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 |