Table T: Contributory factors: ranked1,2, 2022
Table T: Contributory factors: ranked1,2, 2022
| Rank | Contributory Factor reported in each collision | Number | As a % of all contributory factors1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very likely | Possible | Total | |||
| 1 | Failed to look properly (D/R) | 749 | 199 | 948 | 16% |
| 2 | Careless / reckless /in a hurry (D/R) | 340 | 106 | 446 | 8% |
| 3 | Failed to judge other pers path/speed (D | 310 | 120 | 430 | 7% |
| 4 | Loss of control | 336 | 76 | 412 | 7% |
| 5 | Pedestrian failed to look properly | 247 | 45 | 292 | 5% |
| 6 | Poor turn or manoeuvre | 213 | 65 | 278 | 5% |
| 7 | Slippery road (due to weather) | 180 | 69 | 249 | 4% |
| 8 | Travelling too fast for the conditions | 131 | 61 | 192 | 3% |
| 9 | Exceeding speed limit | 106 | 50 | 156 | 3% |
| 10 | Impaired by alcohol (D/R) | 125 | 23 | 148 | 3% |
| 11 | Disobeyed Give Way or Stop sign or marki | 106 | 13 | 119 | 2% |
| 12 | Dazzling sun | 64 | 42 | 106 | 2% |
| 13 | Ped. careless / reckless /in a hurry | 79 | 26 | 105 | 2% |
| 14 | Following too close | 66 | 35 | 101 | 2% |
| 15 | Illness or disability (mental/physic) (D | 41 | 52 | 93 | 2% |
| 16 | Other | 62 | 22 | 84 | 1% |
| 17 | Inexperienced or learner driver/rider | 61 | 21 | 82 | 1% |
| 18 | Aggressive driving | 63 | 14 | 77 | 1% |
| 19 | Impaired by drugs (illicit/medicinal) (D | 52 | 24 | 76 | 1% |
| 20 | Pedestrian impaired by alcohol | 56 | 15 | 71 | 1% |
| 21 | Ped. failed to judge vehicles path or sp | 43 | 25 | 68 | 1% |
| 22 | Crossed road masked by stationary/parked | 56 | 11 | 67 | 1% |
| 23 | Swerved | 38 | 27 | 65 | 1% |
| 24 | Sudden braking | 37 | 24 | 61 | 1% |
| 25 | Road layout (eg bend, hill, narrow c-way | 29 | 30 | 59 | 1% |
| 26 | Distraction in vehicle | 17 | 38 | 55 | 1% |
| 27 | Rain, sleet, snow or fog | 27 | 23 | 50 | 1% |
| 28 | Pedestrian wearing dark clothing at nigh | 39 | 10 | 49 | 1% |
| 29 | Fatigue | 24 | 22 | 46 | 1% |
| 30 | Disobeyed automatic traffic signal | 37 | 8 | 45 | 1% |
| 31 | Junction overshoot | 33 | 8 | 41 | 1% |
| 32 | Stationary or parked vehicle | 28 | 12 | 40 | 1% |
| 33 | Animal or other object in carriageway | 30 | 9 | 39 | 1% |
| 34 | Deposit on road (eg oil, mud, chippings) | 23 | 14 | 37 | 1% |
| 35 | Illegal turn or direction of travel | 29 | 5 | 34 | 1% |
| 36 | Too close to cyclist,horse or pedestrian | 25 | 7 | 32 | 1% |
| 37 | Failed to signal / misleading signal | 16 | 15 | 31 | 1% |
| 38 | Wrong use of pedestrian crossing facilit | 26 | 5 | 31 | 1% |
| 39 | Poor or defective road surface | 18 | 11 | 29 | 0% |
| 40 | Dangerous action in carriageway (eg play | 25 | 3 | 28 | 0% |
| 41 | Inadequate/masked signs or road markings | 14 | 13 | 27 | 0% |
| 42 | Vehicle in course of crime | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0% |
| 43 | Inexperience of driving on the left | 20 | 5 | 25 | 0% |
| 44 | Tyres illegal, defective or under-inflat | 16 | 8 | 24 | 0% |
| 45 | Ped. disability or illness, mental/physi | 17 | 6 | 23 | 0% |
| 46 | Road layout (eg bend, winding rd, hill c | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0% |
| 47 | Junction restart | 14 | 6 | 20 | 0% |
| 48 | Disobeyed pedestrian crossing facility | 14 | 5 | 19 | 0% |
| 49 | Distraction outside vehicle | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0% |
| 50 | Stolen vehicle | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0% |
| 51 | Cyclist entering road from pavement | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0% |
| 52 | Nervous / uncertain / panic | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0% |
| 53 | Temporary road layout (eg contraflow) | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0% |
| 54 | Defective brakes | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0% |
| 55 | Emergency vehicle on call | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0% |
| 56 | Ped. impaired by drugs (illicit/medicina | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0% |
| 57 | Vehicle blind spot | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0% |
| 58 | Inexperience with type of vehicle | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0% |
| 59 | Cyclist wearing dark clothing at night | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0% |
| 60 | Disobeyed double white line | 10 | - | 10 | 0% |
| 61 | Not display lights at night / in poor vi | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0% |
| 62 | Vegetation | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0% |
| 63 | Defective steering or suspension | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0% |
| 64 | Visor/windscreen dirty/scratched/frosted | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0% |
| 65 | Uncorrected defective eyesight | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0% |
| 66 | Overloaded or poorly loaded vehicle/trai | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0% |
| 67 | Dazzling headlights | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| 68 | Buildings, road signs, street furniture | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0% |
| 69 | Traffic calming (eg road humps, chicanes | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0% |
| 70 | Vehicle door opened or closed negligentl | 5 | - | 5 | 0% |
| 71 | Defective traffic signals | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| 72 | Driving too slow for condits / slow vehi | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0% |
| 73 | Defective lights or indicators | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0% |
| 74 | Spray from other vehicles | - | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| 75 | Driver using mobile phone | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0% |
| 76 | Sunken,raised or slippery inspection cov | - | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| 77 | Vehicle travelling along pavement | 2 | - | 2 | 0% |
| All | 4,282 | 1,539 | 5,821 | 100% | |
1. Includes only collisions 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 collision (i.e. to more than one particpant). Therefore the total differs from earlier tables.
'(D/R)' indicates Driver/Rider
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