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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury

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Persons killed or seriously injured1
April 20212020Average last 5 years
KilledKilledSeverely injuredKilledSeverely injured
1Severely injured are total number of seriously injured and very seriously injured.
Total393627110623
Males37541584413
Females01821226210
Group of road user
Drivers of car14320154207
Passengers of car19781289
Drivers and passengers on motorcycle and moped11916119150
Cyclists , pedestrians and persons sledging01815521156
Others0432420
Age
0-15 years0220226
16-24 years01811818121
25-44 years22115625157
45-64 years13118135193
65 years or older02115229125
Unknown age00001

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Table 1 
Killed or injured, by age

Killed or injured, by age1
2020
KilledAll injuredSeverely injured
TotalMalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotalMalesFemales
1Seriously injured are total figures for seriously injured and very seriously injured.
Age
Total9375184 4362 7221 714627415212
0-5 years110332211541
6-15 years11024614210415105
16-17 years220363233130493910
18-19 years66032320811524186
20-24 years1073448290158453114
25-34 years11110686451235766115
35-44 years1082571345226806218
45-54 years21192626382244976532
55-64 years1073472267205844737
65-74 years1293370214156975542
75-84 years642212104108431627
85 years or older3035836221275
Unknown age00028280000

Table 2 
Killed or injured, by group of road user

Killed or injured, by group of road user
TotalDrivers of carPassengers of carDrivers and passenger onPedestriansPersons sledgingOthers
Motor cycleMopedCycle
Persons killed
2019108571516061211
20209343918131414
 
2020
0-5 years100000100
6-15 years100000100
16-17 years200200000
18-19 years632100000
20-24 years1071000101
25-34 years1191100000
35-44 years1070110100
45-54 years2151801312
55-64 years1040300300
65-74 years1261201101
75-84 years622001100
85 years or older301000200
Unknown age000000000
 
Persons injured
20194 3582 072788503155393353886
20204 4362 00579753816445830425145
 
2020
0-5 years330170041101
6-15 years2462881337050713
16-17 years363106614094155033
18-19 years32316783321271408
20-24 years4482421004232618611
25-34 years68635710073127141626
35-44 years5713137361126727315
45-54 years6263127695118238012
55-64 years47224665578582828
65-74 years37018670256383708
75-84 years2121214502122705
85 years or older582814016702
Unknown age28210002113

Table 3 
Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by group of road user and accident type

Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by group of road user and accident type
2020
TotalDrivers of automobilePassengers of automobileDrivers and passenger ofPedestriansPersons sledgingOthers
Light motor cycleOther motor cycleMopedCycle
Persons killed
Total93439315131414
Rear end collision, other accidents with vehicles going in the same direction2010100000
Head-on collision392941311000
Turning, crossing directions of travel4100300000
Pedestrian accidents140000001400
Single accidents321242802013
Other accidents2100000001
 
Persons injured
Total4 4362 00579718735116445830425145
Rear end collision, other accidents with vehicles going in the same direction850495155417025520012
Head-on collision793450218153618460010
Turning, crossing directions of travel723237964454562250011
Pedestrian accidents342500018304240
Single accidents1 4437342918017452300082
Other accidents285843771712970130

About the statistics

The statistics cover accidents reported to the police and are limited to accidents that involve at least one vehicle, and that have taken place on public or private roads, streets or places open to general traffic.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

People: People involved in accidents resulting in personal injury

Other unit: Vehicles involved in accidents resulting in personal injury

Degree of injury is broken down into: killed, very seriously injured, seriously injured and slightly injured.

Killed: People who die within 30 days after the accident from injuries related to it.

Very seriously injured: Life-threatening injuries or injuries of a permanent character.

Seriously injured: Major, but not life-threatening injuries.

Slightly injured: Minor fractures, scratches etc. Hospitalization is not required.

Severely injured: A blanket term for &“very seriously injured´´ and &“seriously injured´´.

Standard classifications

Given in the booklet Rettledning til utfylling av rapport om veitrafikkuhell (instructions on how to fill out the road traffic accident report form).

Administrative information

Name and topic

Name: Road traffic accidents involving personal injury
Topic: Transport and tourism

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Responsible division

Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics

Regional level

National, county, municipalities and police districts figures.

Frequency and timeliness

Figures are published monthly, approximately 2 weeks after the end of the reference month. Preliminary figures.

International reporting

Data are reported to Eurostat and International Transport Forum (formerly called ECMT).

Microdata

Microdata are stored in Oracle-databases and as files in SAS and ASCII format, production data and historical data on UNIX.

Background

Background and purpose

The purpose is to provide information about accidents on Norwegian roads.

The statistics on road traffic accidents involving personal injury and other accidents involving major material damage was established in 1939. The obligation to report to the police accidents not involving personal injury was more or less abandoned in 1957, and since 1964 only accidents involving personal injury have been included in the statistics. The form used by the police to record accidents underwent major changes in 1954 and 1964. In 1977 it was completely revised into a joint form used by the police, Statistics Norway and road authorities. A more detailed account of the development of road traffic accident statistics from 1930 to 1977 is given in the publication NOS Road Traffic Accidents 1977.

Until May 2001 the statistics were based on forms submitted by regular mail by the police authorities. From May 2001 onwards the information has been submitted electronically. The scope of the statistics has been revised several times. Further information is provided in Chapter 6.1. Spatial comparability and comparability over time.

Users and applications

The statistics are used by research institutes, international organizations, municipalities and other public agencies, mainly for studies and analyses.

Equal treatment of users

No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at  8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.

Coherence with other statistics

To assess risk, the ratios of accidents to stocks of motor vehicles, vehicle-kilometres driven, type of road and population statistics by sex and age, should be considered. It is possible to merge accident data with data from other sources, for example the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s registries of motor vehicles and driving licences.

Legal authority

The Statistics Act of June 21, 2019 number 32  

EEA reference

Council Decision (EC) no. 704/93.

Production

Population

The statistics only cover accidents reported to the police. Minor accidents and injuries are often not reported, and will therefore be underrepresented in the figures. The statistics are limited to accidents that involve at least one vehicle, and that have taken place on public or private roads, streets or places open to general traffic. Vehicles comprise civilian and military motor vehicles, vehicles running on rails and non-motorized vehicles. Only deaths that occur within 30 days after the date of the accident are included in the road traffic accidents statistics. To the extent that they are identified as such, accidents, injuries and deaths that happen due to seizures, suicides and suicide attempts are left out.

Data sources and sampling

The Police's database of accidents. Nordic road traffic accidents figures are obtained from Statistics Denmark, Statistics Finland and Statistics Sweden.

All accidents mentioned in 3.1 are covered by the statistics.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

The data is extracted from Police's database of accident records on the first weekday of the month and submitted electronically to Statistics Norway.

All the police reports are processed in a computer program that identifies logical inconsistencies. Reports that contain such errors are subject to manual editing.

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Not relevant

Comparability over time and space

Road traffic accidents statistics provide comparable time series for the period 1977 to 2001. In 2002, those registered with unspecified degree of injury were introduced as a separate category in the statistics. They had previously been distributed among the other injury categories. Hence, from 2002 onwards the figures for degree of injury are not quite comparable with the figures from 2001 and earlier years.

When comparing road accident figures between countries, factors such as size of population, stock of vehicles, total road length and quality of roads must be taken into consideration. Certain definitions and methods of registration may vary between countries. The Nordic countries do however use the same definition of fatalities ("The 30 days rule").

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

Some submitted forms are incompletely filled out, and lack information about certain variables. The police districts that have submitted such forms are contacted and asked to add the missing details during the manual editing process. Even so, residual, &“unspecified´´ categories remain a necessity in most of the tables that are published.

Special surveys have revealed that the official injury statistics far from cover all accidents involving personal injury. The extent to which accidents are reported varies with the type of accident and degree of injury. Less severe accidents often go unreported. This particularly applies to bicycle accidents, which often result in only minor injuries. Injured motorists may for various reasons choose not to report the accident to the police.

The total number of injuries includes casualties where the degree of injury has not been specified. Some people registered in this category may be uninjured, and figures are subject to change.

Revision

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