Road Accidents Scotland 2002

Table 14

Vehicles Involved

(a) Vehicles involved by manoeuvre and type of vehicle
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1998-2002 average

	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	Car	Taxi	Minibus ⁽²⁾	Bus/ coach	Light goods	Heavy goods	Other ⁽²⁾	Total ⁽³⁾
Built-up
Reversing	5	2	278	14	5	8	34	14	10	370
Parked	2	2	568	15	6	84	44	27	14	762
Stopping	10	22	437	20	5	152	23	10	6	684
Starting	7	2	113	14	1	61	8	4	2	212
U turn	2	3	120	12	1	-	5	3	2	147
Turning/waiting turn left	24	15	406	15	1	35	19	17	9	541
Turning/waiting turn right	51	28	1,428	45	5	48	48	34	19	1,707
Changing lane	14	3	111	5	1	11	8	7	3	164
Overtaking	25	50	336	13	3	18	18	12	9	484
Going round bend	23	41	549	16	3	21	18	29	9	708
Waiting/going ahead	706	426	7,656	341	35	550	331	213	122	10,380
Total ⁽³⁾	867	595	12,003	509	67	987	555	370	206	16,160
Non built-up
Reversing	1	-	24	1	-	-	2	6	3	36
Parked	-	-	79	1	2	6	12	17	9	125
Stopping	1	10	289	2	2	6	18	14	5	346
Starting	-	1	17	-	-	1	1	1	1	23
U turn	-	1	22	-	-	-	2	1	1	27
Turning/waiting turn left	2	8	94	-	1	2	5	6	4	123
Turning/waiting turn right	8	10	482	5	5	5	27	27	33	603
Changing lane	5	6	109	-	1	1	8	28	3	161
Overtaking	1	53	343	1	2	5	20	21	4	450
Going round bend	13	196	1,734	11	15	19	85	116	34	2,223
Waiting/going ahead	86	232	4,201	25	29	62	271	338	103	5,346
Total ⁽³⁾	117	517	7,395	47	57	107	452	575	199	9,465
Total
Reversing	5	2	302	15	5	8	36	20	13	406
Parked	2	3	647	16	7	89	55	44	22	887
Stopping	11	32	726	22	6	158	41	24	12	1,031
Starting	8	3	131	14	2	62	9	5	2	235
U turn	2	3	142	12	1	-	7	3	3	174
Turning/waiting turn left	26	23	501	15	2	36	24	23	13	663
Turning/waiting turn right	60	38	1,910	50	10	54	75	61	52	2,310
Changing lane	19	9	220	5	2	13	16	35	6	325
Overtaking	25	102	679	14	5	24	38	33	13	934
Going round bend	36	238	2,283	27	19	40	102	145	43	2,931
Waiting/going ahead	791	659	11,856	366	64	611	603	550	225	15,726
Total ⁽³⁾	984	1,112	19,398	556	124	1,095	1,006	945	405	25,625

1. Motorcycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
2. Affected by the change in 1999 in the way that motor caravans were counted - see Annex C.
3. Totals include a small number of cases where the manoeuvre is unknown

Table 14

Vehicles Involved

(b) Vehicles involved by junction detail and type of vehicle
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1998-2002 average

	Pedal cycle	Motor cycle ⁽¹⁾	Car	Taxi	Minibus ⁽²⁾	Bus/ coach	Light goods	Heavy goods	Other ⁽²⁾	Total
Built-up
Over 20m from junction	264	194	4,265	165	26	415	212	146	82	5,769
Roundabout	71	49	778	18	5	48	32	33	12	1,047
Mini roundabout	7	3	61	2	-	5	2	2	1	83
T/Y or staggered junction	390	252	4,539	189	25	337	213	118	68	6,131
Slip road	5	3	89	3	-	5	4	4	2	114
Crossroads	87	66	1,631	101	7	131	65	42	25	2,156
Multiple junction	9	5	177	12	-	17	6	7	4	238
Private drive	17	10	151	4	1	7	11	7	3	211
Other junction	16	14	311	16	2	23	10	10	8	411
Total	867	595	12,003	509	67	987	555	370	206	16,160
Non built-up
Over 20m from junction	76	355	4,955	28	42	68	315	419	129	6,387
Roundabout	8	26	312	3	1	6	13	25	5	400
Mini roundabout	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
T/Y or staggered junction	22	83	1,255	9	9	20	77	79	35	1,589
Slip road	3	10	294	2	1	4	13	21	4	352
Crossroads	3	9	209	2	1	3	11	9	7	254
Multiple junction	-	1	22	-	-	-	1	2	-	26
Private drive	2	18	179	2	3	4	15	12	12	247
Other junction	3	13	165	1	1	2	7	8	6	207
Total	117	517	7,395	47	57	107	452	575	199	9,465
Total
Over 20m from junction	340	549	9,220	193	68	483	527	565	211	12,156
Roundabout	79	75	1,090	22	6	54	45	59	17	1,446
Mini roundabout	7	4	63	2	-	5	2	2	1	86
T/Y or staggered junction	412	335	5,794	198	33	357	289	197	104	7,720
Slip road	8	13	384	5	1	9	17	24	6	467
Crossroads	90	75	1,840	103	9	134	76	51	32	2,410
Multiple junction	9	6	200	12	-	17	7	9	4	263
Private drive	19	28	331	6	3	10	26	19	15	458
Other junction	19	27	476	17	3	25	18	19	14	618
Total	984	1,112	19,398	556	124	1,095	1,006	945	405	25,625

1. Motorcycle includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
2. Affected by the change in 1999 in the way that motor caravans were counted - see Annex C.

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