Appendix F - Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2017

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2017

Appendix F - Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2017

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 352 20 547 Roundabout 370
Grampian 467 30 3,665 One way street 156
Tayside 460 40 377 Dual carriageway 1,122
Fife 315 50 288 Single carriageway 5,348
Lothian & Borders 1,692 60 1,809 Slip road 55
Central 405 70 428 Unknown 62
Strathclyde 3,187        
Dumfries & Galloway 236 Junction Control Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
    Not at or near junction 3,424 None within 50m 5,826
Month Authorised person 8 Zebra crossing 90
January 631 Automatic traffic signal 692 Pelican, puffin or similar 447
February 560 Stop sign 55 Pedestrian phase at lights 634
March 626 Give way or uncontrolled 2,934 Footbridge or subway 11
April 496 Unknown 1 Central refuge 106
May 619        
June 595 Weather Conditions Junction Detail
July 560 Fine 5,458 Not at or within 20 metres 3,424
August 600 Raining 1,100 Roundabout 498
September 604 Snowing 79 Mini Roundabout 57
October 599 Fine high winds 93 T or staggered junction 1,875
November 656 Raining high winds 88 Slip Road 128
December 568 Snowing high winds 12 Crossroads 593
    Fog mist 30 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 63
Severity of Accident Other 120 Private drive 138
Fatal 141 Unknown 134 Other junction 338
Serious 1,373        
Slight 5,600 First road class    
    Motorway 325 Road Surface Conditions
Local Authority A(m) 22 Dry 4,379
Aberdeen City 154 A 3,196 Wet or damp 2,418
Aberdeenshire 252 B 979 Snow 71
Angus 137 C 237 Frost or ice 229
Argyll & Bute 174 Unclassified 2,355 Flood over 3cm deep 16
Clackmannanshire 48        
Dumfries & Galloway 236 Second road class Special Conditions at site
Dundee City 119 No second road class 3,472 None 6,884
East Ayrshire 130 Motorway 68 Automatic traffic signal out 23
East Dunbartonshire 88 A(m) 2 Automat traffic sig part defective 5
East Lothian 158 A 570 Road sign defective or obscured 6
East Renfrewshire 95 B 331 Roadworks 113
Edinburgh, City of 907 C 114 Road surface defective 18
Eilean Siar 18 Unclassified 2,557 Oil or diesel 38
Falkirk 215     Mud 27
Fife 315 Light Conditions    
Glasgow City 1,075 Daylight 5,306 Carriageway hazards
Highland 307 Dknss:lights present lit 1,218 None 6,957
Inverclyde 91 Dknss:lights present unlit 39 Veh load in cgwy 15
Midlothian 134 Dknss: no lights 510 Other object in cgwy 75
Moray 61 Dknss: lights unknown 41 Involved prev accdnt 17
North Ayrshire 165     Ped in cgwy not inj 14
North Lanarkshire 444 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Animal in cgwy-not horse 36
Orkney Islands 11 None within 50 metres 7,047    
Perth & Kinross 204 School crossing patrol 17 Did a police officer attend?
Renfrewshire 258 Other authorised person 50 Yes 6,084
Scottish Borders 186     No-accident reported over counter 1,023
Shetland Islands 16        
South Ayrshire 158     Contributory Factors
South Lanarkshire 395     Please see the section on the Contributory Factors  
Stirling 142        
West Dunbartonshire 114        
West Lothian 307        

Reported vehicle variables
Police Force Manoeuvres Hit object off carriageway
Northern 614 Reversing 181 Unknown 8
Grampian 797 Parked 467 None 11,271
Tayside 816 Wtg go ahd held up 704 Road sign traffic signal 118
Fife 562 Slowing/stopping 897 Lamp post 82
Lothian & Borders 2,974 Moving off 519 Telegraph pole electricity pole 43
Central 753 U turn 99 Tree 178
Strathclyde 5,735 Turning left 348 Bus stop bus shelter 8
Dumfries & Galloway 418 Wtg turn left 66 Central crash barrier 82
    Turning right 1,118 Nearside or offside crash barrier 120
Month Wtg turn right 233 Submerged in water 2
January 1,107 Changing lang left 114 Entered ditch 131
February 977 Changing lane rght 108 Other permanent object 164
March 1,084 Overtkg mvg veh offs 246 Wall or fence 462
April 900 Overtkg sty veh offs 101    
May 1,113 Overtkg nrsde 58 First point of impact
June 1,037 Ahead lh bend 635 Unknown 5
July 1,020 Ahead rh bend 720 None 635
August 1,090 Ahead other 6,047 Front 6,534
September 1,075 Unknown 1 Back 2,156
October 1,097     Offside 1,726
November 1,176 Junction location of vehicle Nrside 1,613
December 993 Unknown 7    
    Not at or within 20 metres 5,851 Towing and Articulation
Breath test Approach junction or wait/park approach 3,393 No towing or articulation 12,452
Not applicable 147 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 666 Articulated vehicle 113
Positive 167 Leaving roundabout 217 Double or multiple trailer 12
Negative 6,457 Entering roundabout 308 Caravan 12
Not requested 3,509 Leaving main road 160 Single trailer 62
Refused to provide 27 Entering main road 319 Other tow 11
Driver not contacted 1,728 Entering from slip rd 59 Unknown 7
Not provided (medical) 633 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,689    
Unknown 1     Hit and run
    Skidding and overturning Other 12,046
Sex of driver None 11,080 Hit run 455
Male 8,103 Skidding 910 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 164
Female 3,900 Skid overtd 313    
Not traced 666 Jacknifed 8 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
    Jacknifed overturned 1 Unknown 6
Vehicle Reference Number Overturned 349 On main carriageway 12,379
1 7,114 Unknown 8 Tram light rail track 2
2 4,622     Bus lane 72
3 720 Hit object in carriageway Busway 4
4 162 Unknown 8 Cycle lane 27
5 31 None 12,183 Cycleway 10
6 10 Previous accident 3 On lay-by hard shldr 38
7 4 Road works 14 Entering lay-by hard shldr 15
8 2 Parked vehicle 172 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 20
9 2 Bridge roof 3 Footway 96
10 1 Bridge side 13    
11 1 Bollard refuge 32 Journey Purpose of driver/rider
    Open door vehicle 15 Journey part of work 2,081
Type of Vehicle Central island roundaboutt 4 Commuting to/from work 1,547
Pedal cycle 754 Kerb 150 Taking pupil to/from school 110
Moped 17 Other object 48 Pupil riding to/from school 28
Motorcycle to 125cc 164 Animal excluding ridden horse 24 Other 4,748
Motorcycle over 125cc 156     Not known 4,155
Motorcycle over 500cc 271 Vehicle leaving carriageway    
Taxi 264 Unknown 7 Was vehicle left hand drive
Car 9,400 Did not leave c'way 10,754 No 12,591
Minibus (8-16 pass) 37 Left c'way nearside 1,015 Yes 59
Bus coach (17 or more pass) 320 Left c'way nearside rebound 137 Unknown 19
Ridden horse 0 Left c'way ahead junction 48    
Agricultural vehicle 41 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 49    
Tram light rail 3 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 34    
Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 785 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 17    
Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 81 Left c'way offside 546    
Goods 7.5t mgw and over 225 Left c'way offside and rebounded 62    
Mobility scooter 5        
Other vehicle 99        
Motorcycle unknown cc 23        
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 9 Unknown 782 51 185
Parked 469 0 12 52 238
U turn frm n 22 5 4 53 241
N to ne 10 7 5 54 197
N to e 97 8 6 55 204
N to se 32 9 5 56 206
N to s 1,944 10 6 57 185
N to sw 45 11 3 58 197
N to w 260 12 11 59 166
N to nw 11 13 7 60 149
Ne to n 8 14 10 61 139
U turn frm ne 3 15 15 62 119
Ne to e 4 16 25 63 128
Ne to se 23 17 136 64 108
Ne to s 35 18 242 65 107
Ne to sw 401 19 262 66 88
Ne to w 27 20 210 67 79
Ne to nw 54 21 280 68 62
E to n 274 22 285 69 101
E to ne 2 23 243 70 91
U turn frm e 23 24 261 71 62
E to se 8 25 309 72 48
E to s 97 26 291 73 49
E to sw 28 27 264 74 41
E to w 2,036 28 272 75 38
E to nw 30 29 274 76 52
Se to n 22 30 291 77 58
Se to ne 63 31 229 78 37
Se to e 13 32 216 79 50
U turn frm se 5 33 246 80 38
Se to s 2 34 242 81 29
Se to sw 19 35 241 82 17
Se to w 21 36 239 83 21
Se to nw 394 37 201 84 16
S to n 2,009 38 198 85 34
S to ne 49 39 205 86 16
S to e 314 40 206 87 10
S to se 9 41 208 88 12
U turn frm s 23 42 203 89 10
S to sw 8 43 191 90 8
S to w 113 44 203 91 6
S to nw 25 45 246 92 4
Sw to n 23 46 237 94 3
Sw to ne 427 47 250 97 1
Sw to e 51 48 258 98 2
Sw to se 47 49 225    
Sw to s 4 50 262    
U turn frm sw 8        
Sw to w 5        
Sw to nw 26        
W to n 89        
W to ne 15        
W to e 2,108        
W to se 34        
W to s 265        
U turn frm w 12        
W to nw 3        
Nw to n 5        
Nw to ne 31        
Nw to e 6        
Nw to se 373        
Nw to s 30        
Nw to sw 55        
Nw to w 8        
U turn frm nw 3        
Reported casualty variables
Police Force Pedestrian direction
Northern 493 Not pedestrian 8,068
Grampian 622 Pedestrian standing still 133
Tayside 627 Heading North 274
Fife 426 Heading North East 35
Lothian & Borders 2,207 Heading East 233
Central 527 Heading South East 37
Strathclyde 4,212 Heading South 257
Dumfries & Galloway 314 Heading South West 40
    Heading West 249
Month Heading North West 33
January 834 Unknown 69
February 788    
March 802 Casualty Class
April 652 Driver or rider 5,665
May 803 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 2,403
June 775 Pedestrian 1,360
July 785    
August 853 Pedestrian location  
September 776 Not pedestrian 8,068
October 782 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 163
November 840 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 9
December 738 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing exit 9
    In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 106
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere 691
Unknown 1 Footway or verge 124
Male 5,297 On refuge, central island or central reservation 13
Female 4,130 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 60
    In carriageway not crossing 138
Road user Unknown other 47
Pedestrian 1,360    
Pedal cycle 729 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 620 Not pedestrian 8,068
Car 5,704 Crossing driver nearside 494
Taxi 164 Crossing driver nearside mskd 133
Minibus 17 Crossing driver offside 297
Bus/Coach 357 Crossing driver offside masked 94
Light goods vehicle 323 In carriageway stationary not crossing 69
Heavy goods vehicle 79 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked 16
Other 73 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 24
    Walking in carriageway back to traffic 33
Severity of casualty Unknown 200
Killed 146    
Serious 1,589 Car passenger
Slight 7,693 Not car passenger 7,439
    Front seat car passenger 1,312
Bus or coach passenger Rear seat car passenger 675
Not psv passenger 9,085    
Boarding 9 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 35 Not a pedestrian 8,091
Standing passenger 81 No 1,321
Seated passenger 218 Yes 10
    Not known 6
Use of seatbelt    
Not applicable 1,813 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 673 Not cyclist 5,484
Worn not independently confirm 2,009 Yes 351
Not worn 115 No 173
Unknown 4,818 Not known 387
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 21 51 119 1 7,114
0 13 52 129 2 1,531
1 19 53 157 3 439
2 25 54 116 4 161
3 38 55 137 5 68
4 43 56 139 6 29
5 41 57 123 7 14
6 53 58 127 8 9
7 50 59 118 9 5
8 61 60 90 10 5
9 64 61 84 11 3
10 60 62 83 12 3
11 68 63 74 13 3
12 101 64 65 14 3
13 98 65 85 15 2
14 82 66 62 16 2
15 85 67 66 17 2
16 102 68 53 18 2
17 180 69 73 19 2
18 253 70 74 20 2
19 221 71 50 21 2
20 202 72 50 22 2
21 211 73 40 23 2
22 226 74 41 24 2
23 213 75 43 25 2
24 204 76 44 26 2
25 245 77 46 27 2
26 203 78 39 28 1
27 160 79 45 29 1
28 188 80 38 30 1
29 188 81 36 31 1
30 174 82 28 32 1
31 158 83 32 33 1
32 147 84 24 34 1
33 150 85 31 35 1
34 143 86 19 36 1
35 141 87 17 37 1
36 148 88 17 38 1
37 136 89 10 39 1
38 127 90 11 40 1
39 126 91 11 41 1
40 118 92 6 42 1
41 140 94 3    
42 131 95 2    
43 135 96 3 Vechicle Reference Number
44 130 97 1 1 5,191
45 149 98 1 2 3,925
46 153     3 265
47 157     4 32
48 157     5 8
49 160     6 4
50 168     8 2
        11 1

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