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Percentage of vehicles involved in reported personal injury road accidents by vehicle typ e and severity of accident, GB: 1997 to 2005
Percentage of vehicles
Severity	Vehicle type	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Fatal	Pedal cycle	3.4	3.0	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.7	3.0
	Motorcycle	9.8	10.2	11.1	12.8	12.0	12.3	13.6	12.5	11.9
	Car	68.2	66.8	65.5	64.7	65.1	66.0	65.6	66.7	66.6
	Bus or coach	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.9	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.1
	LGV	5.3	5.2	4.7	5.1	5.4	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.0
	HGV	9.8	10.7	11.1	10.4	10.5	10.1	9.3	8.9	10.0
	Other motor vehicle	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.2
	Other non-motor vehicle	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Serious	Pedal cycle	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.1	5.0	4.7	5.0	5.0	5.5
	Motorcycle	10.2	10.7	11.9	13.0	13.3	13.9	15.0	14.2	14.8
	Car	71.7	71.1	70.1	69.3	69.4	69.1	68.0	68.7	68.0
	Bus or coach	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.4
	LGV	4.6	4.8	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.3
	HGV	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.9
	Other motor vehicle	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.4	0.9
	Other non-motor vehicle	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Slight	Pedal cycle	5.8	5.3	5.5	4.9	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6
	Motorcycle	4.9	5.0	5.4	5.8	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.0
	Car	78.3	78.4	77.8	78.0	77.9	78.4	77.9	78.1	78.3
	Bus or coach	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.8
	LGV	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.4
	HGV	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1
	Other motor vehicle	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.2	0.8
	Other non-motor vehicle	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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