To ask the Scottish Executive how many cyclist casualties have been treated by the NHS in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.
The number of inpatient discharges from acute hospitals in Scotland relating to pedal cyclists and motor cycle riders involved in transport accidents following admission as an emergency is shown in the table.
Some patients involved in such accidents will be treated as out-patients in Accident and Emergency departments, however it is not possible to identify the reason for attendance at Accident and Emergency departments from centrally held data.
Table 1: Pedal Cyclists and Motorcycle Riders Injured in Transport Accidents who were Admitted to Hospital as an Emergency, Years Ending 31 March 2001-05
| Year Ending 31 March |
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Scotland | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 1,301 | 1,197 | 1,141 | 1,242 | 1,180 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 678 | 762 | 765 | 784 | 725 |
Argyll and Clyde | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 46 | 42 | 47 | 53 | 53 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 46 | 57 | 33 | 66 | 52 |
Ayrshire and Arran | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 101 | 89 | 96 | 111 | 99 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 43 | 58 | 58 | 49 | 51 |
Borders | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 28 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 45 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 18 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 18 |
Dumfries and Galloway | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 41 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 38 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 28 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 19 |
Fife | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 79 | 71 | 60 | 57 | 71 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 33 | 49 | 45 | 62 | 44 |
Forth Valley | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 87 | 79 | 62 | 61 | 79 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 34 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 36 |
Grampian | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 190 | 174 | 170 | 209 | 179 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 96 | 97 | 140 | 123 | 119 |
Greater Glasgow | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 202 | 189 | 179 | 194 | 146 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 49 | 74 | 65 | 52 | 68 |
Highland | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 114 | 113 | 97 | 118 | 132 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 105 | 102 | 97 | 104 | 73 |
Lanarkshire | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 75 | 73 | 81 | 90 | 50 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 50 | 42 | 54 | 42 | 51 |
Lothian | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 201 | 184 | 161 | 171 | 176 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 100 | 119 | 105 | 106 | 119 |
Orkney Islands | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Shetland Islands | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - |
Tayside | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 117 | 104 | 91 | 107 | 96 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 63 | 69 | 65 | 78 | 66 |
Western Isles | | | | | |
Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Notes:
1. These statistics are derived from data collected on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric (SMR01) hospitals in Scotland.
2. Information on hospital discharges relates to episodes of inpatient care rather than individual patients.
3. Up to six diagnoses (one principal, five secondary) can be recorded on SMR01 returns. The figures in the table relate to inpatient discharges involving any mention of the following external cause codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Other Health elated Problems, tenth revision (ICD10):
(a) Pedal cyclist injured in transport accident: V10-V19.
(b) Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident: V20-V29.