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Table 15: Cars Involved

Cars involved in accidents by manoeuvre and type of accident (1)
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 2000-2004 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

6

148

94

9

256

1.1

6.5

1.4

0.5

2.3

Parked

2

6

268

276

552

0.3

0.2

4.1

15.8

5.0

Stopping

6

34

238

98

377

1.2

1.5

3.6

5.6

3.4

Starting

6

32

74

11

123

1.1

1.4

1.1

0.6

1.1

U Turn

2

7

100

9

117

0.3

0.3

1.5

0.5

1.1

Turning/wtg turn left

16

61

277

27

382

3.0

2.7

4.2

1.6

3.4

Turning/wtg turn right

21

85

1,101

121

1,329

4.0

3.7

16.7

6.9

11.9

Changing lane

2

6

86

12

106

0.4

0.3

1.3

0.7

1.0

Overtaking

7

98

159

27

292

1.3

4.3

2.4

1.6

2.6

Going round bend

164

46

285

44

539

31.1

2.0

4.3

2.5

4.8

Going/waiting go ahead

296

1,755

3,907

1,110

7,068

56.2

77.0

59.3

63.6

63.4

Total

527

2,279

6,590

1,744

11,141

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Non built-up

Reversing

1

-

13

3

18

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

Parked

1

-

42

37

79

-

0.2

1.1

2.2

1.1

Stopping

4

1

122

129

257

0.3

1.0

3.3

7.6

3.6

Starting

-

-

17

2

19

-

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.3

U Turn

-

-

20

2

22

-

-

0.5

0.1

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

13

1

67

12

92

0.8

0.6

1.8

0.7

1.3

Turning/wtg turn right

9

-

379

76

464

0.5

0.2

10.2

4.5

6.5

Changing lane

18

-

65

25

108

1.1

0.2

1.8

1.5

1.5

Overtaking

32

4

189

85

312

2.0

4.6

5.1

5.0

4.4

Going round bend

833

10

730

136

1,709

51.0

10.0

19.6

8.0

23.9

Going/waiting go ahead

722

79

2,075

1,188

4,063

44.2

82.3

55.8

70.1

56.9

Total

1,634

96

3,720

1,694

7,144

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total

Reversing

7

148

107

12

274

0.3

6.2

1.0

0.3

1.5

Parked

2

6

310

313

631

0.1

0.2

3.0

9.1

3.5

Stopping

11

35

360

228

634

0.5

1.5

3.5

6.6

3.5

Starting

6

32

91

12

142

0.3

1.4

0.9

0.4

0.8

U Turn

2

7

120

10

139

0.1

0.3

1.2

0.3

0.8

Turning/wtg turn left

29

62

344

39

474

1.3

2.6

3.3

1.1

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

30

86

1,480

197

1,793

1.4

3.6

14.4

5.7

9.8

Changing lane

21

7

151

36

215

1.0

0.3

1.5

1.1

1.2

Overtaking

39

103

349

113

603

1.8

4.3

3.4

3.3

3.3

Going round bend

997

55

1,015

180

2,247

46.1

2.3

9.8

5.2

12.3

Going/waiting go ahead

1,018

1,834

5,982

2,297

11,131

47.1

77.2

58.0

66.8

60.9

Total

2,161

2,375

10,311

3,438

18,285

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1. Totals include a small number of cases where the manoeuvre is unknown.

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