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Road Accident Statistics - 1997 ECE road accident data:

Third Road Safety Week, 1 to 7 May 2000
 

Excel spreadsheet containing all 1997 ECE road accident data (zipped)

In 1997 an estimated 164,677 persons were killed on the roads in the ECE region. An estimated 6,118,844 persons were seriously injured. Of those, a notable percentage were vulnerable road users, as is shown in the following table and diagrams:

  Total Pedestrians Cycles Mopeds Motor cycles Passengers cars Other
Killed 164,677 39,670 6,872 3,151 109,720 75,615 28,397
Injured 6,118,844 436,422 236,027 163,854 227,946 3,751,024 1,303,571
Total 6,283,521 476,092 242,899 167,005 238,918 3,826,639 1,331,968

    

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Vulnerable road users are more exposed to the risk of accidents than other road users.

In 1997 an estimated 19% of persons involved in serious accidents (injured or killed) were vulnerable road users.

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When accidents occur they have much more serious consequences for vulnerable road users than for others. Although only an estimated 19% of those  involved in serious accidents in 1997 were vulnerable road users, an estimated 37% of the persons killed were vulnerable road users.

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