The Scottish Government

Police Force

Speed Limit

Road Type

Northern

738

10

3

Roundabout

564

Grampian

1,195

15

3

One way street

283

Tayside

927

20

138

Dual carriageway

2,062

Fife

606

30

7,043

Single carriageway

9,310

Lothian & Borders

2,510

40

592

Slip road

122

Central

675

50

324

Unknown

144

Strathclyde

5,359

60

3,625

Dumfries & Galloway

475

70

757

Pedestrian Crossing - Physical Facilities

None within 50m

10,622

Month

Junction Control

Zebra crossing

129

January

1,003

Not at or near junction

6,723

Pelican, puffin or similar

800

February

1,017

Authorised person

22

Pedestrian phase at lights

797

March

1,043

Automatic traffic signal

1,027

Footbridge or subway

19

April

942

Stop sign

118

Central refuge

118

May

1,097

Give way or uncontrolled

4,595

June

1,056

Junction Detail

July

1,020

Weather Conditions

Not at or within 20 metres

6,721

August

1,107

Fine

9,360

Roundabout

778

September

1,019

Raining

2,087

Mini Roundabout

47

October

1,023

Snowing

83

T or staggered junction

2,879

November

1,076

Fine high winds

196

Slip Road

225

December

1,082

Raining high winds

315

Crossroads

871

Snowing high winds

34

Multiple junction

175

Severity of Accident

Fog mist

62

Private drive

202

Fatal

255

Other

249

Other junction

587

Serious

2,046

Unknown

99

Slight

10,184

Road Surface Conditions

First road class

Dry

7,520

Local Authority

Motorway

397

Wet or damp

4,543

Aberdeen City

392

A(m)

38

Snow

85

Aberdeenshire

631

A

5,584

Frost or ice

312

Angus

284

B

1,694

Flood over 3cm deep

24

Argyll & Bute

268

C

412

Clackmannanshire

88

Unclassified

4,360

Special Conditions at site

Dumfries & Galloway

475

None

12,113

Dundee City

253

Second road class

Automatic traffic signal out

31

East Ayrshire

240

No second road class

6,856

Automat traffic sig part defective

12

East Dunbartonshire

150

Motorway

53

Road sign defective or obscured

14

East Lothian

210

A(m)

3

Roadworks

161

East Renfrewshire

118

A

712

Road surface defective

28

Edinburgh, City of

1,330

B

390

Oil or diesel

82

Eilean Siar

44

C

205

Mud

44

Falkirk

297

Unclassified

4,266

Fife

606

Carriageway hazards

Glasgow City

1,781

Light Conditions

None

12,149

Highland

626

Daylight street lights present

5,214

Vehicle load in carriageway

10

Inverclyde

205

Daylight no street lights present

3,608

Other object in carriageway

150

Midlothian

210

Daylight street lights present unknown

180

Involved previous accident

26

Moray

172

Darkness street lights present and lit

2,269

Pedestrian in cgwy not injured

57

North Ayrshire

265

Darkness street lights present and unlit

102

Animal in cgwy-not horse

93

North Lanarkshire

754

Darkness no street lights

1,051

Orkney Islands

27

Darkness street lights present unknown

61

Did a police officer attend?

Perth & Kinross

390

Yes

10,348

Renfrewshire

426

Pedestrian Crossing - Human Control

No-accident reported over counter

2,137

Scottish Borders

336

None within 50 metres

12,166

Shetland Islands

41

School crossing patrol

53

Contributory Factors

South Ayrshire

261

Other authorised person

266

Please see the section on the
Contributory Factors

South Lanarkshire

689

Stirling

290

West Dunbartonshire

202

West Lothian

424

Police Force

Manoeuvres

Vehicle leaving carriageway

Northern

1,145

Unknown

14

Unknown

4

Grampian

1,896

Reversing

317

Did not leave c'way

17,010

Tayside

1,546

Parked

705

Left c'way nearside

1,877

Fife

1,076

Waiting to go ahead/held up

1,262

Left c'way nearside rebound

246

Lothian & Borders

4,209

Slowing/stopping

1,260

Left c'way ahead junction

107

Central

1,122

Moving off

765

Left c'way offside onto central reservation

85

Strathclyde

9,023

U turn

167

Left c'way offside onto central res & rebound

58

Dumfries & Galloway

757

Turning left

447

Left c'way offside and crossed central res

28

Waiting to turn left

105

Left c'way offside

1,178

Month

Turning right

1,426

Left c'way offside and rebounded

181

January

1,613

Waiting to turn right

336

February

1,672

Changing lane left

147

Hit object off carriageway

March

1,736

Changing lane rght

136

Unknown

9

April

1,559

Overtaking moving vehicle offside

421

None

17,946

May

1,888

Overtaking stationery vehicle offside

178

Road sign traffic signal

215

June

1,758

Overtaking nearside

120

Lamp post

197

July

1,715

Ahead left hand bend

1,302

Telegraph pole electricity pole

66

August

1,906

Ahead right hand bend

1,355

Tree

387

September

1,690

Ahead other

10,311

Bus stop bus shelter

26

October

1,732

Central crash barrier

153

November

1,748

Other vehicle hit

Nearside or offside crash barrier

198

December

1,757

0

6,886

Submerged in water

2

1

6,163

Entered ditch

335

Breath test

2

6,889

Other permanent object

1,240

Not applicable

198

3

628

Positive

428

4

143

First point of impact

Negative

11,750

5

41

Unknown

2

Not requested

4,075

6

18

None

1,563

Refused to provide

43

7

5

Front

10,501

Driver not contacted

3,253

8

1

Back

3,353

Not provided (medical)

1,027

Offside

2,776

Junction location of vehicle

Nrside

2,579

Sex of driver

Unknown

4

Male

13,927

Not at or within 20 metres

10,520

Towing and Articulation

Female

5,914

Approach junction or wait/park approach

4,915

Unknown

8

Not traced

933

Cleared junction or wait/park at exit

1,068

No towing or articulation

20,373

Leaving roundabout

298

Articulated vehicle

232

Vehicle Reference Number

Entering roundabout

493

Double or multiple trailer

20

1

12,485

Leaving main road

283

Caravan

12

2

6,886

Entering main road

531

Single trailer

103

3

1,071

Entering from slip rd

98

Other tow

26

4

235

Mid-junction on roundabout/main road

2,564

5

60

Hit and run

6

24

Skidding and overtaking

Other

19,673

7

11

Not known

4

Hit run

835

8

2

None

16,733

Non-stop vehicle, not hit

266

Skidding

2,427

Type of Vehicle

Skid overtd

872

Vehicle location at time of acc - Lane

Unknown

5

Jacknifed

16

Unknown

4

Pedal cycle

738

Jackn overtd

6

On main carriageway

20,030

Motor cycle 50cc and under

78

Overturned

716

Bus lane

135

Motor cycle over 50 to 125cc

245

Busway

197

Motor cycle over 125 to 500cc

282

Hit object in carriageway

Cycle lane

42

Motor cycle over 500cc

498

Unknown

7

Cycleway

18

Taxi/private hire car

413

None

19,775

On lay-by hard shldr

99

Car

15,565

Prev accident

13

Entering lay-by hard shldr

18

Minibus (8-16 pass seats)

74

Road works

19

Leaving lay-by hard shldr

31

Bus coach (17+ pass seats)

835

Parked vehicle

335

Footway

200

Other motor vehicle

377

Bridge roof

9

Other non-motor vehicle

12

Bridge side

37

Journey Purpose of driver/rider

Ridden horse

4

Bollard refuge

79

Journey as part of work

4,033

Agricultural vehicle

81

Open door vehicle

14

Commuting to/from work

2,635

Goods up to 3.5t mgw

923

Central island roundabout

27

Take pupil to/from school

178

Goods over 3.5t to < 7.5t mgw

178

Kerb

308

Pupil ride to/from school

34

Goods 7.5t mgw and over

465

Other object

106

Other/not known

13,894

Animal excluding ridden horse

45

Foreign registered vehicle

Not foreign reg veh

20,659

Foreign reg LH drive

63

Foreign reg RH drive

21

Foreign reg 2 wheeler

25

Other/not known

6

Vehicle movement from/to

Age of driver

Age of driver

Unknown

4

Unknown

548

51

321

Parked

764

0

1

52

272

U turn from north

36

4

5

53

260

North to north east

25

5

8

54

270

North to east

197

6

9

55

240

North to south east

38

7

13

56

239

North to south

3883

8

16

57

233

North to south west

45

9

14

58

228

North to west

457

10

21

59

215

North to north west

13

11

11

60

255

North east to north

8

12

40

61

161

North east to east

4

13

17

62

143

North east to south east

18

14

17

63

118

North east to south

23

15

27

64

147

North east to south west

324

16

73

65

123

North east to west

35

17

358

66

127

North east to north west

32

18

658

67

99

East to north

413

19

595

68

85

East to north east

12

20

602

69

92

U turn from east

46

21

550

70

78

East to south east

15

22

469

71

78

East to south

158

23

484

72

66

East to south west

28

24

412

73

61

East to west

3811

25

669

74

62

East to north west

32

26

427

75

54

South east to north

50

27

432

76

61

South east to north east

37

28

390

77

55

South east to east

10

29

350

78

51

U turn from south east

5

30

512

79

27

South east to south

7

31

365

80

38

South east to south west

12

32

360

81

36

South east to west

16

33

366

82

26

South east to north west

316

34

367

83

18

South to north

3726

35

830

84

29

South to north east

45

36

452

85

14

South to east

440

37

378

86

18

South to south east

9

38

458

87

10

U turn from south

51

39

465

88

10

South to south west

21

40

565

89

3

South to west

184

41

450

90

4

South to north west

43

42

472

91

3

South west to north

32

43

441

92

2

South west to north east

333

44

383

98

6

South west to east

41

45

459

99

1

South west to south east

19

46

389

South west to south

5

47

333

U turn from south west

3

48

363

South west to west

4

49

352

South west to north west

26

50

359

West to north

155

West to north east

23

West to east

3751

West to south east

33

West to south

436

West to south west

10

U turn from west

56

West to north west

9

North west to north

8

North west to north east

17

North west to east

16

North west to south east

328

North west to south

28

North west to south west

39

North west to west

7

U turn from north west

2

Police Force

Pedestrian direction

Northern

1,076

Not pedestrian

13,517

Grampian

1,482

Pedestrian standing still

288

Tayside

1,206

Heading North

577

Fife

780

Heading North East

44

Lothian & Borders

3,175

Heading East

496

Central

894

Heading South East

46

Strathclyde

6,956

Heading South

537

Dumfries & Galloway

644

Heading South West

47

Heading West

480

Month

Heading North West

26

January

1,313

Unknown

155

February

1,290

March

1,320

Casualty Class

April

1,207

Driver or rider

9,072

May

1,458

Passenger - vehicle/pillion

4,445

June

1,381

Pedestrian

2,696

July

1,337

August

1,489

Pedestrian location

September

1,299

Not pedestrian

13,517

October

1,337

In carriageway, crossing pedestrian crossing

236

November

1,385

In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing approach

10

December

1,397

In carriageway, crossing in zig zag crossing exit

8

In carriageway crossing elsewhere within 50 metres

250

Sex of casualty

In carriageway crossing elsewhere

1,377

Unknown

20

Footway or verge

226

Male

9,286

On refuge, central island or central reservation

17

Female

6,907

Centre carriageway not refuge, central island or reservation

111

In carriageway not crossing

242

Road user

Unknown other

219

Pedestrian

2,696

Pedal cycle

712

Pedestrian movement

Motor cycle

1,054

Not pedestrian

13,517

Car

10,054

Crossing driver nearside

1,001

Taxi

225

Crossing driver nearside mskd

243

Minibus

70

Crossing driver offside

566

Bus/Coach

623

Crossing driver offside masked

157

Light goods vehicle

411

In carriageway stationary not crossing

158

Heavy goods vehicle

197

In carriageway stationary not crossing masked

25

Other

171

Walking in carriageway facing traffic

36

Walking in carriageway back to traffic

57

Severity of casualty

Unknown

453

Killed

281

Serious

2,382

Car passenger

Slight

13,550

Not car passenger

12,531

Front seat car passenger

2,470

Bus or coach passenger

Rear seat car passenger

1,212

Not psv passenger

15,595

Boarding

51

Pedestrian injured in the course of 'on the road' work

Alighting

73

Not a pedestrian

13,649

Standing passenger

182

No

2,307

Seated passenger

312

Yes

114

Not known

143

School pupil casualty

All other casualties

15,854

Pupil to/from school

359

Age of casualty

Age of casualty

Casualty Reference Number

Unknown

29

49

204

1

12,485

0

12

50

204

2

2,569

1

30

51

181

3

734

2

41

52

191

4

260

3

73

53

153

5

92

4

73

54

153

6

37

5

87

55

150

7

16

6

94

56

144

8

7

7

117

57

171

9

4

8

118

58

141

10

2

9

124

59

148

11

1

10

154

60

142

12

1

11

133

61

107

13

1

12

206

62

119

14

1

13

152

63

90

15

1

14

186

64

102

16

1

15

214

65

101

17

1

16

284

66

94

17

552

67

89

Vehicle Reference Number

18

674

68

75

19

546

69

83

20

498

70

84

1

10,132

21

462

71

70

2

5,627

22

393

72

71

3

375

23

362

73

69

4

57

24

341

74

63

5

16

25

393

75

66

6

5

26

311

76

63

7

1

27

313

77

73

28

272

78

70

29

234

79

40

30

271

80

53

31

250

81

49

32

236

82

43

33

236

83

34

34

235

84

32

35

317

85

30

36

263

86

29

37

228

87

27

38

303

88

16

39

291

89

13

40

265

90

15

41

267

91

7

42

283

92

3

43

243

93

5

44

227

94

2

45

263

95

1

46

255

96

2

47

206

97

2

48

214

98

5

99

3