Organisation: Transport Scotland
Date uploaded: 12th November 2013
Date published/launched: October 2013
This annual road casualty figures report, published by Transport Scotland, shows that while road deaths in Scotland have fallen there has been an increase in pedestrian and cyclist casualties.
The 2012 figures, which show that 174 people were killed on Scotland’s roads, continue the trend of substantial reductions in recent years; road deaths in Scotland have now fallen by 43% over the last decade.
However, the number of pedestrians killed in 2012 rose to 57 (up 33%) and the number of cyclist casualties rose to 901 (up 9%). Nine cyclists were killed, two more than in 2011, and serious injuries also rose to 167, an increase of 7%.
Between 2002 and 2012 the number of fatal accidents fell by 42% to 160; the number of people killed fell by 43% to 174; fatal and serious accidents fell by 36% to 1,890; pedestrian casualties fell by 41% to 1,969; and motorcycle casualties fell by 26% to 865.
While pedal cycle casualties have increased in the same period by 9%, cycle traffic has also increased by 24% in this time.
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