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 Vulnerable road users; Article 3 describes contributory factors attributed to reported road accidents and casualties. Casualty numbers have been falling over recent years but the numbers for some groups of road users have shown differing trends. Article 2 looks in more detail at the casualty numbers of pedestrians, pedal cycles and motor cycles to identify patterns in the data to assist with targeting interventions. Article 3 in previous editions of this publication looked at other sources of accident data. As it is not possible to update these figures at present and the accident data from the Scottish Household Survey is now only collected once every two years, the article has not been included in this edition. As there has been a restructuring of the police service in Scotland in 2013 from 8 forces to 14 divisions some key tables have been updated to show the figures in both the old and new formats. (Author/publisher)
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