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Road Accidents Scotland 1998

 

Table 20

Car Drivers

 

Cars drivers involved in accidents by manoeuvre and age of driver
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 1994-98 average

 

Age of Driver

Age of Driver

17-22

23-29

30-59

60 and over

unknown /under 17

Total

17-22

23-29

30-59

60 and over

unknown /under 17

Total

numbers

percentages

Built up

Reversing

31

45

118

22

21

237

1.4

1.7

1.8

2.1

2.5

1.8

Parked

36

57

234

23

290

640

1.6

2.2

3.6

2.1

33.8

4.8

Stopping

85

108

261

34

25

513

3.8

4.1

4.0

3.2

2.9

3.9

Starting

13

21

56

13

10

112

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.2

1.2

0.8

U Turn

20

22

57

14

6

119

0.9

0.8

0.9

1.3

0.7

0.9

Turning/wtg turn left

70

78

224

39

33

443

3.1

3.0

3.4

3.6

3.8

3.3

Turning/wtg turn right

294

311

864

169

59

1,698

13.2

11.9

13.3

15.5

6.9

12.8

Changing lane

24

24

49

10

22

129

1.1

0.9

0.8

1.0

2.5

1.0

Overtaking

82

85

198

35

25

425

3.7

3.3

3.0

3.2

2.9

3.2

Going round bend

161

127

246

35

21

590

7.2

4.9

3.8

3.2

2.4

4.4

Going/wtg go ahead

1,413

1,734

4,210

694

346

8,397

63.4

66.4

64.6

63.7

40.3

63.1

Total

2,227

2,613

6,517

1,089

858

13,304

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

Non-built up

Reversing

2

2

5

2

1

12

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.2

Parked

6

13

41

5

24

90

0.4

0.9

1.1

0.8

12.1

1.2

Stopping

38

65

173

31

10

319

2.6

4.2

4.6

4.5

5.2

4.2

Starting

3

2

10

1

0

17

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

U Turn

3

5

10

5

1

24

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.5

0.3

Turning/wtg turn left

17

18

46

12

3

95

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.7

1.3

1.2

Turning/wtg turn right

80

83

300

103

9

574

5.5

5.4

8.0

14.6

4.4

7.5

Changing lane

14

19

40

11

7

91

0.9

1.2

1.1

1.5

3.6

1.2

Overtaking

85

89

176

24

17

391

5.8

5.8

4.7

3.4

8.7

5.1

Going round bend

475

366

724

117

26

1,708

32.6

23.8

19.2

16.6

13.0

22.3

Going/wtg go ahead

738

878

2,243

393

99

4,352

50.6

57.0

59.5

55.8

50.5

56.7

Total

1,459

1,540

3,769

705

197

7,670

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

Total

Reversing

32

48

123

24

22

249

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.4

2.1

1.2

Parked

41

70

275

29

314

729

1.1

1.7

2.7

1.6

29.7

3.5

Stopping

123

173

434

66

35

831

3.3

4.2

4.2

3.7

3.4

4.0

Starting

15

23

66

14

10

129

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.6

U Turn

23

27

67

19

7

142

0.6

0.6

0.6

1.1

0.7

0.7

Turning/wtg turn left

86

96

270

51

35

538

2.3

2.3

2.6

2.8

3.3

2.6

Turning/wtg turn right

374

394

1,164

272

68

2,272

10.1

9.5

11.3

15.2

6.4

10.8

Changing lane

37

43

90

21

29

220

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.2

2.7

1.0

Overtaking

167

174

374

59

42

816

4.5

4.2

3.6

3.3

4.0

3.9

Going round bend

636

493

970

152

46

2,298

17.3

11.9

9.4

8.5

4.4

11.0

Going/wtg go ahead

2,151

2,612

6,454

1,087

446

12,749

58.3

62.9

62.7

60.6

42.2

60.8

Total

3,686

4,153

10,285

1,794

1,055

20,974

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

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