Statistics Norway

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, final figures

18 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by road user, area of residence og type of accident. 2010
Vehicle group 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
  People killed or injured
All accidents 2010 6 434 9 338 4 747 2 412  106  430  353  562  619 13 96
Accident type                      
Rear end 1 059 1 726 1 059  518 11 66 34 31 - - 7
Other accidents with same direction of travel  267  382  186 95 5 33 24 36 - - 3
Head-on upon overtaking 49 93 55 24 - 12 1 1 - - -
Other head-on accidents  973 1 833 1 131  539 10 36 39 73 - - 5
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel  364  530  247  109 16 33 47 75 - - 3
Crossing directions of travel  779 1 064  457  240 24 39 87  203 - - 14
Pedestrian crossing roadway  373  401 13 2 1 - 5 -  380 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway  231  262 15 4 - 1 - 3  239 - -
Sledges etc. involved 12 13 1 - - - - - - 12 -
Single vehicle running off the road 1 838 2 443 1 372  779 25  139 69 20 - - 39
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc.  257  302  103 40 13 57 39 37 - - 13
Other accidents  232  289  108 62 1 14 8 83 - 1 12
  People killed
All fatal accidents 2010  190  208  110 39 2 24 - 5 22 2 4
Accident type                      
Rear end 3 4 3 1 - - - - - - -
Other accidents with same direction of travel 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Head-on upon overtaking 6 7 4 1 - 2 - - - - -
Other head-on accidents 67 79 56 18 - 5 - - - - -
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel 4 4 1 - - 3 - - - - -
Crossing directions of travel 11 12 5 1 - 4 - 1 - - 1
Pedestrian crossing roadway 10 10 - - - - - - 10 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway 12 12 - - - - - - 12 - -
Sledges etc. involved 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 -
Single vehicle running off the road 62 65 34 15 2 10 - 2 - - 2
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc. 4 4 1 1 - - - 2 - - -
Other accidents 9 9 5 2 - - - - - 1 1
  People killed or injured
All accidents in densely populated area 2010 3 007 4 111 1 812  842 55  160  238  446  520 6 32
Accident type                      
Rear end  621 1 012  636  294 7 30 23 21 - - 1
Other accidents with same direction of travel  153  194 92 33 4 19 18 27 - - 1
Head-on upon overtaking 10 17 10 4 - 1 1 1 - - -
Other head-on accidents  267  477  264  128 4 6 18 56 - - 1
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel  222  301  129 50 6 14 34 65 - - 3
Crossing directions of travel  549  736  288  156 18 27 75  166 - - 6
Pedestrian crossing roadway  333  360 12 2 1 - 5 -  340 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway  175  197 10 3 - 1 - 3  180 - -
Sledges etc. involved 6 6 - - - - - - - 6 -
Single vehicle running off the road  393  488  279  125 7 28 30 14 - - 5
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc.  135  159 45 18 8 25 26 31 - - 6
Other accidents  143  164 47 29 - 9 8 62 - - 9
  People killed
All fatal accidents in densely populated area 2010 34 34 11 1 1 1 - 3 14 - 3
Accident type                      
Rear end - - - - - - - - - - -
Other accidents with same direction of travel - - - - - - - - - - -
Head-on upon overtaking - - - - - - - - - - -
Other head-on accidents 3 3 3 - - - - - - - -
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel - - - - - - - - - - -
Crossing directions of travel 3 3 1 - - - - 1 - - 1
Pedestrian crossing roadway 7 7 - - - - - - 7 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway 7 7 - - - - - - 7 - -
Sledges etc. involved - - - - - - - - - - -
Single vehicle running off the road 8 8 5 - 1 1 - - - - 1
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc. 2 2 - - - - - 2 - - -
Other accidents 4 4 2 1 - - - - - - 1
  People killed or injured
All accidents outside densely populated area 2010 2 862 4 455 2 495 1 381 44  249 87 83 58 5 53
Accident type                      
Rear end  356  576  339  177 4 33 9 8 - - 6
Other accidents with same direction of travel 87  152 75 56 1 13 3 3 - - 1
Head-on upon overtaking 36 70 42 17 - 11 - - - - -
Other head-on accidents  637 1 242  791  381 6 30 14 16 - - 4
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel  112  178 93 44 7 15 13 6 - - -
Crossing directions of travel  179  258  131 67 6 11 8 30 - - 5
Pedestrian crossing roadway 20 20 - - - - - - 20 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway 35 40 2 - - - - - 38 - -
Sledges etc. involved 4 5 1 - - - - - - 4 -
Single vehicle running off the road 1 256 1 734  946  603 15  103 30 6 - - 31
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc. 88  104 36 17 4 28 10 5 - - 4
Other accidents 52 77 39 20 1 5 - 9 - 1 2
  People killed
All fatal accidents outside densely populated area 2010  149  166 94 36 1 23 - 2 8 1 1
Accident type                      
Rear end 3 4 3 1 - - - - - - -
Other accidents with same direction of travel 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Head-on upon overtaking 6 7 4 1 - 2 - - - - -
Other head-on accidents 61 73 50 18 - 5 - - - - -
Turning from same or opposite direction of travel 4 4 1 - - 3 - - - - -
Crossing directions of travel 7 8 3 1 - 4 - - - - -
Pedestrian crossing roadway 3 3 - - - - - - 3 - -
Pedestrian walking in or along roadway 5 5 - - - - - - 5 - -
Sledges etc. involved - - - - - - - - - - -
Single vehicle running off the road 52 54 28 13 1 9 - 2 - - 1
Single vehicles overturning in roadway. Collision with animal, parked vehicles etc. 2 2 1 1 - - - - - - -
Other accidents 5 5 3 1 - - - - - 1 -
  People killed or injured
All accidents with unknown type of area of residence 2010  565  771  440  188 7 21 28 33 41 2 11
  People killed
All fatal accidents with unknown type of area of residence 2010 7 8 5 2 - - - - - 1 -

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