Appendix F: Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2019

Appendix F: Frequency of use of values of most STATS 19 variables: 2019

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 406 20 545 Roundabout 302
Grampian 365 30 2,724 One way street 60
Tayside 353 40 347 Dual carriageway 914
Fife 306 50 231 Single carriageway 4,334
Lothian & Borders 1,312 60 1,494 Slip road 71
Central 290 70 381 Unknown 41
Strathclyde 2,495
Dumfries & Galloway 195 Junction Control Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities
Not at or near junction 2,845 None within 50m 4,627
Month Authorised person 18 Zebra crossing 76
January 514 Automatic traffic signal 513 Pelican, puffin or similar 429
February 447 Stop sign 39 Pedestrian phase at lights 436
March 469 Give way or uncontrolled 2,307 Footbridge or subway 15
April 507 Central refuge 134
May 520 Weather Conditions Unknown 5
June 443 Fine 4,354
July 510 Raining 908 Junction Detail
August 480 Snowing 35 Not at or within 20 metres 2,830
September 463 Fine high winds 77 Roundabout 395
October 486 Raining high winds 111 Mini Roundabout 40
November 467 Snowing high winds 5 T or staggered junction 1,344
December 416 Fog mist 22 Slip Road 79
Other 101 Crossroads 488
Severity of Accident Unknown 109 Junction >4 arms (not rd'bt) 73
Fatal 158 Private drive 93
Serious 1,729 First road class Other junction 380
Slight 3,835 Motorway 288
A(m) 20
Local Authority A 2,599 Road Surface Conditions
Aberdeen City 114 B 819 Dry 3,594
Aberdeenshire 198 C 132 Wet or damp 1,936
Angus 96 Unclassified 1,864 Snow 28
Argyll & Bute 144 Frost or ice 143
Clackmannanshire 36 Second road class Flood over 3cm deep 19
Dumfries & Galloway 195 No second road class 2,917 Unknown 2
Dundee City 129 Motorway 41
East Ayrshire 103 A(m) 2 Special Conditions at site
East Dunbartonshire 69 A 499 None 5,581
East Lothian 104 B 286 Automatic traffic signal out 16
East Renfrewshire 65 C 74 Automat traffic sig part defective 0
Edinburgh, City of 733 Unclassified 1,903 Road sign defective or obscured 7
Eilean Siar 25 Roadworks 74
Falkirk 127 Light Conditions Road surface defective 18
Fife 306 Daylight 4,213 Oil or diesel 15
Glasgow City 852 Dknss:lights present lit 982 Mud 11
Highland 336 Dknss:lights present unlit 39
Inverclyde 97 Dknss: no lights 445 Carriageway hazards
Midlothian 115 Dknss: lights unknown 43 None 5,591
Moray 53 Veh load in cgwy 7
North Ayrshire 127 Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control Other object in cgwy 60
North Lanarkshire 346 None within 50 metres 5,600 Involved prev accdnt 15
Orkney Islands 23 School crossing patrol 37 Ped in cgwy not inj 16
Perth & Kinross 128 Other authorised person 81 Animal in cgwy-not horse 33
Renfrewshire 162 Unknown 4
Scottish Borders 148 Did a police officer attend?
Shetland Islands 22 Yes 4,012
South Ayrshire 123 No-accident reported over counter 1,704
South Lanarkshire 335
Stirling 127 Contributory Factors
West Dunbartonshire 72 Please see the section on the Contributory Factors
West Lothian 212
Reported vehicle variables
Type of Vehicle Vehicle leaving carriageway
Police Force Pedal cycle 590 Unknown 8
Northern 677 Moped 22 Did not leave c'way 8,363
Grampian 650 Motorcycle to 125cc 129 Left c'way nearside 869
Tayside 622 Motorcycle over 125cc 84 Left c'way nearside rebound 87
Fife 543 Motorcycle over 500cc 265 Left c'way ahead junction 77
Lothian & Borders 2,260 Taxi 243 Left c'way offside onto central reservation 36
Central 517 Car 7,415 Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound 34
Strathclyde 4,478 Minibus (8-16 pass) 26 Left c'way offside and crossed central res 14
Dumfries & Galloway 324 Bus coach (17 or more pass) 245 Left c'way offside 517
Ridden horse 2 Left c'way offside and rebounded 66
Month Agricultural vehicle 40
January 907 Tram light rail 2 Hit object off carriageway
February 819 Van/Goods to 3.5t mgw 594 Unknown 4
March 815 Goods 3.5t to 7.5t mgw 51 None 9,043
April 898 Goods 7.5t mgw and over 186 Road sign traffic signal 93
May 944 Mobility scooter 3 Lamp post 75
June 779 Other vehicle 81 Telegraph pole electricity pole 27
July 923 Motorcycle unknown cc 35 Tree 140
August 828 Goods vehicle unknown wgt 58 Bus stop bus shelter 8
September 807 Central crash barrier 65
October 861 Manoeuvres Nearside or offside crash barrier 87
November 792 Reversing 136 Submerged in water 0
December 698 Parked 373 Entered ditch 86
Wtg go ahd held up 594 Other permanent object 104
Breath test Slowing/stopping 752 Wall or fence 339
Not applicable 463 Moving off 442
Positive 139 U turn 84 First point of impact
Negative 4,749 Turning left 274 Unknown 9
Not requested 2,303 Wtg turn left 52 None 407
Refused to provide 26 Turning right 917 Front 5,287
Driver not contacted 1,168 Wtg turn right 163 Back 1,705
Not provided (medical) 565 Changing lang left 78 Offside 1,426
Unknown 658 Changing lane rght 86 Nrside 1,237
Overtkg mvg veh offs 181
Sex of driver Overtkg sty veh offs 86 Towing and Articulation
Male 6,483 Overtkg nrsde 69 No towing or articulation 9,893
Female 3,113 Ahead lh bend 583 Articulated vehicle 99
Not traced 475 Ahead rh bend 539 Double or multiple trailer 1
Ahead other 4,653 Caravan 4
Vehicle Reference Number Unknown 9 Single trailer 61
1 5,722 Other tow 11
2 3,542 Junction location of vehicle Unknown 2
3 594 Unknown 3
4 139 Not at or within 20 metres 4,846 Hit and run
5 45 Approach junction or wait/park approach 2,481 Other 9,520
6 11 Cleared junction or wait/park at exit 531 Hit run 341
7 8 Leaving roundabout 165 Non-stop vehicle, not hit 208
8 4 Entering roundabout 317 Unknown 2
9 2 Leaving main road 156
10 1 Entering main road 294 Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane
11 1 Entering from slip rd 36 Unknown 15
12 1 Mid-junction on roundabout/main road 1,242 On main carriageway 9,728
13 1 Tram light rail track 2
Skidding and overturning Bus lane 56
None 8,666 Busway 8
Skidding 791 Cycle lane 44
Skid overtd 291 Cycleway 5
Jacknifed 2 On lay-by hard shldr 40
Jacknifed overturned 3 Entering lay-by hard shldr 13
Overturned 308 Leaving lay-by hard shldr 32
Unknown 10 Footway 128
8
Hit object in carriageway Journey Purpose of driver/rider
Unknown 13 Journey part of work 1,678
None 9,563 Commuting to/from work 1,325
Previous accident 14 Taking pupil to/from school 89
Road works 5 Pupil riding to/from school 20
Parked vehicle 220 Other 3,689
Bridge roof 2 Not known 3,270
Bridge side 11
Bollard refuge 48 Was vehicle left hand drive
Open door vehicle 7 No 9,944
Central island roundaboutt 11 Yes 118
Kerb 98 Unknown 9
Other object 59
Animal excluding ridden horse 20
Vehicle movement from/to Age of driver Age of driver
Unknown 14 Unknown 490 53 189
Parked 309 0 15 54 197
U turn frm n 27 1 1 55 165
N to ne 15 5 2 56 187
N to e 64 6 2 57 158
N to se 60 7 3 58 160
N to s 1,259 8 8 59 137
N to sw 83 9 9 60 144
N to w 166 10 7 61 123
N to nw 7 11 11 62 108
Ne to n 8 12 11 63 111
U turn frm ne 10 13 9 64 95
Ne to e 5 14 10 65 84
Ne to se 30 15 7 66 58
Ne to s 42 16 23 67 57
Ne to sw 422 17 89 68 68
Ne to w 66 18 171 69 56
Ne to nw 46 19 165 70 62
E to n 168 20 203 71 70
E to ne 11 21 193 72 64
U turn frm e 24 22 199 73 64
E to se 13 23 176 74 51
E to s 60 24 195 75 55
E to sw 40 25 227 76 39
E to w 1,495 26 181 77 49
E to nw 63 27 218 78 39
Se to n 55 28 223 79 42
Se to ne 53 29 205 80 34
Se to e 9 30 232 81 25
U turn frm se 7 31 194 82 23
Se to s 5 32 202 83 27
Se to sw 21 33 190 84 12
Se to w 54 34 199 85 21
Se to nw 467 35 221 86 18
S to n 1,317 36 206 87 11
S to ne 80 37 186 88 20
S to e 168 38 190 89 7
S to se 12 39 160 90 9
U turn frm s 23 40 195 91 9
S to sw 5 41 139 92 4
S to w 87 42 131 93 1
S to nw 55 43 147 94 1
Sw to n 66 44 151 97 1
Sw to ne 455 45 149 98 1
Sw to e 63 46 178 99 6
Sw to se 37 47 172
Sw to s 12 48 182
U turn frm sw 10 49 175
Sw to w 1 50 189
Sw to nw 26 51 171
W to n 55 52 197
W to ne 60
W to e 1,414
W to se 48
W to s 166
W to sw 10
U turn frm w 25
W to nw 4
Nw to n 4
Nw to ne 33
Nw to e 50
Nw to se 460
Nw to s 65
Nw to sw 53
Nw to w 10
U turn frm nw 7
Reported casualty variables
Police Force Pedestrian direction
Northern 587 Not pedestrian 6402
Grampian 514 Pedestrian standing still 114
Tayside 486 Heading North 246
Fife 419 Heading North East 61
Lothian & Borders 1,693 Heading East 182
Central 373 Heading South East 51
Strathclyde 3,317 Heading South 218
Dumfries & Galloway 249 Heading South West 61
Heading West 206
Month Heading North West 48
January 676 Unknown 49
February 580
March 615 Casualty Class
April 668 Driver or rider 4,489
May 685 Passenger - vehicle/pillion 1,899
June 584 Pedestrian 1,250
July 721
August 666 Pedestrian location
September 591 Not pedestrian 6,388
October 660 In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing 165
November 623 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach 8
December 569 In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing exit 2
In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres 110
Sex of casualty In carriageway crossing elsewhere 587
Unknown 10 Footway or verge 119
Male 4,298 On refuge, central island or central reservation 12
Female 3,330 Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation 81
In carriageway not crossing 111
Road user Unknown other 55
Pedestrian 1,250
Pedal cycle 572 Pedestrian movement
Motor cycle 520 Not pedestrian 6,388
Car 4,581 Crossing driver nearside 459
Taxi 138 Crossing driver nearside mskd 83
Minibus 24 Crossing driver offside 316
Bus/Coach 195 Crossing driver offside masked 72
Light goods vehicle 244 In carriageway stationary not crossing 55
Heavy goods vehicle 51 In carriageway stationary not crossing masked 19
Other 63 Walking in carriageway facing traffic 11
Walking in carriageway back to traffic 29
Severity of casualty Unknown 206
Killed 165
Serious 2,016 Car passenger
Slight 5,457 Not car passenger 5,996
Front seat car passenger 1,049
Bus or coach passenger Rear seat car passenger 593
Not psv passenger 7,456
Boarding 9 Pedestrian road maintenance worker
Alighting 10 Not a pedestrian 6,392
Standing passenger 40 No 1,219
Seated passenger 123 Yes 4
Not known 23
Use of seatbelt
Not applicable 1,342 Cycle helmet worn
Worn independently confirm 715 Not cyclist 5,282
Worn not independently confirm 1,726 Yes 277
Not worn 107 No 144
Unknown 3,748 Not known 441
Age of casualty Age of casualty Casualty Reference Number
Unknown 17 51 114 1 5,722
0 20 52 134 2 1,266
1 17 53 112 3 405
2 28 54 130 4 150
3 24 55 105 5 57
4 35 56 127 6 20
5 32 57 106 7 10
6 50 58 122 8 5
7 39 59 88 9 2
8 52 60 91 10 1
9 54 61 83
10 58 62 79 Vehicle Reference Number
11 65 63 86
12 85 64 72
13 70 65 58 1 4,447
14 67 66 42 2 2,944
15 67 67 48 3 195
16 65 68 51 4 36
17 116 69 51 5 11
18 186 70 52 6 1
19 159 71 57 7 1
20 149 72 55 8 1
21 156 73 47 9 1
22 161 74 44
23 149 75 42
24 147 76 36
25 175 77 52
26 130 78 44
27 144 79 41
28 146 80 36
29 141 81 20
30 143 82 32
31 124 83 41
32 144 84 31
33 115 85 31
34 120 86 23
35 134 87 16
36 127 88 18
37 124 89 8
38 119 90 9
39 93 91 9
40 115 92 5
41 82 93 2
42 89 94 4
43 82 95 3
44 103 97 2
45 100 98 2
46 112
47 108
48 119
49 105
50 114