Appendix F Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2011

Appendix F Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2011

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 567 15 2 Roundabout 474
Grampian 1,017 20 174 One way street 220
Tayside 750 30 5,674 Dual carriageway 1,488
Fife 448 40 504 Single carriageway 7,600
Lothian & Borders 2,173 50 317 Slip road 102
Central 545 60 2,752 Unknown 90
Strathclyde 4,156 70 551
Dumfries & Galloway 318 Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Junction Control None within 50m 8,337
Month Not at or near junction 5,100 Zebra crossing 119
January 808 Authorised person 31 Pelican, puffin or similar 670
February 742 Automatic traffic signal 878 Pedestrian phase at lights 709
March 789 Stop sign 84 Footbridge or subway 10
April 724 Give way or uncontrolled 3,880 Central refuge 129
May 835
June 807 Weather Conditions Junction Detail
July 804 Fine 7,077 Not at or within 20 metres 5,100
August 863 Raining 1,695 Roundabout 697
September 965 Snowing 136 Mini Roundabout 68
October 865 Fine high winds 205 T or staggered junction 2,208
November 903 Raining high winds 385 Slip Road 162
December 869 Snowing high winds 29 Crossroads 765
Fog mist 44 Multiple junction 197
Severity of Accident Other 262 Private drive 209
Fatal 176 Unknown 140 Other junction 568
Serious 1,671
Slight 8,127 First road class Road Surface Conditions
Motorway 337 Dry 5,513
Local Authority A(m) 38 Wet or damp 3,813
Aberdeen City 362 A 4,427 Snow 160
Aberdeenshire 518 B 1,423 Frost or ice 464
Angus 220 C 327 Flood over 3cm deep 23
Argyll & Bute 230 Unclassified 3,422
Clackmannanshire 64 Special Conditions at site
Dumfries & Galloway 318 Second road class None 9,684
Dundee City 237 No second road class 5,241 Automatic traffic signal out 20
East Ayrshire 204 Motorway 60 Automat traffic sig part defective 5
East Dunbartonshire 140 A(m) 1 Road sign defective or obscured 13
East Lothian 159 A 644 Roadworks 116
East Renfrewshire 116 B 358 Road surface defective 47
Edinburgh, City of 1,180 C 175 Oil or diesel 52
Eilean Siar 34 Unclassified 3,494 Mud 37
Falkirk 261
Fife 448 Light Conditions Carriageway hazards
Glasgow City 1,281 Daylight street lights present 3,985 None 9,697
Highland 488 Daylight no street lights present 3,173 Vehicle load in carriageway 15
Inverclyde 155 Daylight street lights present unknown 179 Other object in carriageway 126
Midlothian 177 Darkness street lights present and lit 1,701 Involved previous accident 17
Moray 137 Darkness street lights present and unlit 71 Pedestrian in cgwy not injured 43
North Ayrshire 230 Darkness no street lights 831 Animal in cgwy-not horse 76
North Lanarkshire 569 Darkness street lights present unknown 34
Orkney Islands 13 Did a police officer attend?
Perth & Kinross 293 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Yes 8,170
Renfrewshire 354 None within 50 metres 9,869 No-accident reported over counter 1,790
Scottish Borders 274 School crossing patrol 48
Shetland Islands 32 Other authorised person 57 Contributory Factors
South Ayrshire 219 Please see the section on the
South Lanarkshire 513 Contributory Factors
Stirling 220
West Dunbartonshire 145
West Lothian 383

Reported vehicle variables

Police Force Manoeuvres Vehicle leaving carriageway
Northern 873 Reversing 297 Unknown 1
Grampian 1,615 Parked 608 Did not leave c'way 13,918
Tayside 1,267 Waiting to go ahead/held up 1,006 Left c'way nearside 1,447
Fife 778 Slowing/stopping 1,293 Left c'way nearside rebound 190
Lothian & Borders 3,654 Moving off 705 Left c'way ahead junction 78
Central 952 U turn 125 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 68
Strathclyde 7,096 Turning left 420 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 50
Dumfries & Galloway 504 Waiting to turn left 102 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 17
Turning right 1,229 Left c'way offside 840
Month Waiting to turn right 294 Left c'way offside and rebounded 130
January 1,272 Changing lane left 147
February 1,234 Changing lane rght 134 Hit object off carriageway
March 1,353 Overtaking moving vehicle offside 329 Unknown 2
April 1,228 Overtaking stationery vehicle offside 164 None 14,638
May 1,415 Overtaking nearside 85 Road sign traffic signal 170
June 1,350 Ahead left hand bend 961 Lamp post 154
July 1,394 Ahead right hand bend 965 Telegraph pole electricity pole 62
August 1,481 Ahead other 7,875 Tree 270
September 1,627 Bus stop bus shelter 15
October 1,453 Other vehicle hit Central crash barrier 103
November 1,521 0 5,574 Nearside or offside crash barrier 186
December 1,411 1 4,902 Submerged in water 3
2 5,710 Entered ditch 234
Breath test 3 442 Other permanent object 901
Not applicable 95 4 86
Positive 293 5 15 First point of impact
Negative 9,171 6 5 Unknown 2
Not requested 3,735 7 2 None 1,011
Refused to provide 29 8 2 Front 8,190
Driver not contacted 2,639 9 1 Back 2,873
Not provided (medical) 777 Offside 2,415
Junction location of vehicle Nrside 2,248
Sex of driver Unknown 1
Male 11,089 Not at or within 20 metres 8,001 Towing and Articulation
Female 4,972 Approach junction or wait/park approach 4,311 No towing or articulation 16,437
Not traced 675 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 840 Articulated vehicle 168
Leaving roundabout 302 Double or multiple trailer 13
Vehicle Reference Number Entering roundabout 508 Caravan 8
1 9,974 Leaving main road 228 Single trailer 95
2 5,725 Entering main road 444 Other tow 18
3 829 Entering from slip rd 96
4 154 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 2,008 Hit and run
5 40 Other 15,800
6 11 Skidding and overtaking Hit run 638
7 3 None 14,099 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 301
8 2 Skidding 1,636
9 1 Skid overtd 569 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
Jacknifed 10 Unknown 3
Type of Vehicle Jackn overtd 7 On main carriageway 16,262
Pedal cycle 855 Overturned 418 Bus lane 103
Motor cycle 50cc and under 66 Busway 36
Motor cycle over 50 to 125cc 185 Hit object in carriageway Cycle lane 35
Motor cycle over 125 to 500cc 218 Unknown 2 Cycleway 17
Motor cycle over 500cc 359 None 16,004 On lay-by hard shldr 74
Taxi/private hire car 387 Prev accident 6 Entering lay-by hard shldr 15
Car 12,391 Road works 9 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 30
Minibus (8-16 pass seats) 52 Parked vehicle 270 Footway 163
Bus coach (17+ pass seats) 614 Bridge roof 5
Other motor vehicle 295 Bridge side 31 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Other non-motor vehicle 6 Bollard refuge 52 Journey as part of work 3,089
Ridden horse 4 Open door vehicle 22 Commuting to/from work 2,045
Agricultural vehicle 60 Central island roundabout 13 Take pupil to/from school 148
Goods up to 3.5t mgw 783 Kerb 213 Pupil ride to/from school 33
Goods over 3.5t to < 7.5t mgw 141 Other object 70 Other/not known 11,424
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 323 Animal excluding ridden horse 42
Foreign registered vehicle
Not foreign reg veh 16,638
Foreign reg LH drive 49
Foreign reg RH drive 26
Foreign reg 2 wheeler 25
Other/not known 1
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 3 Unknown 384 51 316
Parked 649 4 4 52 270
U turn from north 32 5 5 53 234
North to north east 17 6 14 54 231
North to east 145 7 11 55 244
North to south east 32 8 9 56 219
North to south 2,764 9 14 57 183
North to south west 42 10 14 58 193
North to west 350 11 18 59 156
North to north west 9 12 18 60 195
North east to north 12 13 12 61 153
U turn from north east 5 14 13 62 151
North east to east 4 15 13 63 165
North east to south east 26 16 36 64 150
North east to south 20 17 206 65 125
North east to south west 417 18 404 66 108
North east to west 25 19 365 67 104
North east to north west 41 20 431 68 89
East to north 339 21 387 69 77
East to north east 5 22 323 70 90
U turn from east 40 23 330 71 59
East to south east 10 24 328 72 77
East to south 155 25 333 73 65
East to south west 16 26 312 74 51
East to west 2,916 27 318 75 56
East to north west 26 28 328 76 46
South east to north 33 29 332 77 50
South east to north east 51 30 640 78 52
South east to east 12 31 302 79 56
U turn from south east 2 32 281 80 43
South east to south 3 33 239 81 30
South east to south west 24 34 297 82 33
South east to west 23 35 507 83 28
South east to north west 436 36 297 84 38
South to north 2,850 37 268 85 13
South to north east 42 38 298 86 14
South to east 387 39 357 87 11
South to south east 4 40 550 88 6
U turn from south 31 41 341 89 7
South to south west 13 42 351 90 6
South to west 153 43 350 91 9
South to north west 37 44 359 92 5
South west to north 22 45 373 93 2
South west to north east 382 46 379 94 1
South west to east 31 47 334 95 1
South west to south east 54 48 321
South west to south 2 49 321
U turn from south west 5 50 399
South west to west 6
South west to north west 15
West to north 139
West to north east 27
West to east 2,862
West to south east 32
West to south 337
West to south west 4
U turn from west 33
West to north west 6
North west to north 3
North west to north east 23
North west to east 17
North west to south east 428
North west to south 28
North west to south west 64
North west to west 8
U turn from north west 2

Reported casualty variables

Police Force Pedestrian direction
Northern 795 Not pedestrian 10,711
Grampian 1,237 Pedestrian standing still 227
Tayside 987 Heading North 418
Fife 597 Heading North East 52
Lothian & Borders 2,667 Heading East 354
Central 717 Heading South East 30
Strathclyde 5,347 Heading South 396
Dumfries & Galloway 423 Heading South West 39
Heading West 394
Month Heading North West 23
January 1,029 Unknown 126
February 922
March 990 Casualty Class
April 942 Driver or rider 7,438
May 1,083 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 3,273
June 1,052 Pedestrian 2,059
July 1,042
August 1,167 Pedestrian location
September 1,272 Not pedestrian 10,711
October 1,097 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 210
November 1,093 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 14
December 1,081 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing exit 10
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 215
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere 1,018
Unknown 5 Footway or verge 149
Male 7,298 On refuge, central island or central reservation 8
Female 5,466 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 74
In carriageway not crossing 254
Road user Unknown other 107
Pedestrian 2,059
Pedal cycle 824 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 808 Not pedestrian 10,711
Car 7,770 Crossing driver nearside 696
Taxi 198 Crossing driver nearside mskd 200
Minibus 22 Crossing driver offside 467
Bus/Coach 503 Crossing driver offside masked 150
Light goods vehicle 310 In carriageway stationary not crossing 134
Heavy goods vehicle 144 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked 15
Other 132 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 44
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 54
Severity of casualty Unknown 299
Killed 186
Serious 1,875 Car passenger
Slight 10,709 Not car passenger 10,073
Front seat car passenger 1,832
Bus or coach passenger Rear seat car passenger 865
Not psv passenger 12,300
Boarding 31 Pedestrian injured in the course of 'on the road' work
Alighting 52 Not a pedestrian 10,717
Standing passenger 116 No 1,996
Seated passenger 271 Yes 34
Not known 23
School pupil casualty
All other casualties 12,520
Pupil to/from school 250
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 22 51 183 1 9,974
0 8 52 166 2 1,959
1 31 53 150 3 535
2 41 54 149 4 182
3 57 55 137 5 58
4 68 56 145 6 22
5 63 57 121 7 9
6 71 58 118 8 6
7 86 59 101 9 5
8 82 60 125 10 3
9 89 61 104 11 2
10 103 62 119 12 1
11 96 63 114 13 1
12 144 64 101 14 1
13 120 65 87 15 1
14 130 66 81 16 1
15 126 67 66 17 1
16 160 68 71 18 1
17 294 69 69 19 1
18 414 70 83 20 1
19 364 71 54 21 1
20 385 72 70 22 1
21 345 73 50 23 1
22 277 74 50 24 1
23 262 75 57 25 1
24 258 76 61 26 1
25 244 77 50
26 230 78 51 Vehicle
27 214 79 59 Reference
28 243 80 52 Number
29 235 81 39 1 7,621
30 271 82 36 2 4,836
31 221 83 34 3 274
32 191 84 30 4 34
33 161 85 22 5 2
34 186 86 25 6 2
35 228 87 15 7 1
36 214 88 6
37 196 89 12
38 190 90 11
39 214 91 14
40 261 92 6
41 216 93 9
42 214 94 1
43 223 95 1
44 223 98 6
45 211
46 217
47 188
48 199
49 190
50 183