Table 2
Comparative data of road traffic injuries: police v insurance companies, 1997
| Total | Pedestrians and bicyclists | Vehicle occupants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Police (A) | Insurance (B) | A/B | Police (A) | Insurance (B) | A/B | Police (A) | Insurance (B) | A/B |
| Vehicle occupant injuries include passenger injuries in automobiles and occupant injuries on motorcyles. Drivers in single vehicle collisions are not included in the data of the insurance companies. | |||||||||
| 0–6 | 25 113 | 37 496 | 0.67 | 14 839 | 15 598 | 0.95 | 10 234 | 21 320 | 0.48 |
| 7–12 | 33 627 | 38 224 | 0.88 | 26 413 | 26 312 | 1.00 | 7 179 | 11 268 | 0.64 |
| 13–15 | 18 835 | 19 946 | 0.94 | 14 238 | 13 878 | 1.03 | 4 586 | 5 291 | 0.87 |
| 16–64 | 801 706 | 905 651 | 0.89 | 128 789 | 137 938 | 0.93 | 672 354 | 766 240 | 0.88 |
| ≥65 | 89 284 | 93 294 | 0.96 | 41 136 | 43 212 | 0.95 | 48 002 | 49 914 | 0.96 |
| Total | 968 565 | 1 094 611 | 0.88 | 225 415 | 236 938 | 0.95 | 742 355 | 854 033 | 0.87 |
