Table T
Table T
| Rank | Contributory Factor reported in each accident | Number | % "very likely" | As a % of all contributory factors1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very likely | Possible | Total | ||||
| 1 | Failed to look properly (D/R) | 570 | 115 | 685 | 83% | 17% |
| 2 | Failed to judge other pers path/speed (D | 206 | 89 | 295 | 70% | 7% |
| 3 | Loss of control | 258 | 34 | 292 | 88% | 7% |
| 4 | Slippery road (due to weather) | 176 | 66 | 242 | 73% | 6% |
| 5 | Poor turn or manoeuvre | 187 | 41 | 228 | 82% | 6% |
| 6 | Careless / reckless /in a hurry (D/R) | 151 | 48 | 199 | 76% | 5% |
| 7 | Pedestrian failed to look properly | 145 | 34 | 179 | 81% | 5% |
| 8 | Travelling too fast for the conditions | 111 | 49 | 160 | 69% | 4% |
| 9 | Exceeding speed limit | 65 | 37 | 102 | 64% | 3% |
| 10 | Following too close | 69 | 22 | 91 | 76% | 2% |
| 11 | Impaired by alcohol (D/R) | 73 | 6 | 79 | 92% | 2% |
| 12 | Disobeyed Give Way or Stop sign or markings | 59 | 4 | 63 | 94% | 2% |
| 13 | Sudden braking | 40 | 19 | 59 | 68% | 1% |
| 14 | Road layout (eg bend, hill, narrow c-way | 35 | 24 | 59 | 59% | 1% |
| 15 | Illness or disability (mental/physic) (D | 39 | 16 | 55 | 71% | 1% |
| 16 | Dazzling sun | 31 | 23 | 54 | 57% | 1% |
| 17 | Impaired by drugs (illicit/medicinal) (D | 37 | 15 | 52 | 71% | 1% |
| 18 | Disobeyed automatic traffic signal | 40 | 10 | 50 | 80% | 1% |
| 19 | Stationary or parked vehicle | 29 | 19 | 48 | 60% | 1% |
| 20 | Other | 43 | 3 | 46 | 93% | 1% |
| 21 | Rain, sleet, snow or fog | 28 | 16 | 44 | 64% | 1% |
| 22 | Aggressive driving | 35 | 7 | 42 | 83% | 1% |
| 23 | Crossed road masked by stationary/parked | 36 | 4 | 40 | 90% | 1% |
| 24 | Ped. failed to judge vehicles path or sp | 28 | 12 | 40 | 70% | 1% |
| 25 | Too close to cyclist,horse or pedestrian | 30 | 7 | 37 | 81% | 1% |
| 26 | Pedestrian impaired by alcohol | 35 | 2 | 37 | 95% | 1% |
| 27 | Distraction in vehicle | 16 | 19 | 35 | 46% | 1% |
| 28 | Ped. careless / reckless /in a hurry | 27 | 5 | 32 | 84% | 1% |
| 29 | Inexperienced or learner driver/rider | 22 | 9 | 31 | 71% | 1% |
| 30 | Swerved | 26 | 5 | 31 | 84% | 1% |
| 31 | Deposit on road (eg oil, mud, chippings) | 22 | 9 | 31 | 71% | 1% |
| 32 | Animal or other object in carriageway | 19 | 7 | 26 | 73% | 1% |
| 33 | Junction overshoot | 20 | 5 | 25 | 80% | 1% |
| 34 | Illegal turn or direction of travel | 25 | . | 25 | 100% | 1% |
| 35 | Fatigue | 15 | 10 | 25 | 60% | 1% |
| 36 | Dangerous action in carriageway (eg play | 22 | 2 | 24 | 92% | 1% |
| 37 | Pedestrian wearing dark clothing at nigh | 18 | 5 | 23 | 78% | 1% |
| 38 | Poor or defective road surface | 15 | 8 | 23 | 65% | 1% |
| 39 | Cyclist entering road from pavement | 19 | 2 | 21 | 90% | 1% |
| 40 | Vehicle in course of crime | 19 | 1 | 20 | 95% | 1% |
| 41 | Disobeyed pedestrian crossing facility | 18 | 1 | 19 | 95% | 0% |
| 42 | Junction restart | 12 | 4 | 16 | 75% | 0% |
| 43 | Emergency vehicle on call | 14 | 1 | 15 | 93% | 0% |
| 44 | Inadequate/masked signs or road markings | 8 | 7 | 15 | 53% | 0% |
| 45 | Ped. impaired by drugs (illicit/medicina | 10 | 4 | 14 | 71% | 0% |
| 46 | Vehicle blind spot | 5 | 9 | 14 | 36% | 0% |
| 47 | Wrong use of pedestrian crossing facilit | 12 | 2 | 14 | 86% | 0% |
| 48 | Failed to signal / misleading signal | 7 | 7 | 14 | 50% | 0% |
| 49 | Defective brakes | 7 | 6 | 13 | 54% | 0% |
| 50 | Tyres illegal, defective or under-inflat | 8 | 4 | 12 | 67% | 0% |
| 51 | Nervous / uncertain / panic | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45% | 0% |
| 52 | Road layout (eg bend, winding rd, hill c | 8 | 3 | 11 | 73% | 0% |
| 53 | Ped. disability or illness, mental/physi | 7 | 4 | 11 | 64% | 0% |
| 54 | Distraction outside vehicle | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33% | 0% |
| 55 | Dazzling headlights | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25% | 0% |
| 56 | Defective traffic signals | 4 | 4 | 8 | 50% | 0% |
| 57 | Stolen vehicle | 7 | . | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| 58 | Uncorrected defective eyesight | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | 0% |
| 59 | Cyclist wearing dark clothing at night | 5 | 1 | 6 | 83% | 0% |
| 60 | Not display lights at night / in poor vi | 5 | 1 | 6 | 83% | 0% |
| 61 | Inexperience with type of vehicle | 4 | 2 | 6 | 67% | 0% |
| 62 | Defective steering or suspension | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | 0% |
| 63 | Vehicle door opened or closed negligentl | 5 | . | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| 64 | Spray from other vehicles | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20% | 0% |
| 65 | Disobeyed double white line | 4 | 1 | 5 | 80% | 0% |
| 66 | Vegetation | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75% | 0% |
| 67 | Temporary road layout (eg contraflow) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50% | 0% |
| 68 | Inexperience of driving on the left | 3 | 1 | 4 | 75% | 0% |
| 69 | Visor/windscreen dirty/scratched/frosted | 2 | 1 | 3 | 67% | 0% |
| 70 | Defective lights or indicators | 3 | . | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| 71 | Vehicle travelling along pavement | 3 | . | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| 72 | Driver using mobile phone | 2 | 1 | 3 | 67% | 0% |
| 73 | Overloaded or poorly loaded vehicle/trai | 2 | . | 2 | 100% | 0% |
| 74 | Driving too slow for condits / slow vehicle | . | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| 75 | Traffic calming (eg road humps, chicanes) | . | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| 76 | Sunken,raised or slippery inspection cov | 1 | . | 1 | 100% | 0% |
| 77 | Buildings, road signs, street furniture | 1 | . | 1 | 0% | |
| All | 3,030 | 906 | 3,936 | 77% | 100% | |
1. Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.
2. Includes all contributory factors reported, even where the same CF is assigned more than once to an accident
(i.e. to more than one particpant). Therefore the total differs from earlier tables.
(D/R) indicates Driver/Rider
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