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Road Accidents Scotland 1998

 

Table 19

Cars Involved

 
Cars involved in accidents by manoeuvre and type of accident
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 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

5

169

57

6

237

0.9

5.2

0.8

0.3

1.8

Parked

2

4

305

329

640

0.3

0.1

4.1

16.1

4.8

Stopping

12

92

291

118

513

2.1

2.9

3.9

5.7

3.9

Starting

6

30

65

11

112

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.5

0.8

U Turn

3

8

97

10

119

0.6

0.3

1.3

0.5

0.9

Turning/wtg turn left

23

71

313

36

443

3.9

2.2

4.2

1.7

3.3

Turning/wtg turn right

23

115

1,387

174

1,698

3.9

3.6

18.6

8.5

12.8

Changing lane

3

11

100

15

129

0.6

0.3

1.3

0.7

1.0

Overtaking

7

159

220

40

425

1.2

4.9

2.9

2.0

3.2

Going round bend

167

69

307

47

590

29.1

2.1

4.1

2.3

4.4

Going/waiting go ahead

325

2,492

4,318

1,262

8,397

56.4

77.4

57.9

61.6

63.1

Total

575

3,221

7,459

2,048

13,304

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 
Non-built up
Reversing

1

2

6

3

12

-

1.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Parked

-

-

50

39

90

-

0.3

1.3

2.1

1.2

Stopping

10

3

147

159

319

0.6

1.9

3.7

8.6

4.2

Starting

-

1

13

3

17

-

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.2

U Turn

-

-

19

5

24

-

-

0.5

0.2

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

11

1

70

14

95

0.7

0.4

1.7

0.7

1.2

Turning/wtg turn right

8

0

457

108

574

0.5

0.3

11.4

5.8

7.5

Changing lane

12

1

57

22

91

0.7

0.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

Overtaking

31

6

240

114

391

1.9

3.9

6.0

6.1

5.1

Going round bend

789

15

775

129

1,708

47.6

10.2

19.3

7.0

22.3

Going/waiting go ahead

794

117

2,179

1,261

4,352

48.0

80.7

54.3

68.0

56.7

Total

1,656

145

4,014

1,855

7,670

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 
Total
Reversing

6

171

63

9

249

0.3

5.1

0.6

0.2

1.2

Parked

2

4

355

368

729

0.1

0.1

3.1

9.4

3.5

Stopping

22

95

438

276

831

1.0

2.8

3.8

7.1

4.0

Starting

6

31

78

14

129

0.3

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.6

U Turn

3

8

116

15

142

0.2

0.2

1.0

0.4

0.7

Turning/wtg turn left

34

72

383

49

538

1.5

2.1

3.3

1.3

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

30

115

1,844

282

2,272

1.4

3.4

16.1

7.2

10.8

Changing lane

15

12

157

36

220

0.7

0.3

1.4

0.9

1.0

Overtaking

38

164

460

154

816

1.7

4.9

4.0

3.9

3.9

Going round bend

956

84

1,082

176

2,298

42.9

2.5

9.4

4.5

11.0

Going/waiting go ahead

1,119

2,609

6,497

2,523

12,749

50.1

77.5

56.6

64.7

60.8

Total

2,231

3,366

11,474

3,903

20,974

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

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