Statistics Norway

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury

5   Accidents involving lorries. Persons killed or injured, by type of accident. 2001-2004
Type of accident Accidents, total Persons injured Persons killed
2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total  256    282    252    269    332    387    327    373   29   31   36   23
A. Rear end collision 38 48 32 54 73 71 54  100 1 2 1 -
B. Other accidents with vehicles going in the same direction 27 49 38 38 37 62 54 47 - - - 3
C. Head-on collision when overtaking 7 6 1 9 6 10 1 9 5 1 - 2
D. Other head-on accidents 83 83 88 72 99  142  114  104 17 19 26 11
E. Turning 9 6 9 13 12 9 11 13 1 1 - 1
F. Crossing directions of travel 15 20 6 17 22 21 10 26 1 3 1 2
G. Pedestrian crossing carriageway 3 4 4 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 -
H. Pedestrian walking in or along carriageway 5 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 - - - -
I. Sledges etc. involved - - - - - - - - - - - -
J. Single vehicle off the road 55 51 66 53 58 54 71 60 2 3 7 3
K. Single vehicle overturning in carriageway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc. 7 6 2 4 10 5 2 5 1 1 - -
L. Other accidents 7 6 3 5 8 7 4 5 - - - 1

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