Appendix F:

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2018

Appendix F:

Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2018

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 438 20 577 Roundabout 335
Grampian 424 30 3,100 One way street 118
Tayside 406 40 356 Dual carriageway 1,026
Fife 327 50 233 Single carriageway 4,842
Lothian & Borders 1,475 60 1,716 Slip road 64
Central 327 70 441 Unknown 38
Strathclyde 2,767
Dumfries & Galloway 259 Junction Control Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Not at or near junction 3,097 None within 50m 5,335
Month  Authorised person 16 Zebra crossing 76
January 554 Automatic traffic signal 594 Pelican, puffin or similar 366
February 501 Stop sign 37 Pedestrian phase at lights 526
March 455 Give way or uncontrolled 2,676 Footbridge or subway 7
April 460 Unknown 3 Central refuge 108
May 549 Unknown 5
June 581 Weather Conditions
July 515 Fine 4,838 Junction Detail
August 606 Raining 876 Not at or within 20 metres 3,098
September 545 Snowing 148 Roundabout 461
October 547 Fine high winds 100 Mini Roundabout 45
November 578 Raining high winds 151 T or staggered junction 1,623
December 532 Snowing high winds 41 Slip Road 114
Fog mist 28 Crossroads 501
Severity of Accident Other 113 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 66
Fatal 150 Unknown 128 Private drive 147
Serious 1,369 Other junction 368
Slight 4,904 First road class 
Motorway 303
Local Authority A(m) 17 Road Surface Conditions
Aberdeen City 135 A 2,922 Dry 4,006
Aberdeenshire 240 B 893 Wet or damp 2,051
Angus 126 C 235 Snow 154
Argyll & Bute 156 Unclassified 2,053 Frost or ice 167
Clackmannanshire 36 Flood over 3cm deep 23
Dumfries & Galloway 259 Second road class Unknown 22
Dundee City 96 No second road class 3,149
East Ayrshire 163 Motorway 64 Special Conditions at site
East Dunbartonshire 59 A(m) 1 None 6,240
East Lothian 128 A 511 Automatic traffic signal out 9
East Renfrewshire 70 B 260 Automat traffic sig part defective 4
Edinburgh, City of 772 C 115 Road sign defective or obscured 15
Eilean Siar 21 Unclassified 2,323 Roadworks 85
Falkirk 164 Road surface defective 23
Fife 327 Light Conditions Oil or diesel 29
Glasgow City 910 Daylight 4,755 Mud 16
Highland 394 Dknss:lights present lit 1,047
Inverclyde 79 Dknss:lights present unlit 45 Carriageway hazards
Midlothian 119 Dknss: no lights 539 None 6,265
Moray 49 Dknss: lights unknown 37 Veh load in cgwy 5
North Ayrshire 147 Other object in cgwy 66
North Lanarkshire 382 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Involved prev accdnt 15
Orkney Islands 10 None within 50 metres 6,355 Ped in cgwy not inj 18
Perth & Kinross 184 School crossing patrol 30 Animal in cgwy-not horse 52
Renfrewshire 210 Other authorised person 38
Scottish Borders 173 Did a police officer attend?
Shetland Islands 13 Yes 5,501
South Ayrshire 125 No-accident reported over counter 911
South Lanarkshire 382
Stirling 127 Contributory Factors
West Dunbartonshire 84 Please see the section on the
West Lothian 283 Contributory Factors

 

Reported vehicle variables
Police Force  Type of Vehicle Vehicle leaving carriageway
  Pedal cycle 657 Unknown 4
Northern 723 Moped 24 Did not leave c'way 9,574
Grampian 757 Motorcycle to 125cc 168 Left c'way nearside 934
Tayside 697 Motorcycle over 125cc 155 Left c'way nearside rebound 116
Fife 584 Motorcycle over 500cc 293 Left c'way ahead junction 59
Lothian & Borders 2,613 Taxi 201 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 52
Central 595 Car 8,367 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 22
Strathclyde 4,985 Minibus (8-16 pass) 32 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 10
Dumfries & Galloway 445 Bus coach (17 or more pass) 298 Left c'way offside 558
Ridden horse 2 Left c'way offside and rebounded 70
Month  Agricultural vehicle 53
January 919 Tram light rail 5 Hit object off carriageway
February 867 Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 759 Unknown 10
March 800 Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 58 None 10,067
April 823 Goods 7.5t mgw and over 215 Road sign traffic signal 98
May 997 Mobility scooter 4 Lamp post 88
June 1,050 Other vehicle 75 Telegraph pole electricity pole 34
July 935 Motorcycle unknown cc 17 Tree 164
August 1,095 Goods vehicle unknown wgt 13 Bus stop bus shelter 5
September 975 Central crash barrier 79
October 959 Manoeuvres Nearside or offside crash barrier 134
November 1,058 Reversing 157 Submerged in water 5
December 921 Parked 458 Entered ditch 134
Wtg go ahd held up 642 Other permanent object 149
Breath test Slowing/stopping 904 Wall or fence 432
Not applicable 148 Moving off 499
Positive 150 U turn 106 First point of impact
Negative 5,805 Turning left 323 Unknown 7
Not requested 3,210 Wtg turn left 56 None 517
Refused to provide 28 Turning right 946 Front 5,728
Driver not contacted 1,492 Wtg turn right 204 Back 1,979
Not provided (medical) 564 Changing lang left 89 Offside 1,672
Unknown 2 Changing lane rght 89 Nrside 1,496
Overtkg mvg veh offs 257
Sex of driver Overtkg sty veh offs 111 Towing and Articulation
Male 7,415 Overtkg nrsde 81 No towing or articulation 11,194
Female 3,429 Ahead lh bend 585 Articulated vehicle 117
Not traced 555 Ahead rh bend 603 Double or multiple trailer 7
Ahead other 5,281 Caravan 4
Vehicle Reference Number Unknown 1 Single trailer 64
1 6,423 Other tow 7
2 4,097 Junction location of vehicle Unknown 6
3 648 Unknown 18
4 156 Not at or within 20 metres 5,280 Hit and run
5 36 Approach junction or wait/park  approach 3,008 Other 10,819
6 16 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 526 Hit run 426
7 6 Leaving roundabout 205 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 134
8 4 Entering roundabout 330 Unknown 20
9 3 Leaving main road 178
10 2 Entering main road 321 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
11 1 Entering from slip rd 57 Unknown 12
12 1 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,476 On main carriageway 11,090
13 1 Tram light rail track 6
14 1 Skidding and overturning Bus lane 61
15 1 None 9,845 Busway 3
16 1 Skidding 884 Cycle lane 40
17 1 Skid overtd 284 Cycleway 7
18 1 Jacknifed 12 On lay-by hard shldr 54
Jacknifed overturned 1 Entering lay-by hard shldr 15
Overturned 368 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 32
Unknown 5 Footway 79
Hit object in carriageway Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Unknown 8 Journey part of work 1,875
None 10,910 Commuting to/from work 1,486
Previous accident 4 Taking pupil to/from school 95
Road works 6 Pupil riding to/from school 17
Parked vehicle 176 Other 4,054
Bridge roof 3 Not known 3,864
Bridge side 22
Bollard refuge 40 Was vehicle left hand drive
Open door vehicle 15 No 11,338
Central island roundaboutt 18 Yes 51
Kerb 124 Unknown 10
Other object 53
Animal excluding ridden horse 20

 

1,822
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 12 Unknown 717 53 205
Parked 461 0 12 54 215
U turn frm n 14 5 3 55 207
N to ne 9 6 6 56 190
N to e 83 7 2 57 167
N to se 32 8 4 58 170
N to s 1,775 9 12 59 137
N to sw 32 10 6 60 162
N to w 223 11 10 61 120
N to nw 6 12 2 62 116
Ne to n 9 13 6 63 114
U turn frm ne 4 14 9 64 111
Ne to e 2 15 6 65 65
Ne to se 28 16 16 66 76
Ne to s 26 17 94 67 83
Ne to sw 350 18 200 68 77
Ne to w 23 19 211 69 74
Ne to nw 59 20 225 70 79
E to n 233 21 206 71 76
E to ne 3 22 220 72 64
U turn frm e 31 23 207 73 61
E to se 10 24 233 74 49
E to s 91 25 234 75 42
E to sw 21 26 226 76 38
E to w 1,857 27 246 77 57
E to nw 23 28 210 78 37
Se to n 16 29 247 79 40
Se to ne 64 30 251 80 37
Se to e 3 31 221 81 35
U turn frm se 5 32 238 82 26
Se to s 1 33 215 83 35
Se to sw 26 34 215 84 31
Se to w 8 35 210 85 25
Se to nw 355 36 211 86 9
S to n37 191 87 9
S to ne 39 38 209 88 14
S to e 270 39 218 89 12
S to se 4 40 230 90 9
U turn frm s 20 41 151 91 6
S to sw 10 42 178 92 2
S to w 85 43 161 93 1
S to nw 22 44 182 98 3
Sw to n 17 45 203 99 1
Sw to ne 367 46 208
Sw to e 20 47 219
Sw to se 56 48 203
Sw to s 4 49 207
U turn frm sw 5 50 212
Sw to w 4 51 210
Sw to nw 27 52 199
W to n 76
W to ne 6
W to e 1,899
W to se 18
W to s 242
W to sw 11
U turn frm w 29
W to nw 3
Nw to n 4
Nw to ne 19
Nw to e 19
Nw to se 322
Nw to s 16
Nw to sw 61
Nw to w 3
U turn frm nw 4

 

Reported casualty variables
Police Force  Pedestrian direction
Northern 603 Not pedestrian 7158
Grampian 572 Pedestrian standing still 150
Tayside 534 Heading North 256
Fife 427 Heading North East 27
Lothian & Borders 1,937 Heading East 234
Central 444 Heading South East 39
Strathclyde 3,536 Heading South 211
Dumfries & Galloway 358 Heading South West 32
Heading West 195
Month  Heading North West 39
January 688 Unknown 70
February 621
March 590 Casualty Class
April 646 Driver or rider 5,127
May 716 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 2,031
June 786 Pedestrian 1,253
July 686
August 792 Pedestrian location
September 709 Not pedestrian 7,009
October 715 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 138
November 765 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 8
December 697 In carriageway, crossing  in zig zag crossing exit 6
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 140
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere  584
Unknown 10 Footway or verge 111
Male 4,838 On refuge, central island or central reservation 8
Female 3,563 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 59
In carriageway not crossing 151
Road user Unknown other 197
Pedestrian 1,253
Pedal cycle 637 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 640 Not pedestrian 7,158
Car 5,079 Crossing driver nearside 431
Taxi 104 Crossing driver nearside mskd 114
Minibus 20 Crossing driver offside 290
Bus/Coach 230 Crossing driver offside masked 81
Light goods vehicle 319 In carriageway stationary not crossing  78
Heavy goods vehicle 73 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked  16
Other 55 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 22
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 31
Severity of casualty Unknown 190
Killed 161
Serious 1,582 Car passenger
Slight 6,668 Not car passenger 6,671
Front seat car passenger 1,151
Bus or coach passenger Rear  seat car passenger 589
Not psv passenger 8,186
Boarding 13 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 14 Not a pedestrian 7,161
Standing passenger 65 No 1,236
Seated passenger 132 Yes 13
Not known 1
Use of seatbelt
Not applicable 1,253 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 666 Not cyclist 7,613
Worn not independently confirm 1,829 Yes 329
Not worn 99 No 168
Unknown 4,564 Not known 301

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