Road Accidents Scotland 2004

Accidents by junction detail and severity
Year: 2000 to 2004 average

Built-up roads

Non built-up roads

Accidents by junction detail and severity
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Year: 2000 to 2004 average

	Fatal	Serious	Slight	All Severities	Fatal	Serious	Slight	All Severities
	numbers				percentage of total
Built-up
More than 20m from
junction	44	685	2,906	3,636	51.3	46.5	38.3	39.7
Roundabout	3	57	522	581	3.0	3.9	6.9	6.3
Mini-roundabout	-	6	45	51	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6
T/Y/staggered junction	27	502	2,738	3,267	31.7	34.1	36.0	35.7
Slip road	-	7	63	71	-	0.5	0.8	0.8
Cross roads	8	140	897	1,046	9.8	9.5	11.8	11.4
Multiple junction	-	19	117	137	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.5
Private drive	1	13	79	93	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0
Other junction	2	43	229	274	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.0
Total	86	1,473	7,597	9,155	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Non built-up
More than 20m from
junction	157	876	2,672	3,705	76.3	73.4	69.7	70.8
Roundabout	-	24	201	226	0.2	2.0	5.2	4.3
Mini-roundabout	-	1	2	3	-	0.1	-	-
T/Y/staggered junction	33	176	546	754	15.8	14.7	14.2	14.4
Slip road	5	31	149	185	2.2	2.6	3.9	3.5
Cross roads	5	28	79	112	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.1
Multiple junction	-	4	13	17	-	0.3	0.3	0.3
Private drive	3	31	90	123	1.4	2.6	2.3	2.4
Other junction	4	22	82	108	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.1
Total	206	1,193	3,834	5,233	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total
More than 20m from
junction	201	1,561	5,578	7,341	69.0	58.6	48.8	51.0
Roundabout	3	81	723	807	1.0	3.0	6.3	5.6
Mini-roundabout	-	7	47	54	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4
T/Y/staggered junction	60	677	3,284	4,021	20.5	25.4	28.7	27.9
Slip road	5	39	213	256	1.6	1.4	1.9	1.8
Cross roads	13	168	976	1,157	4.5	6.3	8.5	8.0
Multiple junction	-	23	131	154	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.1
Private drive	4	44	169	216	1.2	1.6	1.5	1.5
Other junction	6	65	311	382	2.1	2.4	2.7	2.7
Total	292	2,666	11,431	14,388	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

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