Appendix F Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2014

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2014

Appendix F Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2014

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 516 20 183 Roundabout 440
Grampian 789 30 5,071 One way street 176
Tayside 510 40 433 Dual carriageway 1,344
Fife 411 50 313 Single carriageway 6,654
Lothian & Borders 2,164 60 2,269 Slip road 102
Central 453 70 539 Unknown 92
Strathclyde 3,654
Dumfries & Galloway 311 Junction Control Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Not at or near junction 4,281 None within 50m 7,235
Month  Authorised person 36 Zebra crossing 109
January 738 Automatic traffic signal 837 Pelican, puffin or similar 644
February 669 Stop sign 75 Pedestrian phase at lights 691
March 712 Give way or uncontrolled 3,571 Footbridge or subway 11
April 702 Unknown 8 Central refuge 111
May 706 Unknown 7
June 704 Weather Conditions
July 786 Fine 6,472 Junction Detail
August 811 Raining 1,583 Not at or within 20 metres 4,272
September 697 Snowing 42 Roundabout 655
October 774 Fine high winds 140 Mini Roundabout 54
November 764 Raining high winds 227 T or staggered junction 2,192
December 745 Snowing high winds 27 Slip Road 181
Fog mist 41 Crossroads 719
Severity of Accident Other 165 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 82
Fatal 178 Unknown 111 Private drive 150
Serious 1,486 Other junction 503
Slight 7,144 First road class  Unknown 8
Motorway 326
Local Authority A(m) 27 Road Surface Conditions
Aberdeen City 272 A 3,825 Dry 5,074
Aberdeenshire 423 B 1,236 Wet or damp 3,482
Angus 140 C 316 Snow 45
Argyll & Bute 193 Unclassified 3,077 Frost or ice 173
Clackmannanshire 61 Flood over 3cm deep 29
Dumfries & Galloway 311 Second road class
Dundee City 155 No second road class 4,492 Special Conditions at site
East Ayrshire 165 Motorway 73 None 8,568
East Dunbartonshire 102 A(m) 1 Automatic traffic signal out 22
East Lothian 179 A 687 Automat traffic sig part defective 5
East Renfrewshire 93 B 336 Road sign defective or obscured 16
Edinburgh, City of 1,264 C 171 Roadworks 85
Eilean Siar 37 Unclassified 3,047 Road surface defective 32
Falkirk 227 Oil or diesel 53
Fife 411 Light Conditions Mud 23
Glasgow City 1,239 Daylight 6,486
Highland 431 Dknss:lights present lit 1,574 Carriageway hazards
Inverclyde 130 Dknss:lights present unlit 69 None 8,620
Midlothian 187 Dknss: no lights 641 Veh load in cgwy 6
Moray 94 Dknss: lights unknown 38 Other object in cgwy 87
North Ayrshire 179 Involved prev accdnt 16
North Lanarkshire 481 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Ped in cgwy not inj 28
Orkney Islands 24 None within 50 metres 8,649 Animal in cgwy-not horse 46
Perth & Kinross 215 School crossing patrol 42
Renfrewshire 257 Other authorised person 111 Did a police officer attend?
Scottish Borders 221 Unknown 6 Yes 7,351
Shetland Islands 24 No-accident reported over counter 1,436
South Ayrshire 199
South Lanarkshire 505 Contributory Factors
Stirling 165 Please see the section on the
West Dunbartonshire 111 Contributory Factors
West Lothian 313
Reported Vehicles Variables
Police Force  Manoeuvres Hit object off carriageway
Northern 830 Reversing 247 Unknown 17
Grampian 1,305 Parked 590 None 13,390
Tayside 878 Waiting to go ahead/held up 915 Road sign traffic signal 147
Fife 720 Slowing/stopping 1,095 Lamp post 124
Lothian & Borders 3,752 Moving off 688 Telegraph pole electricity pole 50
Central 827 U turn 122 Tree 208
Strathclyde 6,421 Turning left 419 Bus stop bus shelter 16
Dumfries & Galloway 508 Waiting to turn left 93 Central crash barrier 101
Turning right 1,263 Nearside or offside crash barrier 134
Month  Waiting to turn right 258 Entered ditch 207
January 1,243 Changing lane left 115 Other permanent object 223
February 1,143 Changing lane rght 116 Wall or fence 624
March 1,248 Overtaking moving vehicle offside 243
April 1,242 Overtaking stationery vehicle offside 136 First point of impact
May 1,206 Overtaking nearside 105 Unknown 12
June 1,227 Ahead left hand bend 770 None 989
July 1,391 Ahead right hand bend 898 Front 7,543
August 1,392 Ahead other 7,156 Back 2,654
September 1,232 Unknown 12 Offside 2,130
October 1,349 Nrside 1,913
November 1,321 Junction location of vehicle
December 1,247 Unknown 19 Towing and Articulation
Not at or within 20 metres 7,022 No towing or articulation 14,971
Breath test Approach junction or wait/park  approach 3,868 Articulated vehicle 153
Not applicable 190 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 828 Double or multiple trailer 12
Positive 198 Leaving roundabout 247 Caravan 7
Negative 8,282 Entering roundabout 429 Single trailer 71
Not requested 3,617 Leaving main road 246 Other tow 16
Refused to provide 26 Entering main road 406 Unknown 11
Driver not contacted 2,129 Entering from slip rd 94
Not provided (medical) 784 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 2,082 Hit and run
Unknown 15 Other 14,432
Skidding and overturning Hit run 576
Sex of driver None 13,091 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 233
Male 9,836 Skidding 1,289
Female 4,715 Skid overtd 424 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
Not traced 690 Jacknifed 12 Unknown 17
Jacknifed overturned 5 On main carriageway 14,759
Vehicle Reference Number Overturned 409 Tram light rail track 10
1 8,808 Unknown 11 Bus lane 102
2 5,397 Busway 16
3 817 Hit object in carriageway Cycle lane 48
4 163 Unknown 13 Cycleway 11
5 37 None 14,466 On lay-by hard shldr 65
6 13 Previous accident 8 Entering lay-by hard shldr 18
7 4 Road works 7 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 26
8 1 Parked vehicle 264 Footway 169
9 1 Bridge roof 2
Bridge side 22 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Type of Vehicle Bollard refuge 54 Journey part of work 2,646
Pedal cycle 918 Open door vehicle 17 Commuting to/from work 2,181
Moped 54 Central island roundaboutt 17 Taking pupil to/from school 127
Motorcycle to 125cc 240 Kerb 280 Pupil riding to/from school 35
Motorcycle over 125cc 180 Other object 65 Other 5,724
Motorcycle over 500cc 355 Animal excluding ridden horse 26 Not known 4,528
Taxi 310
Car 11,161 Vehicle leaving carriageway Was vehicle left hand drive
Minibus (8-16 pass) 43 Unknown 10 No 15,119
Bus coach (17 or more pass) 432 Did not leave c'way 12,782 Yes 69
Ridden horse 8 Left c'way nearside 1,290 Unknown 53
Agricultural vehicle 63 Left c'way nearside rebound 162
Tram light rail 5 Left c'way ahead junction 62
Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 871 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 54
Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 134 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 35
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 283 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 17
Mobility scooter 11 Left c'way offside 721
Electric motorcycle 1 Left c'way offside and rebounded 108
Other vehicle 122
Motorcycle unknown cc 13
Goods vehicle unknown wgt 28
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown  18 Unknown 487 51 264
Parked  591 0 4 52 281
U turn from north  28 5 1 53 245
North to north east  19 6 4 54 254
North to east  164 7 6 55 218
North to south east  27 8 10 56 253
North to south  2,458 9 10 57 197
North to south west  48 10 9 58 189
North to west  360 11 9 59 179
North to north west  23 12 8 60 155
North east to north  7 13 14 61 146
U turn from north east  5 14 5 62 148
North east to east  3 15 17 63 137
North east to south east  21 16 33 64 144
North east to south  18 17 171 65 134
North east to south west  313 18 318 66 111
North east to west  23 19 322 67 112
North east to north west  41 20 340 68 80
East to north  341 21 338 69 82
East to north east  7 22 316 70 92
U turn from east  40 23 294 71 72
East to south east  13 24 307 72 57
East to south  140 25 336 73 56
East to south west  31 26 308 74 53
East to west  2,519 27 315 75 59
East to north west  29 28 323 76 42
South east to north  23 29 284 77 45
South east to north east  41 30 496 78 51
South east to east  12 31 256 79 63
U turn from south east  3 32 266 80 52
South east to south  9 33 329 81 34
South east to south west  10 34 268 82 27
South east to west  21 35 365 83 30
South east to north west  361 36 222 84 26
South to north  2,546 37 271 85 28
South to north east  56 38 235 86 14
South to east  383 39 254 87 16
South to south east  9 40 381 88 6
U turn from south  31 41 260 89 8
South to south west  13 42 275 90 6
South to west  136 43 310 91 5
South to north west  34 44 299 92 3
South west to north  25 45 351 93 2
South west to north east  335 46 308 96 2
South west to east  30 47 299 97 1
South west to south east  42 48 317 98 2
South west to south  6 49 332
U turn from south west  1 50 377
South west to west  8
South west to north west  25
West to north  132
West to north east  24
West to east  2,724
West to south east  34
West to south  321
West to south west  7
U turn from west  39
West to north west  15
North west to north  2
North west to north east 17
North west to east 23
North west to south east 381
North west to south 24
North west to south west 41
North west to west 7
U turn from north west 3

Reported casualty variables

Reported Casualty Variables
Police Force  Pedestrian direction
Northern 685 Not pedestrian 9,523
Grampian 1,017 Pedestrian standing still 213
Tayside 659 Heading North 354
Fife 528 Heading North East 42
Lothian & Borders 2,678 Heading East 318
Central 603 Heading South East 25
Strathclyde 4,701 Heading South 331
Dumfries & Galloway 397 Heading South West 32
Heading West 289
Month  Heading North West 33
January 941 Unknown 108
February 841
March 931 Casualty Class
April 944 Driver or rider 6,792
May 871 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 2,732
June 893 Pedestrian 1,744
July 1,030
August 1,039 Pedestrian location
September 881 Not pedestrian 9,520
October 977 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 181
November 976 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 17
December 944 In carriageway, crossing  in zig zag crossing exit 12
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 167
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere  835
Unknown 3 Footway or verge 165
Male 6,410 On refuge, central island or central reservation 12
Female 4,854 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 83
In carriageway not crossing 161
Road user Unknown other 115
Pedestrian 1,744
Pedal cycle 888 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 820 Not pedestrian 9,521
Car 6,770 Crossing driver nearside 583
Taxi 164 Crossing driver nearside mskd 134
Minibus 36 Crossing driver offside 415
Bus/Coach 291 Crossing driver offside masked 124
Light goods vehicle 345 In carriageway stationary not crossing  101
Heavy goods vehicle 105 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked  13
Other 105 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 25
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 35
Severity of casualty Unknown 317
Killed 200
Serious 1,699 Car passenger
Slight 9,369 Not car passenger 8,933
Front seat car passenger 1,504
Bus or coach passenger Rear  seat car passenger 828
Not psv passenger 10,981
Boarding 23 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 36 Not a pedestrian 9,539
Standing passenger 107 No 1,715
Seated passenger 117 Yes 11
Not known 3
Use of seatbelt
Not applicable 2,854 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 1,059 Not cyclist 8,891
Worn not independently confirm 2,133 Yes 605
Not worn 128 No 310
Unknown 1,817 Not known 1,462
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 10 51 169 1 8,808
0 15 52 169 2 1,721
1 24 53 171 3 483
2 36 54 164 4 158
3 50 55 138 5 51
4 40 56 137 6 17
5 49 57 122 7 9
6 60 58 116 8 5
7 77 59 106 9 3
8 79 60 108 10 3
9 72 61 78 11 2
10 77 62 91 12 2
11 76 63 75 13 2
12 102 64 102 14 1
13 107 65 93 15 1
14 87 66 74 16 1
15 83 67 81 17 1
16 136 68 70
17 248 69 68
18 343 70 80 Vehicle
19 314 71 56 Reference
20 291 72 42 Number
21 287 73 55 1 6,433
22 260 74 61 2 4,532
23 224 75 58 3 254
24 230 76 33 4 32
25 251 77 52 5 15
26 209 78 47 7 1
27 222 79 51
28 204 80 51
29 169 81 42
30 230 82 37
31 182 83 37
32 174 84 38
33 208 85 35
34 187 86 15
35 173 87 18
36 154 88 18
37 163 89 20
38 160 90 8
39 169 91 5
40 166 92 6
41 161 93 5
42 169 94 1
43 184 95 3
44 185 96 2
45 193 98 5
46 192
47 200
48 202
49 195