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Traffic accidents with victims. Accidents and victims. By severity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Traffic accidents with victims. Accidents and victims. By severity. Counties and areas Catalonia
Accidents Victims
With deaths Total Dead Severe injured Mild injured Total
2013 220 23,831 232 1,901 30,279 32,412
2012 243 23,368 274 1,980 29,650 31,904
2011 247 22,775 280 1,866 28,626 30,772
2010 303 24,085 339 2,007 30,271 32,617
2009 328 24,845 366 2,062 30,730 33,158
2008 353 24,590 391 2,178 30,481 33,050
2007 407 26,063 453 2,563 32,070 35,086
2006 449 24,854 491 2,928 30,264 33,683
2005 489 20,965 549 3,616 24,882 29,047
2004 499 20,229 571 3,900 23,516 27,987
Source: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Note: The total number of accidents includes fatal accidents. Death count made 24 hours after the accident occurred.

Last update: October 30, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Traffic accidents with casualties
Accidents that take place or are caused on a road or terrain covered by legislation on traffic, motor vehicle circulation and road safety, and as a result of which one or more persons are killed and/or injured.

Methodological aspects

The information related to traffic accidents with casualties comes from the Catalan Traffic Service provides the data by counties and the accident rates in Catalonia.

Note that any person who, as a result of an accident, dies either during the accident or in the following 24 hours or 30 days counts as a fatality.

Persons injured in a traffic accident requiring hospitalisation for more than 24 hours are considered seriously injured.

Persons injured in a traffic accident but who do not meet the definition of seriously injured are considered slightly injured.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".