Appendix F

Appendix F

Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2016

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 461 10 1 Roundabout 457
Grampian 583 20 345 One way street 180
Tayside 424 30 4,684 Dual carriageway 1,275
Fife 452 40 446 Single carriageway 6,297
Lothian & Borders 1,998 50 319 Slip road 95
Central 481 60 2,028 Unknown 56
Strathclyde 3,691 70 537
Dumfries & Galloway 270 Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Junction Control None within 50m 6,778
Month  Not at or near junction 4,031 Zebra crossing 119
January 713 Authorised person 25 Pelican, puffin or similar 572
February 709 Automatic traffic signal 863 Pedestrian phase at lights 738
March 676 Stop sign 65 Footbridge or subway 14
April 638 Give way or uncontrolled 3,374 Central refuge 138
May 732 Unknown 2 Unknown 1
June 733
July 675 Weather Conditions Junction Detail
August 735 Fine 6,408 Not at or within 20 metres 4,031
September 700 Raining 1,272 Roundabout 624
October 688 Snowing 86 Mini Roundabout 71
November 708 Fine high winds 114 T or staggered junction 2,111
December 653 Raining high winds 164 Slip Road 155
Snowing high winds 23 Crossroads 719
Severity of Accident Fog mist 26 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 90
Fatal 175 Other 132 Private drive 137
Serious 1,432 Unknown 135 Other junction 422
Slight 6,753
First road class 
Local Authority Motorway 356 Road Surface Conditions
Aberdeen City 175 A(m) 31 Dry 5,158
Aberdeenshire 334 A 3,713 Wet or damp 2,872
Angus 112 B 1,135 Snow 84
Argyll & Bute 178 C 283 Frost or ice 224
Clackmannanshire 69 Unclassified 2,842 Flood over 3cm deep 22
Dumfries & Galloway 270
Dundee City 136 Second road class Special Conditions at site
East Ayrshire 179 No second road class 4,101 None 8,101
East Dunbartonshire 94 Motorway 71 Automatic traffic signal out 19
East Lothian 157 A(m) 1 Automat traffic sig part defective 9
East Renfrewshire 95 A 601 Road sign defective or obscured 13
Edinburgh, City of 1,143 B 382 Roadworks 139
Eilean Siar 24 C 150 Road surface defective 20
Falkirk 235 Unclassified 3,054 Oil or diesel 35
Fife 452 Mud 24
Glasgow City 1,277 Light Conditions
Highland 386 Daylight 6,227 Carriageway hazards
Inverclyde 112 Dknss:lights present lit 1,396 None 8,199
Midlothian 166 Dknss:lights present unlit 60 Veh load in cgwy 12
Moray 74 Dknss: no lights 627 Other object in cgwy 67
North Ayrshire 186 Dknss: lights unknown 50 Involved prev accdnt 18
North Lanarkshire 484 Ped in cgwy not inj 20
Orkney Islands 25 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Animal in cgwy-not horse 44
Perth & Kinross 176 None within 50 metres 8,240
Renfrewshire 287 School crossing patrol 39 Did a police officer attend?
Scottish Borders 202 Other authorised person 81 Yes 7,079
Shetland Islands 26 No-accident reported over counter 1,274
South Ayrshire 205
South Lanarkshire 466 Contributory Factors
Stirling 177 Please see the section on the
West Dunbartonshire 128 Contributory Factors
West Lothian 330

Reported vehicle variables

Police Force  Manoeuvres Hit object off carriageway
Northern 760 Reversing 195 Unknown 7
Grampian 979 Parked 654 None 13,126
Tayside 721 Wtg go ahd held up 917 Road sign traffic signal 140
Fife 820 Slowing/stopping 1,067 Lamp post 108
Lothian & Borders 3,542 Moving off 692 Telegraph pole electricity pole 39
Central 871 U turn 127 Tree 191
Strathclyde 6,600 Turning left 424 Bus stop bus shelter 6
Dumfries & Galloway 467 Wtg turn left 77 Central crash barrier 84
Turning right 1,195 Nearside or offside crash barrier 134
Month  Wtg turn right 266 Submerged in water 2
January 1,166 Changing lang left 118 Entered ditch 164
February 1,257 Changing lane rght 92 Other permanent object 201
March 1,224 Overtkg mvg veh offs 271 Wall or fence 558
April 1,142 Overtkg sty veh offs 137
May 1,313 Overtkg nrsde 89 First point of impact
June 1,294 Ahead lh bend 756 Unknown 6
July 1,180 Ahead rh bend 747 None 779
August 1,354 Ahead other 6,928 Front 7,447
September 1,239 Unknown 8 Back 2,615
October 1,233 Offside 2,022
November 1,251 Junction location of vehicle Nrside 1,891
December 1,107 Unknown 3
Not at or within 20 metres 6,752 Towing and Articulation
Breath test Approach junction or wait/park  approach 3,938 No towing or articulation 14,550
Not applicable 155 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 742 Articulated vehicle 120
Positive 211 Leaving roundabout 246 Double or multiple trailer 14
Negative 7,288 Entering roundabout 481 Caravan 8
Not requested 4,280 Leaving main road 200 Single trailer 50
Refused to provide 42 Entering main road 362 Other tow 15
Driver not contacted 2,138 Entering from slip rd 69 Unknown 3
Not provided (medical) 645 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,967
Unknown 1 Hit and run
Skidding and overturning Other 13,993
Sex of driver None 12,854 Hit run 588
Male 9,379 Skidding 1,156 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 177
Female 4,631 Skid overtd 388
Not traced 750 Jacknifed 10 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
Jacknifed overturned 1 Unknown 4
Vehicle Reference Number Overturned 347 On main carriageway 14,364
1 8,360 Unknown 4 Tram light rail track 1
2 5,322 Bus lane 97
3 831 Hit object in carriageway Busway 12
4 180 Unknown 6 Cycle lane 40
5 38 None 14,112 Cycleway 3
6 13 Previous accident 9 On lay-by hard shldr 67
7 7 Road works 13 Entering lay-by hard shldr 14
8 3 Parked vehicle 237 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 36
9 2 Bridge roof 2 Footway 122
10 2 Bridge side 19
11 2 Bollard refuge 40 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Open door vehicle 25 Journey part of work 2,531
Type of Vehicle Central island roundaboutt 13 Commuting to/from work 2,060
Pedal cycle 808 Kerb 200 Taking pupil to/from school 100
Moped 31 Other object 45 Pupil riding to/from school 32
Motorcycle to 125cc 214 Animal excluding ridden horse 39 Other 5,335
Motorcycle over 125cc 160 Not known 4,702
Motorcycle over 500cc 306 Vehicle leaving carriageway
Taxi 303 Unknown 3 Was vehicle left hand drive
Car 11,088 Did not leave c'way 12,576 No 14,672
Minibus (8-16 pass) 52 Left c'way nearside 1,108 Yes 76
Bus coach (17 or more pass) 395 Left c'way nearside rebound 145 Unknown 12
Ridden horse 5 Left c'way ahead junction 57
Agricultural vehicle 33 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 62
Tram light rail 1 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 25
Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 908 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 24
Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 75 Left c'way offside 679
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 247 Left c'way offside and rebounded 81
Mobility scooter 7
Other vehicle 96
Motorcycle unknown cc 18
Goods vehicle unknown wgt 9

Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 6 Unknown 789 51 294
Parked 673 4 1 52 277
U turn frm n  39  6 1 53 278
N to ne  10  7 3 54 251
N to e  130  8 4 55 257
N to se  37  9 5 56 224
N to s  2,448  10 7 57 220
N to sw  40  11 10 58 201
N to w  334  12 9 59 167
N to nw  16  13 5 60 219
Ne to n  10  14 10 61 155
U turn frm ne  4  15 6 62 143
Ne to e  10  16 32 63 128
Ne to se  30  17 126 64 118
Ne to s  27  18 263 65 136
Ne to sw  344  19 300 66 93
Ne to w  19  20 317 67 89
Ne to nw  50  21 272 68 88
E to n  338  22 316 69 96
E to ne  8  23 292 70 91
U turn frm e  23  24 323 71 76
E to se  7  25 353 72 59
E to s  123  26 341 73 61
E to sw  20  27 273 74 44
E to w  2,432  28 315 75 47
E to nw  19  29 312 76 42
Se to n  17  30 367 77 45
Se to ne  63  31 275 78 49
Se to e  7  32 285 79 44
U turn frm se  2  33 257 80 40
Se to s  11  34 260 81 30
Se to sw  24  35 352 82 36
Se to w  22  36 277 83 32
Se to nw  375  37 244 84 18
S to n  2,392  38 234 85 26
S to ne  48  39 197 86 16
S to e  313  40 301 87 21
S to se  11  41 231 88 8
U turn frm s  21  42 232 89 11
S to sw  6  43 259 90 13
S to w  157  44 252 91 7
S to nw  38  45 321 93 3
Sw to n  18  46 305 94 1
Sw to ne  365  47 284 95 1
Sw to e  34  48 275 98 1
Sw to se  49  49 271
Sw to s  7  50 339
U turn frm sw  7 
Sw to w  10 
Sw to nw  25 
W to n  125 
W to ne  12 
W to e  2,476 
W to se  29 
W to s  335 
W to sw  7 
U turn frm w  32 
W to nw  3 
Nw to n  7 
Nw to ne  16 
Nw to e  16 
Nw to se 396
Nw to s 17
Nw to sw 40
Nw to w 9
U turn frm nw 5

Reported casualty variables

Police Force  Pedestrian direction
Northern 638 Not pedestrian 9,236
Grampian 766 Pedestrian standing still 176
Tayside 572 Heading North 335
Fife 606 Heading North East 38
Lothian & Borders 2,538 Heading East 296
Central 649 Heading South East 30
Strathclyde 4,746 Heading South 312
Dumfries & Galloway 386 Heading South West 37
Heading West 311
Month  Heading North West 37
January 921 Unknown 93
February 939
March 892 Casualty Class
April 847 Driver or rider 6,559
May 939 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 2,676
June 961 Pedestrian 1,666
July 909
August 955 Pedestrian location
September 868 Not pedestrian 9,228
October 927 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 224
November 898 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 8
December 845 In carriageway, crossing  in zig zag crossing exit 7
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 163
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere  814
Unknown 11 Footway or verge 138
Male 6,120 On refuge, central island or central reservation 10
Female 4,772 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 65
In carriageway not crossing 160
Road user Unknown other 84
Pedestrian 1,665
Pedal cycle 790 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 710 Not pedestrian 9,233
Car 6,699 Crossing driver nearside 590
Taxi 153 Crossing driver nearside mskd 155
Minibus 48 Crossing driver offside 396
Bus/Coach 301 Crossing driver offside masked 105
Light goods vehicle 390 In carriageway stationary not crossing  99
Heavy goods vehicle 83 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked  13
Other 62 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 22
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 42
Severity of casualty Unknown 246
Killed 191
Serious 1,697 Car passenger
Slight 9,013 Not car passenger 8,605
Front seat car passenger 1,522
Bus or coach passenger Rear  seat car passenger 774
Not psv passenger 10,596
Boarding 15 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 18 Not a pedestrian 9,239
Standing passenger 73 No 1,635
Seated passenger 199 Yes 14
Not known 13
Use of seatbelt
Not applicable 1,992 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 998 Not cyclist 6,923
Worn not independently confirm 2,507 Yes 388
Not worn 123 No 178
Unknown 5,281 Not known 3,412

Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 16 51 188 1 8,360
1 23 52 182 2 1,729
2 33 53 164 3 504
3 45 54 151 4 181
4 39 55 165 5 69
5 64 56 132 6 21
6 63 57 136 7 11
7 67 58 139 8 6
8 78 59 108 9 4
9 67 60 122 10 3
10 80 61 96 11 3
11 74 62 95 12 3
12 93 63 85 13 1
13 88 64 93 14 1
14 89 65 78 15 1
15 97 66 61 16 1
16 135 67 73 17 1
17 185 68 73 18 1
18 284 69 73 19 1
19 282 70 76 Vehicle Reference Number
20 256 71 58 1 6,109
21 238 72 52 2 4,429
22 224 73 50 3 308
23 240 74 48 4 46
24 255 75 46 5 7
25 254 76 47 9 1
26 244 77 51 11 1
27 190 78 50    
28 212 79 41    
29 226 80 34    
30 217 81 33
31 185 82 38
32 200 83 31
33 150 84 32
34 169 85 32
35 197 86 20
36 178 87 24
37 164 88 12
38 141 89 12
39 127 90 10
40 170 91 12
41 141 92 4
42 130 93 6
43 160 94 1
44 170 95 4
45 200 96 1
46 187 97 2
47 190 98 1
48 163
49 183
50 196
50 191