The Scottish Government

Table 15

Cars Involved

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

151

113

9

278

1.0

5.9

1.6

0.5

2.3

Parked

1

5

271

291

568

0.2

0.2

3.8

15.6

4.7

Stopping

9

53

269

106

437

1.8

2.0

3.8

5.7

3.6

Starting

4

31

67

11

113

0.8

1.2

1.0

0.6

0.9

U Turn

1

6

102

10

120

0.2

0.2

1.5

0.5

1.0

Turning/wtg turn left

16

67

291

31

406

3.1

2.6

4.1

1.7

3.4

Turning/wtg turn right

22

91

1,178

137

1,428

4.2

3.5

16.7

7.3

11.9

Changing lane

1

5

94

11

111

0.2

0.2

1.3

0.6

0.9

Overtaking

7

118

179

33

336

1.2

4.6

2.5

1.8

2.8

Going round bend

168

55

286

40

549

31.5

2.2

4.1

2.1

4.6

Going/waiting go ahead

297

1,985

4,184

1,190

7,656

55.8

77.3

59.5

63.6

63.8

Total

532

2,567

7,035

1,869

12,003

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Non built-up

Reversing

2

1

17

4

24

0.1

0.9

0.4

0.2

0.3

Parked

1

-

44

34

79

-

0.4

1.1

1.9

1.1

Stopping

8

2

139

140

289

0.5

1.5

3.6

8.0

3.9

Starting

-

-

14

2

17

-

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.2

U Turn

-

-

20

2

22

-

-

0.5

0.1

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

12

-

70

12

94

0.7

0.2

1.8

0.7

1.3

Turning/wtg turn right

9

1

387

85

482

0.6

0.7

10.0

4.8

6.5

Changing lane

15

-

66

27

109

0.9

-

1.7

1.5

1.5

Overtaking

30

5

212

96

343

1.8

4.2

5.5

5.5

4.6

Going round bend

830

9

758

137

1,734

50.2

8.2

19.6

7.8

23.4

Going/waiting go ahead

745

91

2,144

1,221

4,201

45.1

83.4

55.4

69.3

56.8

Total

1,654

110

3,871

1,760

7,395

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total

Reversing

7

152

130

13

302

0.3

5.7

1.2

0.4

1.6

Parked

2

5

315

325

647

0.1

0.2

2.9

9.0

3.3

Stopping

18

54

408

246

726

0.8

2.0

3.7

6.8

3.7

Starting

5

31

82

13

131

0.2

1.2

0.7

0.4

0.7

U Turn

2

6

122

12

142

0.1

0.2

1.1

0.3

0.7

Turning/wtg turn left

29

67

361

43

501

1.3

2.5

3.3

1.2

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

32

91

1,565

222

1,910

1.5

3.4

14.3

6.1

9.8

Changing lane

16

5

160

38

220

0.7

0.2

1.5

1.1

1.1

Overtaking

37

123

391

129

679

1.7

4.6

3.6

3.6

3.5

Going round bend

998

64

1,044

177

2,283

45.6

2.4

9.6

4.9

11.8

Going/waiting go ahead

1,042

2,076

6,328

2,410

11,856

47.7

77.6

58.0

66.4

61.1

Total

2,186

2,677

10,906

3,630

19,398

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0