3,883
2009 165 381 2,443 121 131 134 3,461
2010 152 359 1,980 108 134 150 2,967
2011 172 337 1,895 122 127 113 2,842
2012 188 373 1,965 123 147 121 2,971
2013 174 302 1,681 92 115 114 2,532
2014 173 361 1,722 74 162 111 2,673
2010-14 average 172 346 1,849 104 137 122 2,797
(b) vehicles involved - all severities of reported accident
2004-08 ave. 782 1,076 16,746 1,040 931 707 21,772
2003 840 1,153 18,213 1,180 795 929 23,458
2004 794 1,033 18,195 1,240 976 800 23,403
2005 808 1,098 17,239 1,124 912 739 22,476
2006 801 1,091 16,872 1,066 923 697 21,959
2007 740 1,109 15,998 910 924 643 20,804
2008 768 1,050 15,428 861 918 654 20,220
2009 821 1,038 14,969 776 760 554 19,387
2010 810 859 13,160 668 752 546 17,242
2011 855 828 12,790 670 784 464 16,756
2012 935 890 12,550 575 807 453 16,536
2013 919 778 11,564 508 876 408 15,322
2014 918 829 11,471 475 871 417 15,241
2010-14 average 887 837 12,307 579 818 458 16,219
(c) traffic volumes (2) million vehicle kilometres
2004-08 ave. 249 313 34,104 614 5,755 2,701 43,736
2003 249 327 33,228 646 5,076 2,511 42,038
2004 232 309 33,674 593 5,283 2,615 42,705
2005 243 313 33,478 586 5,460 2,637 42,718
2006 260 302 34,466 609 5,761 2,721 44,119
2007 240 326 34,545 650 6,125 2,781 44,666
2008 273 315 34,357 630 6,145 2,751 44,470
2009 287 322 34,392 635 6,027 2,557 44,219
2010 298 290 33,591 650 6,107 2,550 43,488
2011 305 295 33,578 609 6,122 2,482 43,390
2012 310 290 33,777 585 6,121 2,466 43,549
2013 329 286 33,811 607 6,319 2,487 43,840
2014 339 297 34,399 610 6,673 2,473 44,789
2010-14 average 316 292 33,831 612 6,268 2,491 43,811
(d) vehicle involvement rates: fatal and serious accidents per million vehicle kilometres

2004-08 ave. 0.61 1.37 0.08 0.26 0.03 0.06 0.09
2003 0.60 1.34 0.10 0.30 0.03 0.10 0.11
2004 0.57 1.33 0.09 0.28 0.03 0.07 0.10
2005 0.57 1.31 0.08 0.30 0.03 0.07 0.09
2006 0.57 1.43 0.08 0.28 0.03 0.06 0.09
2007 0.66 1.35 0.07 0.18 0.03 0.06 0.08
2008 0.66 1.43 0.08 0.26 0.03 0.05 0.09
2009 0.57 1.18 0.07 0.19 0.02 0.05 0.08
2010 0.51 1.24 0.06 0.17 0.02 0.06 0.07
2011 0.56 1.14 0.06 0.20 0.02 0.05 0.07
2012 0.61 1.29 0.06 0.21 0.02 0.05 0.07
2013 0.53 1.05 0.05 0.15 0.02 0.05 0.06
2014 0.51 1.22 0.05 0.12 0.02 0.04 0.06
2010-14 average 0.54 1.19 0.05 0.17 0.02 0.05 0.06

(e) vehicle involvement rates: all severities of accident per million vehicle kilometres

2004-08 ave. 3.13 3.44 0.49 1.70 0.16 0.26 0.50
2003 3.37 3.52 0.55 1.83 0.16 0.37 0.56
2004 3.43 3.34 0.54 2.09 0.18 0.31 0.55
2005 3.32 3.51 0.51 1.92 0.17 0.28 0.53
2006 3.08 3.61 0.49 1.75 0.16 0.26 0.50
2007 3.09 3.41 0.46 1.40 0.15 0.23 0.47
2008 2.82 3.34 0.45 1.37 0.15 0.24 0.45
2009 2.86 3.23 0.44 1.22 0.13 0.22 0.44
2010 2.71 2.96 0.39 1.03 0.12 0.21 0.40
2011 2.80 2.81 0.38 1.10 0.13 0.19 0.39
2012 3.02 3.07 0.37 0.98 0.13 0.18 0.38
2013 2.79 2.72 0.34 0.84 0.14 0.16 0.35
2014 2.70 2.80 0.33 0.78 0.13 0.17 0.34
2010-14 average 2.80 2.87 0.36 0.95 0.13 0.18 0.37

1. Includes a small number of 'unknown' and 'other' types of vehicles.

2. There may be slight differences between the vehicle types used for road accident statistics and those used for the traffic estimates.