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ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 1999

Table 18

Cars Involved

Cars involved in accidents by manoeuvre and type of accident
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1995-99 average

 

Type of Accident

Type of Accident

Single vehicle

Single vehicle pedestrian &

Two vehicles

Three/ more vehicles

Total

Single vehicle

Single vehicle pedestrian &

Two vehicles

Three/ more vehicles

Total

numbers

percentages

Built-up

Reversing

5

167

76

8

256

0.9

5.5

1.0

0.4

2.0

Parked

2

4

295

309

610

0.3

0.1

4.0

15.3

4.7

Stopping

12

95

299

120

526

2.1

3.1

4.0

5.9

4.0

Starting

4

31

65

12

112

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.9

U Turn

3

7

100

10

119

0.5

0.2

1.3

0.5

0.9

Turning/wtg turn left

21

72

313

34

440

3.7

2.4

4.2

1.7

3.4

Turning/wtg turn right

21

107

1,341

165

1,634

3.7

3.5

18.1

8.2

12.5

Changing lane

3

10

93

14

120

0.5

0.3

1.3

0.7

0.9

Overtaking

7

150

206

37

400

1.2

4.9

2.8

1.8

3.1

Going round bend

170

66

302

43

582

29.8

2.2

4.1

2.1

4.5

Going/waiting go ahead

322

2,330

4,321

1,273

8,247

56.5

76.7

58.3

62.9

63.2

Total

570

3,039

7,411

2,026

13,046

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Non built-up

Reversing

2

2

11

4

19

0.1

1.6

0.3

0.2

0.2

Parked

-

1

48

34

83

-

0.4

1.2

1.9

1.1

Stopping

11

3

156

152

323

0.7

1.9

3.9

8.4

4.2

Starting

-

1

13

3

17

-

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.2

U Turn

-

-

18

5

23

-

-

0.4

0.3

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

11

-

72

14

98

0.7

0.3

1.8

0.8

1.3

Turning/wtg turn right

8

1

438

104

550

0.5

0.4

10.8

5.7

7.2

Changing lane

12

1

57

22

92

0.7

0.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

Overtaking

30

5

240

108

383

1.8

4.0

5.9

5.9

5.0

Going round bend

805

13

790

127

1,735

48.1

9.7

19.5

7.0

22.6

Going/waiting go ahead

794

110

2,209

1,245

4,358

47.4

80.7

54.5

68.5

56.8

Total

1,673

137

4,052

1,817

7,680

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total

Reversing

7

169

87

13

275

0.3

5.3

0.8

0.3

1.3

Parked

2

5

343

343

693

0.1

0.1

3.0

8.9

3.3

Stopping

23

98

456

272

849

1.0

3.1

4.0

7.1

4.1

Starting

5

32

78

15

130

0.2

1.0

0.7

0.4

0.6

U Turn

3

7

118

15

142

0.1

0.2

1.0

0.4

0.7

Turning/wtg turn left

32

72

385

48

538

1.4

2.3

3.4

1.2

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

29

107

1,779

270

2,184

1.3

3.4

15.5

7.0

10.5

Changing lane

15

11

150

35

212

0.7

0.3

1.3

0.9

1.0

Overtaking

37

155

446

145

783

1.6

4.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

Going round bend

975

79

1,092

170

2,316

43.5

2.5

9.5

4.4

11.2

Going/waiting go ahead

1,116

2,441

6,530

2,519

12,605

49.7

76.9

57.0

65.5

60.8

Total

2,244

3,175

11,464

3,843

20,726

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

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