MVRUS - Accident Time Clock
The Road Traffic Collision Clock as published by The Police Service
of Northern Ireland 2004
The
accident
clock shows how often particular types of accidents occur. It sets out the frequency within which each
recorded accident takes place.
Time interval |
Type of event |
|---|---|
55 minutes |
a casualty occurs |
93 minutes |
an injury accident occurs |
8 hours |
a casualty occurs due to speed |
8 hours |
a child casualty occurs |
14 hours |
a casualty occurs due to alcohol |
1.5 days |
a child pedestrian casualty occurs |
2.5 days |
one person is killed |
4 days |
one 65+ pedestrian casualty occurs |
33 days |
one child is killed |
The individual incidents recorded above translate into the following annual totals
Result of Accident |
Number of People |
|---|---|
Killed |
147 |
Seriously injured |
1,183 |
Slightly injured |
8,177 |
Total casualties |
9,507 |
Children Statistics (A child is defined as being under 16 years of age)
Result of Accident |
Number of Children |
|---|---|
Children killed |
11 |
Children seriously injured |
140 |
Children slightly injured |
951 |
Total child casualties |
1,102 |
Fatalities due to excessive speed 31
Fatalities due to driver/rider alcohol or drugs 30
Permission to reprint material courtesy
of The Police Service of Northern Ireland; Road Traffic Branch; Central Statistics Unit, 42 Montgomery
Road, Belfast BT6 9LD