This publication presents detailed statistics about the circumstances of personal injury road accidents in Scotland that were reported by the police using the Stats 19 statistical returns (described in more detail in Appendix B). Each accident is classified according to the severity of the injury to the most seriously injured person involved in the accident. These statistics are used to inform public debate and support policy on road safety (through education and engineering programs). This publication also includes statistics related to further analysis on specific road safety topics. For example: * Valuation of road accident and casualties: Table 9 presents estimates of the value of preventing reported road accidents in GB and Scotland, based on DfT analysis. * Drink drive estimates: Table 22 presents estimates of the levels of accidents and casualties involving drivers & riders with illegal alcohol levels using Procurator Fiscal data. In addition to the statistical tables and commentary the publication contains 4 articles discussing further analysis of the statistics: Article 1 examines progress towards casualty reduction targets; Article 2 Priorities in Scotland’s road safety Framework to 2020 an assessment of relative levels and trends; Article 3 compares the police Stats 19 data with other sources; Article 4 describes contributory factors attributed to reported road accidents and casualties. Comparisons with death registrations show that very few any, fatal accidents do not become known to the police. However, there will be non-fatal injury accidents that are not reported by the public to the police, and are therefore not counted in these statistics because the police can only include in their returns details of the accidents of which they are aware. Article 3 looks at other sources [and describes analysis Transport Statistics and DfT have carried out, attempting to estimate the level of under-counting]. (Author/publisher)
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