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Table 17: Car Drivers

Cars drivers involved in accidents by manoeuvre and age of driver
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 2000-2004 average

Age of Driver

Age of Driver

17-22

23-29

30-59

60 and over

Not known or under 17

Total

17-22

23-29

30-59

60 and over

Not known or under 17

Total

numbers

percentages

Built-up

Reversing

32

37

142

27

18

256

2.0

2.3

2.3

2.3

3.3

2.3

Parked

24

41

200

27

260

552

1.5

2.5

3.2

2.4

46.2

5.0

Stopping

50

57

230

31

10

377

3.1

3.4

3.7

2.7

1.7

3.4

Starting

15

16

67

17

7

123

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.5

1.3

1.1

U Turn

16

18

63

16

4

117

1.0

1.1

1.0

1.4

0.7

1.1

Turning/wtg turn left

49

57

216

44

15

382

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.9

2.7

3.4

Turning/wtg turn right

196

200

740

168

25

1,329

12.1

12.1

12.0

14.7

4.5

11.9

Changing lane

12

17

57

11

9

106

0.8

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.6

1.0

Overtaking

46

46

161

27

11

292

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.0

2.6

Going round bend

138

91

262

35

13

539

8.6

5.5

4.2

3.1

2.2

4.8

Going/wtg go ahead

1,035

1,070

4,033

740

188

7,068

64.2

64.8

65.4

64.7

33.5

63.4

Total (1)

1,613

1,652

6,170

1,144

562

11,141

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Non built-up

Reversing

3

2

10

3

0

18

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.2

Parked

4

8

43

5

19

79

0.3

0.7

1.1

0.7

18.9

1.1

Stopping

29

39

160

27

2

257

2.2

3.5

4.1

3.6

1.6

3.6

Starting

2

2

10

4

0

19

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.3

U Turn

3

3

13

3

0

22

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

15

11

51

13

1

92

1.2

1.0

1.3

1.8

1.4

1.3

Turning/wtg turn right

56

55

251

97

4

464

4.3

4.9

6.5

12.8

4.3

6.5

Changing lane

18

19

57

10

3

108

1.4

1.7

1.5

1.4

3.2

1.5

Overtaking

69

55

152

25

10

312

5.4

4.9

3.9

3.3

9.9

4.4

Going round bend

456

294

810

133

16

1,709

35.5

26.1

20.9

17.5

15.4

23.9

Going/wtg go ahead

628

639

2,315

438

44

4,063

49.0

56.6

59.8

57.6

43.2

56.9

Total (1)

1,283

1,128

3,871

760

101

7,144

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total

Reversing

35

39

151

30

19

274

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

2.8

1.5

Parked

28

49

243

32

279

631

1.0

1.8

2.4

1.7

42.1

3.5

Stopping

78

96

390

59

11

634

2.7

3.4

3.9

3.1

1.7

3.5

Starting

17

18

77

21

8

142

0.6

0.7

0.8

1.1

1.2

0.8

U Turn

19

21

75

19

4

139

0.7

0.8

0.7

1.0

0.6

0.8

Turning/wtg turn left

64

68

267

58

17

474

2.2

2.5

2.7

3.0

2.5

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

251

256

991

265

30

1,793

8.7

9.2

9.9

13.9

4.5

9.8

Changing lane

31

36

114

22

12

215

1.1

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.8

1.2

Overtaking

115

102

312

53

21

603

4.0

3.7

3.1

2.8

3.2

3.3

Going round bend

594

385

1,072

168

28

2,247

20.5

13.8

10.7

8.8

4.3

12.3

Going/wtg go ahead

1,664

1,709

6,348

1,178

232

11,131

57.4

61.5

63.2

61.9

35.0

60.9

Total (1)

2,896

2,780

10,042

1,904

663

18,285

100.0

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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