Motorcycle Acccidents and Casualties in Scotland 1992

Motorcycle Acccidents and Casualties in Scotland 1992 - 2002

MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES IN SCOTLAND 1992 - 2002

Annex 1: Tables of ACCIDENTS involving motorcycles

Table A1. Accident severity by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All roads
Fatal	39	31	25	34	28	37	34	31	42	51	48
Serious	432	358	318	348	264	295	319	383	424	394	397
Slight	683	640	535	530	526	552	563	544	606	678	666
Total	1154	1029	878	912	818	884	916	958	1072	1123	1111
Built-up roads
Fatal	7	5	6	8	6	3	7	5	9	9	9
Serious	223	170	167	169	115	121	124	157	180	155	174
Slight	490	442	372	335	358	349	327	342	384	437	436
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Fatal	32	26	19	26	22	34	27	26	33	42	39
Serious	209	188	151	179	149	174	195	226	244	239	223
Slight	193	198	163	195	168	203	236	202	222	241	230
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A2. Junction details for accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Not at	206	182	141	164	146	128	142	140	185	178	196
Roundabout	59	33	48	31	37	31	24	48	47	61	58
Mini Roundabout	2	7	2	3	1	1	3	3	4	3	3
T or staggered junction	302	278	261	231	197	221	208	218	247	243	274
Slip Road	2	2	5	3	3	4	0	4	4	4	2
Crossroads	114	89	65	49	61	59	47	68	63	77	55
Multiple junc.	4	6	3	3	5	6	4	4	2	4	10
Private drive	25	10	12	21	16	14	17	11	11	7	6
Other junc.	6	10	8	7	13	9	13	8	10	24	15
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Not at	291	278	231	261	217	280	314	306	335	358	346
Roundabout	17	15	14	25	21	19	21	24	21	31	29
Mini Roundabout	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
T or staggered junction	96	88	69	86	70	73	83	77	96	79	59
Slip Road	3	6	2	2	2	9	9	8	12	10	10
Crossroads	12	15	6	6	12	11	6	10	9	11	9
Multiple junc	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
Private drive	12	7	9	13	14	12	13	16	16	21	21
Other junc	3	2	1	7	3	6	12	13	7	11	16
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A3. Weather conditions and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Fine	586	523	453	445	415	382	378	401	482	522	497
Raining	95	75	60	55	47	70	66	48	69	60	96
Snowing	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	0	0
Fine high winds	14	6	10	2	3	5	4	32	12	3	11
Raining high winds	13	5	12	4	5	5	4	12	4	3	6
Snowing high winds	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fog mist	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	5	1
Other	5	4	9	1	4	8	3	6	2	3	4
Unknown	3	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	4	4
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Fine	345	338	282	340	286	354	379	381	426	456	404
Raining	49	53	31	31	41	36	60	44	49	38	56
Snowing	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Fine high winds	11	7	13	14	7	8	6	17	11	13	13
Raining high winds	17	8	0	5	2	5	3	3	5	6	3
Snowing high winds	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fog mist	8	1	1	2	0	2	3	7	1	3	5
Other	3	4	4	5	2	4	7	2	4	4	4
Unknown	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A4. Lighting conditions and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Dayl strt lghts pres	441	384	352	331	310	298	305	339	400	397	385
Dayl no strt lghts	21	18	33	30	34	52	31	46	40	53	50
Dayl pres strt lghts unkwn	30	37	10	12	7	4	6	7	7	6	11
Dknss lit strt lghts pres	216	168	126	125	116	111	108	98	109	136	161
Dknss unlit strt lghts pres	5	1	16	8	4	5	4	8	8	3	8
Dknss no strt lghts	2	7	7	4	6	3	4	6	8	3	2
Dknss pres strt lghts unkwn	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	2
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Dayl strt lghts pres	41	51	56	66	52	64	53	72	77	92	81
Dayl no strt lghts	300	295	185	233	194	248	287	314	339	370	348
Dayl pres strt lghts unkwn	6	6	27	41	40	37	47	7	14	9	6
Dknss lit strt lghts pres	11	19	14	15	14	17	9	11	13	11	13
Dknss unlit strt lghts pres	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dknss no strt lghts	72	40	37	32	30	38	53	49	55	38	42
Dknss pres strt lghts unkwn	2	1	12	11	7	7	9	1	1	1	0
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A5. Road surface conditions and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
Dry	813	797	659	733	633	704	671	763	795	845	797
Wet or damp	398	292	258	222	206	238	289	238	313	305	352
Snow	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	5	0	1
Frost or ice	23	13	11	12	9	5	15	7	4	17	5
Flood	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	7	7
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3
Total	1237	1105	930	971	850	948	976	1025	1129	1177	1166
Built-up roads
Dry	480	463	388	385	352	350	320	372	403	414	404
Wet or damp	253	175	176	137	120	138	149	141	175	186	220
Snow	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0
Frost or ice	15	6	5	8	3	4	5	4	3	12	2
Flood	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Total	750	645	569	531	477	493	475	521	586	614	632
Non built-up roads
Dry	333	334	271	348	281	354	351	391	392	431	393
Wet or damp	145	117	82	85	86	100	140	97	138	119	132
Snow	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	1
Frost or ice	8	7	6	4	6	1	10	3	1	5	3
Flood	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
Oil or diesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	5	3
Mud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1
Total	487	460	361	440	373	455	501	504	543	563	534

Table A6. Road class and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
A+M	345	287	237	224	203	203	198	197	228	229	270
B	88	87	74	69	52	50	69	54	62	79	62
C	29	29	38	39	30	34	20	37	33	29	34
U	314	275	236	231	223	226	198	255	291	306	293
Total	776	678	585	563	508	513	485	543	614	643	659
Non built-up roads
A+M	289	279	214	280	223	295	327	307	341	372	343
B	91	66	70	68	68	77	78	95	94	92	81
C	15	15	8	3	7	9	12	14	15	14	15
U	41	54	44	49	42	32	41	39	50	46	57
Total	436	414	336	400	340	413	458	455	500	524	496

Table A7. Number of vehicles involved and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
1	320	269	225	284	226	250	258	283	326	307	330
2	761	682	589	578	543	571	590	608	644	740	701
3	63	65	55	46	43	59	57	55	83	57	63
4+	10	13	9	4	6	4	11	12	19	19	17
Total	1154	1029	878	912	818	884	916	958	1072	1123	1111
Built-up roads
1	146	114	87	95	90	79	83	99	111	94	114
2	530	468	427	395	362	356	352	379	409	466	465
3	39	32	27	20	25	37	20	23	48	32	35
4+	5	3	4	2	2	1	3	3	5	9	5
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
1	174	155	138	189	136	171	175	184	215	213	216
2	231	214	162	183	181	215	238	229	235	274	236
3	24	33	28	26	18	22	37	32	35	25	28
4+	5	10	5	2	4	3	8	9	14	10	12
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A8. Time of day and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
00 - 02	22	16	12	3	7	5	5	9	4	4	11
02 - 04	4	5	4	5	3	2	6	3	6	2	7
04 - 06	3	3	2	1	1	3	6	0	5	3	5
06 - 08	50	26	33	33	29	32	33	33	26	38	33
08 - 10	61	46	47	47	50	48	53	43	66	60	65
10 - 12	40	56	40	36	37	35	37	33	38	46	54
12 - 14	88	78	73	76	58	65	57	62	68	76	72
14 - 16	76	89	82	59	67	59	52	93	82	73	88
16 - 18	137	106	107	98	91	98	88	97	140	141	123
18 - 20	113	83	66	74	74	61	67	70	69	78	70
20 - 22	78	65	50	52	45	45	39	40	42	54	62
22 - 24	48	44	29	28	17	20	15	21	27	26	29
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
00 - 02	12	9	3	7	9	8	4	5	4	4	3
02 - 04	6	4	4	2	5	3	2	3	1	3	3
04 - 06	3	3	0	2	4	2	1	5	4	4	2
06 - 08	25	24	17	21	18	25	23	27	21	22	27
08 - 10	27	28	22	23	15	29	31	35	36	26	27
10 - 12	33	31	36	31	37	35	33	47	47	48	45
12 - 14	51	57	47	56	48	59	76	60	79	86	78
14 - 16	77	80	64	85	52	70	84	74	79	101	81
16 - 18	85	83	55	77	65	79	102	99	100	118	99
18 - 20	54	40	35	46	47	51	48	54	69	61	64
20 - 22	36	35	34	34	28	36	35	29	36	32	42
22 - 24	25	18	16	16	11	14	19	16	23	17	21
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A9. Day of week and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
Monday	94	66	76	73	73	67	66	76	83	82	88
Tuesday	110	87	71	84	73	88	57	64	94	79	100
Wednesday	108	96	80	82	54	62	89	79	78	106	76
Thursday	105	95	106	68	77	63	72	78	81	89	98
Friday	118	113	87	95	92	83	76	88	98	88	103
Saturday	107	92	66	71	61	59	55	68	78	72	85
Sunday	78	68	59	39	49	51	43	51	61	85	69
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Monday	45	36	32	53	51	45	54	60	57	56	70
Tuesday	42	43	31	45	40	51	50	50	59	50	58
Wednesday	55	39	41	44	39	55	46	49	54	58	59
Thursday	56	58	36	45	37	61	55	60	58	67	53
Friday	69	66	39	65	53	57	67	69	66	61	56
Saturday	78	83	71	66	49	71	89	72	92	100	94
Sunday	89	87	83	82	70	71	97	94	113	130	102
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A10. Quarter and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
All
Q1	202	128	155	119	121	116	140	130	146	139	149
Q2	352	311	234	271	238	282	284	282	325	378	343
Q3	359	393	298	332	319	313	331	374	392	392	406
Q4	241	197	191	190	140	173	161	172	209	214	213
Total	1154	1029	878	912	818	884	916	958	1072	1123	1111
Built-up roads
Q1	141	94	117	84	85	79	83	95	95	101	102
Q2	200	170	131	146	125	127	128	140	142	169	169
Q3	198	211	172	155	170	144	139	151	192	177	193
Q4	181	142	125	127	99	123	108	118	144	154	155
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
Q1	61	34	38	35	36	37	57	35	51	38	47
Q2	152	141	103	125	113	155	156	142	183	209	174
Q3	161	182	126	177	149	169	192	223	200	215	213
Q4	60	55	66	63	41	50	53	54	65	60	58
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

Table A11. Month of year and accidents by built-up / non built-up roads

Numbers of accidents
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Built-up roads
January	45	19	34	18	32	21	33	24	25	34	23
February	52	34	45	32	21	20	24	28	27	22	39
March	44	41	38	34	32	38	26	43	43	45	40
April	71	55	43	44	36	40	36	38	37	51	56
May	62	67	39	56	35	45	50	40	61	60	63
June	67	48	49	46	54	42	42	62	44	58	50
July	61	65	61	54	49	34	39	48	65	54	45
August	69	67	65	61	60	57	55	49	67	68	84
September	68	79	46	40	61	53	45	54	60	55	64
October	77	52	50	50	42	48	43	43	52	65	50
November	62	58	38	49	38	40	33	46	54	53	64
December	42	32	37	28	19	35	32	29	38	36	41
Total	720	617	545	512	479	473	458	504	573	601	619
Non built-up roads
January	14	6	7	9	11	6	15	4	15	13	14
February	21	11	12	11	11	5	17	10	13	11	9
March	26	17	19	15	14	26	25	21	23	14	24
April	33	34	22	27	27	32	35	34	44	47	44
May	66	50	39	43	36	61	60	59	72	91	62
June	53	57	42	55	50	62	61	49	67	71	68
July	57	69	45	63	48	60	59	87	85	76	82
August	66	60	38	77	62	62	73	84	71	72	66
September	38	53	43	37	39	47	60	52	44	67	65
October	27	28	34	30	18	29	27	28	39	35	27
November	22	16	14	22	12	12	16	21	15	17	19
December	11	11	18	11	11	9	10	5	11	8	12
Total	434	412	333	400	339	411	458	454	499	522	492

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