Statistics Norway

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury

8   Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by group of road-user, type of residential area and group of accidents. 2003
Group of accidents Accidents, total Total Drivers of automobile Passengers of automobile Drivers and passenger of Pedestrians Persons sledging, skiing Other
Light motor cycle Other motor cycle Moped Cycle
    Persons killed or injured
All accidents 2002 8 724      12 705 6 184 3 397  125  633     532     808  895 27  104
2003 8 266 12 131 5 908 3 230  132  558  592  745  855 11  100
                       
Rear end 1 375 2 325 1 416  714 16 64 70 35 - - 10
Other accidents with same direction of travel  321  465  207  108 13 53 39 41 - - 4
Head-on upon overtaking 66  133 78 35 2 12 3 3 - - -
Other head-on accidents 1 134 2 215 1 232  735 13 52 60  116 - - 7
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel  487  671  284  146 19 46 91 85 - - -
Crossing directions of travel 1 067 1 447  604  282 28 65  156  300 1 - 11
Pedestrian crossing roadway  548  594 18 3 - 4 7 2  560 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway  271  304 6 3 - 1 - 7  286 - 1
Sledges etc. involved 10 11 - - - - - - - 11 -
Single vehicle running off the road 2 410 3 250 1 834 1 055 31  188 95 21 - - 26
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc.  282  345  121 59 7 52 52 42 3 - 9
Other accidents  295  371  108 90 3 21 19 93 5 - 32
                       
    Persons killed
                       
All accidents 2002  272  310  143 72 7 30 6 12 33 2 5
2003  247  280  133 59 4 26 7 14 34 - 3
                       
Ulykkesgruppe                      
A 5 5 3 - - - 2 - - - -
B 2 2 2 - - - - - - - -
C 7 7 5 - - 2 - - - - -
D 81  105 61 33 1 4 2 4 - - -
E 6 7 3 1 1 1 - 1 - - -
F 17 17 5 1 - 1 2 6 1 - 1
G 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - -
H 12 12 - - - - - - 12 - -
I - - - - - - - - - - -
J 87 93 51 21 2 15 1 2 - - 1
K 5 5 1 - - 2 - 1 - - 1
L 5 7 2 3 - 1 - - 1 - -

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