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Road Safety

Shetland Islands Council continues to work along with the Police and other agencies to reduce the number of people killed or injured on roads in Shetland. Injuries, particularly serious injuries, have been falling over the years. Unfortunately deaths as a result of road crashes has remained largely unchanged over the last 20 years, averaging 2 or 3 people killed every year.

Road Casualties, Shetland, 1983 - 2009

Year

Fatal
Serious
Slight
Total
1983
3
39
37
79
1984
4
25
44
73
1985
2
42
65
109
1986
3
20
51
74
1987
4
32
57
93
1988
6
33
63
102
1989
0
40
88
128
1990
1
34
61
96
1991
2
29
65
96
1992
3
12
51
66
1993
2
29
52
83
1994
5
20
45
70
1995
4
20
80
104
1996
1
21
49
71
1997
5
21
53
79
1998
0
21
65
86
1999
0
18
65
67
2000
4
6
38
48
2001
3
13
34
50
2002
2
13
25
40
2003
2
5
42
49
2004
1
6
40
47
2005
3
12
56
71
2006
1
11
49
61
2007
5
6
40
51
2008
0
5
19
24
2009
0
5
67
72
         
Aver. 1994-98
3.0
20.6
58.4
82.0
Aver. 2005-09
1.8
7.8
46.2
55.8
(Last 5 Years)
       

 

Graph of Road Casualties - Shetland

In the year 2000 Shetland adopted the casualty reduction targets recommended by the Government and Scottish Executive, that by 2010 we should:-

  • Reduce by 40% the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) in road crashes.
  • Reduce by 50% the number of children killed or seriously injured in road crashes.
  • Reduce by 10% the number of people slightly injured in road crashes per 100 million vehicle kilometres.

The baseline for these reductions is the average number of casualties over the 5 years 1994 to 1998. Targets, and results over recent years are tabulated below.

Year
KSI
Children KSI
Slight
Average number of casualties per year between 1994 and 1998
23.6
3.6
58.4
(Baseline for target reductions)
1999
18
3
49
2000
10
0
38
2001
16
2
34
2002
15
5
25
2003
7
0
42
2004
7
1
40
2005
15
0
56
2006
12
1
49
2007
11
0
40
2008
5
0
19
2009
5
0
67
Average Number of casualties per year between 2005 and 2009
9.6
0.2
46.2
(five year average)
Target for year 2010
14.2
1.8
52.6

 

In 2009, the two KSI targets were met but the target for the reduction in slight injury crashes was exceeded.Taking the five year average 2005 to 2009, all three casualty reduction targets were met.

Note:- KSI equals number of persons killed or seriously injured.