Section 7 - Traffic Accidents

Road Traffic Casualties by Age by Class of Road User during
1999 - 2008


Age/Class of road user

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Under 20

Pedestrian

1,257

1,203

1,312

1,189

1,046

994

889

888

757

640

Passenger

1,353

1,172

1,277

1,278

1,017

1,068

1,018

905

967

1,005

Driver

621

577

686

687

682

765

645

634

595

537

Sub-total

3,231

2,952

3,275

3,154

2,745

2,827

2,552

2,427

2,319

2,182

20-39

Pedestrian

1,339

1,311

1,409

1,384

1,336

1,369

1,260

1,168

1,086

1,041

Passenger

3,258

3,202

3,301

3,433

2,678

2,830

2,746

2,717

2,627

2,441

Driver

4,734

4,829

5,047

4,996

4,507

4,513

4,454

4,554

4,606

4,086

Sub-total

9,331

9,342

9,757

9,813

8,521

8,712

8,460

8,439

8,319

7,568

40-59

Pedestrian

1,057

1,085

1,224

1,182

1,127

1,209

1,264

1,242

1,261

1,202

Passenger

1,519

1,478

1,788

1,886

1,597

1,926

1,861

1,821

2,093

1,971

Driver

1,857

2,047

2,169

2,399

2,297

2,575

2,888

2,875

3,330

3,358

Sub-total

4,433

4,610

5,181

5,467

5,021

5,710

6,013

5,938

6,684

6,531

60 & over

Pedestrian

1,039

1,013

1,018

1,031

986

960

980

917

945

870

Passenger

773

809

825

827

748

848

926

853

930

981

Driver

180

190

191

234

201

243

269

263

344

395

Sub-total

1,992

2,012

2,034

2,092

1,935

2,051

2,175

2,033

2,219

2,246

All ages *

Pedestrian

4,830

4,785

4,978

4,805

4,517

4,577

4,404

4,233

4,078

3,823

Passenger

7,153

6,970

7,244

7,477

6,104

6,723

6,557

6,312

6,664

6,479

Driver

7,439

7,674

8,096

8,318

7,689

8,102

8,259

8,328

8,883

8,382

Total

19,422

19,429

20,318

20,600

18,310

19,402

19,220

18,873

19,625

18,684


Note : * Including casualties with age unknown.