Statistics

Scottish road safety targets from 2010-2020 as set by the Scottish Government in 'Scotland's Road Safety Framework to 2020':

reduce the number of people killed by 30% by 2015 and 40% by 2020
reduce the number of people seriously injured by 43% by 2015 and 55% by 2020
reduce the number of children killed by 35% by 2015 and 50% by 2020
reduce the number of children seriously injured by 50% by 2015 and by 65% by 2020
a 10% reduction in the slight casualty rate.

Central Scotland: ACCIDENTS by
Police area and severity

Years: 1994-98 and 2003-2007 averages,
2003 to 2007
Year	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Fatal & Serious	All severities
1994-98 average	18	226	548	244	792
2003	20	185	555	205	760
2004	16	153	514	169	683
2005	18	145	494	163	657
2006	19	131	551	150	701
2007	8	122	545	130	675
2003-2007 average	16	147	532	163	695

Data abstracted from Scottish Government, Road Casualties Scotland 2007, Table 3