Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2010

Appendix F Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2010

This annex lists most of the "Stats 19" variables, showing the values which were used in the returns for the latest year and the number of times each was used. Variables such as "grid reference" and "road number" are not listed, because they have many possible values.

Reported attendant circumstances variables
Police Force Speed Limit Road Type
Northern 574 10 2 Roundabout 535
Grampian 1,089 15 1 One way street 231
Tayside 741 20 159 Dual carriageway 1,539
Fife 556 30 5,679 Single carriageway 7,760
Lothian & Borders 2,262 40 501 Slip road 127
Central 538 50 328 Unknown 101
Strathclyde 4,173 60 2,994
Dumfries & Galloway 360 70 629 Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
None within 50m 8,718
Month Junction Control Zebra crossing 109
January 720 Not at or near junction 5,353 Pelican, puffin or similar 696
February 824 Authorised person 41 Pedestrian phase at lights 637
March 838 Automatic traffic signal 871 Footbridge or subway 13
April 753 Stop sign 105 Central refuge 120
May 870 Give way or uncontrolled 3,923
June 851 Junction Detail
July 900 Weather Conditions Not at or within 20 metres 5,353
August 965 Fine 7,595 Roundabout 743
September 964 Raining 1,326 Mini Roundabout 76
October 920 Snowing 384 T or staggered junction 2,239
November 947 Fine high winds 162 Slip Road 203
December 741 Raining high winds 186 Crossroads 757
Snowing high winds 75 Multiple junction 172
Severity of Accident Fog mist 56 Private drive 180
Fatal 189 Other 378 Other junction 570
Serious 1,708 Unknown 131
Slight 8,396 Road Surface Conditions
First road class Dry 5,923
Local Authority Motorway 368 Wet or damp 3,096
Aberdeen City 350 A(m) 28 Snow 459
Aberdeenshire 598 A 4,582 Frost or ice 788
Angus 192 B 1,419 Flood over 3cm deep 25
Argyll & Bute 276 C 296
Clackmannanshire 69 Unclassified 3,600 Special Conditions at site
Dumfries & Galloway 360 None 9,958
Dundee City 219 Second road class Automatic traffic signal out 40
East Ayrshire 201 No second road class 5,451 Automat traffic sig part defective 6
East Dunbartonshire 141 Motorway 68 Road sign defective or obscured 21
East Lothian 199 A(m) 3 Roadworks 134
East Renfrewshire 103 A 685 Road surface defective 45
Edinburgh, City of 1,179 B 367 Oil or diesel 58
Eilean Siar 42 C 170 Mud 31
Falkirk 240 Unclassified 3,549
Fife 556 Carriageway hazards
Glasgow City 1,337 Light Conditions None 9,976
Highland 475 Daylight street lights present 4,180 Vehicle load in carriageway 12
Inverclyde 165 Daylight no street lights present 3,339 Other object in carriageway 149
Midlothian 193 Daylight street lights present unknown 201 Involved previous accident 34
Moray 141 Darkness street lights present and lit 1,575 Pedestrian in cgwy not injured 33
North Ayrshire 177 Darkness street lights present and unlit 62 Animal in cgwy-not horse 89
North Lanarkshire 584 Darkness no street lights 893
Orkney Islands 27 Darkness street lights present unknown 43 Did a police officer attend?
Perth & Kinross 330 Yes 8,419
Renfrewshire 320 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control No-accident reported over counter 1,863
Scottish Borders 307 None within 50 metres 9,816
Shetland Islands 30 School crossing patrol 51 Contributory Factors
South Ayrshire 197 Other authorised person 426 Please see the section on the
South Lanarkshire 512 Contributory Factors
Stirling 229
West Dunbartonshire 160
West Lothian 384
Reported vehicle variables
Police Force Manoeuvres Vehicle leaving carriageway
Northern 890 Unknown 7 Unknown 4
Grampian 1,740 Reversing 248 Did not leave c'way 14,178
Tayside 1,195 Parked 605 Left c'way nearside 1,580
Fife 947 Waiting to go ahead/held up 1,072 Left c'way nearside rebound 219
Lothian & Borders 3,820 Slowing/stopping 1,275 Left c'way ahead junction 84
Central 914 Moving off 697 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 74
Strathclyde 7,127 U turn 117 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 48
Dumfries & Galloway 606 Turning left 411 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 17
Waiting to turn left 91 Left c'way offside 902
Month Turning right 1,191 Left c'way offside and rebounded 133
January 1,185 Waiting to turn right 329
February 1,331 Changing lane left 123 Hit object off carriageway
March 1,415 Changing lane rght 132 Unknown 4
April 1,280 Overtaking moving vehicle offside 351 None 15,001
May 1,479 Overtaking stationery vehicle offside 153 Road sign traffic signal 170
June 1,480 Overtaking nearside 102 Lamp post 151
July 1,518 Ahead left hand bend 1,033 Telegraph pole electricity pole 53
August 1,628 Ahead right hand bend 1,148 Tree 316
September 1,577 Ahead other 8,154 Bus stop bus shelter 9
October 1,571 Central crash barrier 149
November 1,565 Other vehicle hit Nearside or offside crash barrier 178
December 1,210 0 5,574 Submerged in water 6
1 5,307 Entered ditch 261
Breath test 2 5,755 Other permanent object 941
Not applicable 110 3 457
Positive 318 4 106 First point of impact
Negative 9,402 5 23 Unknown 5
Not requested 3,975 6 10 None 1,100
Refused to provide 31 7 5 Front 8,403
Driver not contacted 2,596 8 1 Back 2,977
Not provided (medical) 806 Offside 2,415
Junction location of vehicle Nrside 2,339
Sex of driver Unknown 8
Male 11,266 Not at or within 20 metres 8,396 Towing and Articulation
Female 5,243 Approach junction or wait/park  approach 4,338 Unknown 5
Not traced 730 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 918 No towing or articulation 16,879
Leaving roundabout 290 Articulated vehicle 201
Vehicle Reference Number Entering roundabout 572 Double or multiple trailer 9
1 10,293 Leaving main road 244 Caravan 8
2 5,861 Entering main road 427 Single trailer 103
3 841 Entering from slip rd 99 Other tow 34
4 180 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,947
5 38 Hit and run
6 16 Skidding and overtaking Other 16,261
7 6 Not known 4 Hit run 644
8 3 None 13,992 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 334
9 1 Skidding 2,015
Skid overtd 701 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
Type of Vehicle Jacknifed 22 Unknown 7
Unknown 7 Jackn overtd 5 On main carriageway 16,713
Pedal cycle 808 Overturned 500 Bus lane 1
Motor cycle 50cc and under 75 Busway 116
Motor cycle over 50 to 125cc 191 Hit object in carriageway Cycle lane 61
Motor cycle over 125 to 500cc 221 Unknown 4 Cycleway 31
Motor cycle over 500cc 372 None 16,387 On lay-by hard shldr 14
Taxi/private hire car 355 Prev accident 23 Entering lay-by hard shldr 77
Car 12,805 Road works 20 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 15
Minibus (8-16 pass seats) 57 Parked vehicle 275 Footway 36
Bus coach (17+ pass seats) 611 Bridge roof 3 168
Other motor vehicle 345 Bridge side 44 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Other non-motor vehicle 14 Bollard refuge 57 Journey as part of work 3,190
Ridden horse 6 Open door vehicle 18 Commuting to/from work 2,173
Agricultural vehicle 75 Central island roundabout 17 Take pupil to/from school 156
Goods up to 3.5t mgw 751 Kerb 251 Pupil ride to/from school 38
Goods over 3.5t to < 7.5t mgw 164 Other object 102 Other/not known 11,682
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 382 Animal excluding ridden horse 38
Foreign registered vehicle
Not foreign reg veh 17,123
Foreign reg LH drive 59
Foreign reg RH drive 27
Foreign reg 2 wheeler 28
Other/not known 2
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown  10 Unknown 419 51 259
Parked  639 4 4 52 274
U turn from north  31 5 4 53 258
North to north east  10 6 10 54 244
North to east  157 7 9 55 228
North to south east  29 8 12 56 203
North to south  2,897 9 16 57 210
North to south west  47 10 19 58 176
North to west  412 11 13 59 183
North to north west  8 12 20 60 208
North east to north  11 13 18 61 157
U turn from north east  3 14 15 62 171
North east to east  4 15 23 63 158
North east to south east  24 16 52 64 127
North east to south  31 17 254 65 107
North east to south west  462 18 436 66 72
North east to west  28 19 440 67 87
North east to north west  45 20 490 68 74
East to north  358 21 366 69 56
East to north east  6 22 375 70 68
U turn from east  35 23 361 71 60
East to south east  8 24 359 72 71
East to south  138 25 380 73 59
East to south west  20 26 339 74 50
East to west  3,048 27 323 75 54
East to north west  26 28 327 76 55
South east to north  31 29 345 77 36
South east to north east  47 30 597 78 49
South east to east  10 31 312 79 37
U turn from south east  2 32 304 80 47
South east to south  3 33 289 81 19
South east to south west  24 34 303 82 33
South east to west  18 35 600 83 25
South east to north west  387 36 310 84 19
South to north  2,798 37 345 85 22
South to north east  60 38 354 86 18
South to east  350 39 336 87 14
South to south east  6 40 549 88 7
U turn from south  27 41 346 89 8
South to south west  8 42 365 90 3
South to west  159 43 371 91 2
South to north west  36 44 324 92 1
South west to north  38 45 390 93 1
South west to north east  472 46 371 94 1
South west to east  39 47 322 98 1
South west to south east  36 48 314
South west to south  4 49 303
U turn from south west  2 50 393
South west to west  6
South west to north west  25
West to north  127
West to north east  20
West to east  3,075
West to south east  36
West to south  315
West to south west  4
U turn from west  23
West to north west  1
North west to north  7
North west to north east  18
North west to east  19
North west to south east  410
North west to south  44
North west to south west  50
North west to west  11
U turn from north west  4
Reported casualty variables
Police Force Pedestrian direction
Northern 873 Not pedestrian 11,320
Grampian 1,371 Pedestrian standing still 230
Tayside 951 Heading North 389
Fife 723 Heading North East 43
Lothian & Borders 2,807 Heading East 360
Central 700 Heading South East 32
Strathclyde 5,450 Heading South 401
Dumfries & Galloway 459 Heading South West 44
Heading West 354
Month Heading North West 34
January 918 Unknown 127
February 1,043
March 1,088 Casualty Class
April 996 Unknown 1
May 1,106 Driver or rider 7,754
June 1,126 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 3,565
July 1,214 Pedestrian 2,014
August 1,278
September 1,224 Pedestrian location
October 1,179 Not pedestrian 11,320
November 1,225 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 198
December 937 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 13
In carriageway, crossing  in zig zag crossing exit 5
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 190
Unknown 10 In carriageway crossing elsewhere 954
Male 7,538 Footway or verge 171
Female 5,786 On refuge, central island or central reservation 8
Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 101
Road user In carriageway not crossing 248
Pedestrian 2,014 Unknown other 126
Pedal cycle 781
Motor cycle 845 Pedestrian movement
Car 8,296 Not pedestrian 11,320
Taxi 205 Crossing driver nearside 667
Minibus 44 Crossing driver nearside mskd 213
Bus/Coach 540 Crossing driver offside 405
Light goods vehicle 292 Crossing driver offside masked 139
Heavy goods vehicle 162 In carriageway stationary not crossing 154
Other 155 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked 24
Walking in carriageway facing traffic 48
Severity of casualty Walking in carriageway back to traffic 55
Killed 208 Unknown 309
Serious 1,964
Slight 11,162 Car passenger
Unknown 1
Bus or coach passenger Not car passenger 10,402
Not psv passenger 12,817 Front seat car passenger 1,927
Boarding 36 Rear  seat car passenger 1,004
Alighting 48
Standing passenger 124 Pedestrian injured in the course of 'on the road' work
Seated passenger 309 Not a pedestrian 11,323
No 1,963
School pupil casualty Yes 35
All other casualties 13,048 Not known 13
Pupil to/from school 286
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 26 51 175 1 10,293
0 2 52 174 2 2,025
1 21 53 167 3 602
2 42 54 152 4 213
3 47 55 131 5 75
4 57 56 120 6 30
5 85 57 105 7 12
6 87 58 109 8 7
7 74 59 118 9 4
8 86 60 121 10 4
9 99 61 95 11 3
10 100 62 120 12 3
11 101 63 109 13 3
12 143 64 98 14 3
13 149 65 81 15 3
14 137 66 59 16 3
15 146 67 76 17 3
16 188 68 58 18 3
17 390 69 60 19 3
18 459 70 61 20 3
19 443 71 52 21 2
20 383 72 75 22 2
21 327 73 68 23 2
22 300 74 59 24 2
23 292 75 62 25 2
24 289 76 54 26 2
25 266 77 43 27 2
26 256 78 43 28 2
27 284 79 47 29 2
28 259 80 44 30 2
29 237 81 31 31 2
30 276 82 37 32 2
31 211 83 30 33 2
32 212 84 23 34 2
33 186 85 31 35 2
34 205 86 25 36 2
35 226 87 21 37 1
36 192 88 16 38 1
37 209 89 12 39 1
38 229 90 5 40 1
39 245 91 4 41 1
40 272 92 6 42 1
41 203 94 1 43 1
42 226 95 1
43 200 96 2 Vehicle
44 221 97 1 Reference
45 245 99 1 Number
46 226 1 8,082
47 202 2 4,896
48 194 3 309
49 196 4 36
50 200 5 8
6 2
7 1