Table R: Contributory factors: Casualties in reported accidents - fatalities 1, 2021
Table R: Contributory factors: Casualties in reported accidents - fatalities 1, 2021
| Person who was killed | as a % of all fatalities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian | pedalcyclist | motorcyclist | Car/taxi user | Other | All | ||
| Road environment contributed | |||||||
| Poor or defective road surface | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Slippery road (due to weather) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| Inadequate/masked signs or road markings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Road layout (eg bend, hill, narrow c-way | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Animal or other object in carriageway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Vehicle defects | |||||||
| Defective brakes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Injudicious action (driver/rider) | |||||||
| Disobeyed automatic traffic signal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Disobeyed Give Way or Stop sign or marki | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Disobeyed double white line | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal turn or direction of travel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Exceeding speed limit | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 14 |
| Travelling too fast for the conditions | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
| Following too close | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vehicle travelling along pavement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cyclist entering road from pavement | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Driver/rider error or reaction | |||||||
| Junction restart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poor turn or manoeuvre | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 14 |
| Failed to signal/misleading signal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to look properly (D/R) | 15 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 28 |
| Failed to judge other pers path/speed (D | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
| Too close to cyclist,horse or pedestrian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sudden braking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swerved | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Loss of control | 2 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 33 | 27 |
| Impairment or distraction (driver/rider) | |||||||
| Impaired by alcohol (D/R) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Impaired by drugs (illicit/medicinal) (D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Fatigue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illness or disability (mental/physical) (D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Driver using mobile phone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Distraction in vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Distraction outside vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Behaviour or inexperience (driver/rider) | |||||||
| Aggressive driving | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Careless/reckless/in a hurry (D/R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 11 |
| Inexperienced or learner driver/rider | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Inexperience with type of vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vision affected | |||||||
| Road layout (eg bend, winding rd, hill crest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dazzling headlights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dazzling sun | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Rain, sleet, snow or fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vehicle blind spot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pedestrian only | |||||||
| Pedestrian failed to look properly | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Ped. failed to judge vehicles path or speed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Wrong use of pedestrian crossing facility | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dangerous action in carriageway (eg playing in road) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Pedestrian impaired by alcohol | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Ped. impaired by drugs (illicit/medicinal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ped. careless/reckless/in a hurry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Pedestrian wearing dark clothing at night | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Ped. disability or illness, mental/physical | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Special codes | |||||||
| Stolen vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vehicle in course of crime | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vehicle door opened or closed negligently | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Total Road fatalities | 33 | 9 | 25 | 50 | 5 | 122 | 100% |
1. Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.
NB: As described in the text, an accident will be counted once for each combination of CF (excluding "repeats") and death.
For example, an accident with four different CFs and three deaths would be counted twelve times in this table - each death would be counted against the first CF, then against the second CF, and so on. As a result, the percentages would total far more than 100%.
However, "repeats" are excluded: if the same CF applies to two different participants, each death will be counted only once against that CF.
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