Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2013

Appendix F: Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2013

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 co-ordinates" and "road number" are not listed, because they have many possible values.

Reported attendant circumstances variables

Police Force Speed Limit Road Type
Northern 512 20 179 Roundabout 468
Grampian 944 30 5,093 One way street 202
Tayside 641 40 490 Dual carriageway 1,307
Fife 421 50 263 Single carriageway 6,832
Lothian & Borders 2,102 60 2,399 Slip road 82
Central 559 70 562 Unknown 95
Strathclyde 3,508
Dumfries & Galloway 299 Junction Control Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Not at or near junction 4,549 None within 50m 7,393
Month Authorised person 14 Zebra crossing 125
January 748 Automatic traffic signal 785 Pelican, puffin or similar 644
February 732 Stop sign 70 Pedestrian phase at lights 682
March 671 Give way or uncontrolled 3,554 Footbridge or subway 14
April 642 Unknown 14 Central refuge 124
May 765 Unknown 4
June 784 Weather Conditions
July 787 Fine 6,688 Junction Detail
August 839 Raining 1,314 Not at or within 20 metres 4,540
September 740 Snowing 196 Roundabout 722
October 763 Fine high winds 177 Mini Roundabout 63
November 740 Raining high winds 238 T or staggered junction 2,040
December 775 Snowing high winds 85 Slip Road 171
Fog mist 37 Crossroads 703
Severity of Accident Other 142 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 80
Fatal 159 Unknown 109 Private drive 165
Serious 1,430 Other junction 494
Slight 7,397 First road class Unknown 8
Motorway 288
Local Authority A(m) 35 Road Surface Conditions
Aberdeen City 354 A 3,985 Dry 5,408
Aberdeenshire 468 B 1,163 Wet or damp 3,039
Angus 178 C 279 Snow 248
Argyll & Bute 208 Unclassified 3,236 Frost or ice 267
Clackmannanshire 69 Flood over 3cm deep 20
Dumfries & Galloway 299 Second road class
Dundee City 185 No second road class 4,806 Special Conditions at site
East Ayrshire 163 Motorway 68 None 8,752
East Dunbartonshire 104 A(m) 2 Automatic traffic signal out 13
East Lothian 154 A 608 Automat traffic sig part defective 8
East Renfrewshire 98 B 321 Road sign defective or obscured 13
Edinburgh, City of 1,158 C 156 Roadworks 90
Eilean Siar 20 Unclassified 3,025 Road surface defective 36
Falkirk 251 Oil or diesel 44
Fife 421 Light Conditions Mud 28
Glasgow City 1,081 Daylight 6,665
Highland 444 Dknss:lights present lit 1,535 Carriageway hazards
Inverclyde 120 Dknss:lights present unlit 57 None 8,707
Midlothian 164 Dknss: no lights 683 Veh load in cgwy 13
Moray 122 Dknss: lights unknown 46 Other object in cgwy 132
North Ayrshire 190 Involved prev accdnt 26
North Lanarkshire 504 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Ped in cgwy not inj 28
Orkney Islands 23 None within 50 metres 8,867 Animal in cgwy-not horse 77
Perth & Kinross 278 School crossing patrol 43
Renfrewshire 254 Other authorised person 71 Did a police officer attend?
Scottish Borders 256 Unknown 5 Yes 7,563
Shetland Islands 25 No-accident reported over counter 1,403
South Ayrshire 187
South Lanarkshire 457 Contributory Factors
Stirling 239 Please see the section on the Contributory Factors
West Dunbartonshire 142
West Lothian 370

Reported vehicle variables

Police Force Manoeuvres Hit object off carriageway
Northern 816 Reversing 242 Unknown 31
Grampian 1,573 Parked 564 None 13,363
Tayside 1,049 Waiting to go ahead/held up 923 Road sign traffic signal 126
Fife 757 Slowing/stopping 1,137 Lamp post 131
Lothian & Borders 3,581 Moving off 701 Telegraph pole electricity pole 39
Central 954 U turn 124 Tree 258
Strathclyde 6,113 Turning left 414 Bus stop bus shelter 16
Dumfries & Galloway 471 Waiting to turn left 83 Central crash barrier 110
Turning right 1,205 Nearside or offside crash barrier 153
Month Waiting to turn right 252 Submerged in water 3
January 1,253 Changing lane left 100 Entered ditch 182
February 1,237 Changing lane rght 123 Other permanent object 307
March 1,133 Overtaking moving vehicle offside 273 Wall or fence 595
April 1,123 Overtaking stationery vehicle offside 147
May 1,297 Overtaking nearside 90 First point of impact
June 1,355 Ahead left hand bend 856 Unknown 21
July 1,336 Ahead right hand bend 874 None 1,052
August 1,436 Ahead other 7,182 Front 7,548
September 1,261 Unknown 24 Back 2,580
October 1,306 Offside 2,085
November 1,275 Junction location of vehicle Nrside 2,028
December 1,302 Unknown 37
Not at or within 20 metres 7,230 Towing and Articulation
Breath test Approach junction or wait/park approach 3,864 No towing or articulation 15,023
Not applicable 221 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 798 Articulated vehicle 157
Positive 193 Leaving roundabout 295 Double or multiple trailer 3
Negative 8,539 Entering roundabout 474 Caravan 11
Not requested 3,370 Leaving main road 245 Single trailer 76
Refused to provide 19 Entering main road 392 Other tow 20
Driver not contacted 2,214 Entering from slip rd 96 Unknown 24
Not provided (medical) 732 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,883
Unknown 26 Hit and run
Skidding and overturning Other 14,439
Sex of driver None 12,882 Hit run 554
Male 9,930 Skidding 1,399 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 321
Female 4,718 Skid overtd 554
Not traced 666 Jacknifed 16 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
Jacknifed overturned 5 Unknown 25
Vehicle Reference Number Overturned 435 On main carriageway 14,857
1 8,986 Unknown 23 Tram light rail track 3
2 5,338 Bus lane 117
3 771 Hit object in carriageway Busway 17
4 156 Unknown 32 Cycle lane 37
5 39 None 14,489 Cycleway 8
6 13 Previous accident 18 On lay-by hard shldr 48
7 6 Road works 3 Entering lay-by hard shldr 17
8 5 Parked vehicle 290 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 31
Bridge side 27 Footway 154
Type of Vehicle Bollard refuge 49
Pedal cycle 917 Open door vehicle 16 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Moped 76 Central island roundaboutt 17 Journey part of work 2,681
Motor cycle to 125cc 186 Kerb 247 Commuting to/from work 2,154
Motor cycle over 125cc 179 Other object 87 Taking pupil to/from school 127
Motor cycle over 500cc 336 Animal excluding ridden horse 38 Pupil riding to/from school 32
Taxi 327 Other 6,167
Car 11,231 Vehicle leaving carriageway Not known 4,153
Minibus (8-16 pass) 39 Unknown 21
Bus coach (17 or more pass) 469 Did not leave c'way 12,723 Was vehicle left hand drive
Ridden horse 3 Left c'way nearside 1,328 No 15,123
Agricultural vehicle 60 Left c'way nearside rebound 178 Yes 31
Tram light rail 2 Left c'way ahead junction 65 Unknown 160
Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 875 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 57
Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 115 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 44
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 291 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 26
Mobility scooter 8 Left c'way offside 760
Electric motorcycle 1 Left c'way offside and rebounded 112
Other vehicle 137
Motorcycle unknown cc 14
Goods vehicle unknown wgt 28
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 26 Unknown 421 51 271
Parked 571 0 2 52 284
U turn from north 31 3 1 53 249
North to north east 22 4 2 54 223
North to east 158 5 5 55 240
North to south east 26 6 5 56 228
North to south 2,520 7 7 57 209
North to south west 40 8 9 58 205
North to west 336 9 12 59 203
North to north west 19 10 16 60 193
North east to north 7 11 8 61 171
U turn from north east 4 12 15 62 140
North east to east 6 13 13 63 136
North east to south east 34 14 8 64 127
North east to south 24 15 19 65 119
North east to south west 373 16 50 66 96
North east to west 30 17 183 67 95
North east to north west 29 18 266 68 80
East to north 329 19 315 69 82
East to north east 12 20 340 70 91
U turn from east 35 21 334 71 69
East to south east 8 22 329 72 69
East to south 135 23 317 73 65
East to south west 27 24 301 74 47
East to west 2,573 25 319 75 58
East to north west 22 26 332 76 62
South east to north 29 27 284 77 51
South east to north east 44 28 290 78 53
South east to east 14 29 239 79 48
U turn from south east 2 30 528 80 41
South east to south 6 31 275 81 33
South east to south west 13 32 302 82 33
South east to west 10 33 302 83 37
South east to north west 380 34 255 84 24
South to north 2,571 35 370 85 21
South to north east 55 36 246 86 25
South to east 385 37 234 87 13
South to south east 12 38 272 88 12
U turn from south 40 39 272 89 2
South to south west 11 40 417 90 7
South to west 170 41 275 91 2
South to north west 34 42 314 92 3
South west to north 20 43 321 93 3
South west to north east 346 44 310 94 1
South west to east 35 45 363 98 1
South west to south east 38 46 289 99 1
South west to south 6 47 335
U turn from south west 4 48 309
South west to west 7 49 311
South west to north west 28 50 349
West to north 116
West to north east 13
West to east 2,648
West to south east 18
West to south 337
West to south west 4
U turn from west 34
West to north west 7
North west to north 8
North west to north east 18
North west to east 15
North west to south east 374
North west to south 27
North west to south west 31
North west to west 6
U turn from north west 1

Reported casualty variables

Police Force Pedestrian direction
Northern 718 Not pedestrian 9,758
Grampian 1,174 Pedestrian standing still 193
Tayside 845 Heading North 366
Fife 550 Heading North East 31
Lothian & Borders 2,641 Heading East 302
Central 711 Heading South East 36
Strathclyde 4,483 Heading South 317
Dumfries & Galloway 376 Heading South West 37
Heading West 307
Month Heading North West 34
January 959 Unknown 117
February 953
March 860 Casualty Class
April 833 Driver or rider 6,836
May 955 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 2,915
June 999 Pedestrian 1,747
July 1,010
August 1,090 Pedestrian location
September 941 Not pedestrian 9,758
October 975 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 216
November 933 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 8
December 990 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing exit 7
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 176
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere 788
Unknown 11 Footway or verge 135
Male 6,513 On refuge, central island or central reservation 4
Female 4,974 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 82
In carriageway not crossing 211
Road user Unknown other 113
Pedestrian 1,747
Pedal cycle 883 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 773 Not pedestrian 9,759
Car 6,961 Crossing driver nearside 586
Taxi 152 Crossing driver nearside mskd 147
Minibus 53 Crossing driver offside 401
Bus/Coach 394 Crossing driver offside masked 107
Light goods vehicle 329 In carriageway stationary not crossing 115
Heavy goods vehicle 108 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked 17
Other 98 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 34
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 46
Severity of casualty Unknown 286
Killed 172
Serious 1,672 Car passenger
Slight 9,654 Not car passenger 9,070
Front seat car passenger 1,575
Bus or coach passenger Rear seat car passenger 846
Not psv passenger 11,096
Boarding 27 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 46 Not a pedestrian 9,759
Standing passenger 99 No 1,715
Seated passenger 228 Yes 14
Not known 10
Use of seatbelt
Not applicable 2,790 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 1,084 Not cyclist 9,438
Worn not independently confirm 1,745 Yes 639
Not worn 194 No 333
Unknown 5,685 Not known 1,088
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 19 51 164 1 8,986
0 15 52 172 2 1,719
1 30 53 165 3 490
2 42 54 154 4 161
3 35 55 142 5 59
4 71 56 124 6 34
5 60 57 132 7 17
6 57 58 131 8 7
7 84 59 110 9 5
8 70 60 113 10 4
9 75 61 114 11 4
10 79 62 94 12 3
11 63 63 90 13 1
12 90 64 87 14 1
13 90 65 89 15 1
14 89 66 72 16 1
15 112 67 78 17 1
16 135 68 66 18 1
17 252 69 61 19 1
18 299 70 68 20 1
19 307 71 50 21 1
20 319 72 61
21 296 73 54 Vehicle Reference Number
22 284 74 52
23 266 75 58
24 221 76 52 1 6,718
25 227 77 52 2 4,485
26 245 78 52 3 265
27 208 79 47 4 25
28 206 80 43 5 4
29 193 81 42 6 1
30 227 82 34
31 192 83 40
32 196 84 35
33 203 85 33
34 161 86 24
35 169 87 23
36 164 88 12
37 163 89 10
38 188 90 7
39 171 91 12
40 201 92 7
41 187 93 6
42 192 94 1
43 179 95 1
44 195 96 1
45 207 98 10
46 167
47 210
48 172
49 187
50 183