Road Accidents Scotland 2005

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Table 15 Cars involved in accidents by manoeuvre and type of accident (1)
Separately for built-up and non built-up roads
Years: 2001-2005 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

6

142

65

8

222

1

7

1

1

2

Parked

2

6

265

277

550

0

0

4

16

5

Slowing or stopping

8

41

250

100

400

2

2

4

6

4

Moving off

6

43

109

12

170

1

2

2

1

2

U Turn

1

7

96

9

113

0

0

2

1

1

Turning/wtg turn left

17

60

272

24

373

3

3

4

1

4

Turning/wtg turn right

21

88

1,082

124

1,316

4

4

17

7

12

Changing lane

3

7

80

12

102

1

0

1

1

1

Overtaking

5

88

146

25

263

1

4

2

1

2

Going round bend

162

45

293

45

545

31

2

5

3

5

Going/waiting go ahead

289

1,649

3,698

1,053

6,689

55

76

58

62

62

Total

523

2,179

6,374

1,697

10,773

100

100

100

100

100

Non built-up

Reversing

1

1

10

3

14

0

1

0

0

0

Parked

1

-

40

37

78

-

0

1

2

1

Slowing or stopping

5

-

125

127

258

0

0

4

8

4

Moving off

1

-

23

4

28

-

0

1

0

0

U Turn

-

-

19

1

21

-

-

1

0

0

Turning/wtg turn left

13

1

64

12

90

1

1

2

1

1

Turning/wtg turn right

8

-

370

78

456

1

0

10

5

7

Changing lane

19

-

65

21

106

1

0

2

1

2

Overtaking

33

4

186

81

304

2

5

5

5

4

Going round bend

863

11

725

129

1,728

52

12

20

8

25

Going/waiting go ahead

711

74

1,987

1,134

3,907

43

81

55

69

56

Total

1,659

92

3,621

1,635

7,007

100

100

100

100

100

Total

Reversing

8

143

75

11

236

0

6

1

0

1

Parked

3

6

306

314

628

0

0

3

9

4

Slowing or stopping

14

41

376

227

658

1

2

4

7

4

Moving off

7

43

131

16

197

0

2

1

1

1

U Turn

1

7

115

11

134

0

0

1

0

1

Turning/wtg turn left

30

61

336

37

463

1

3

3

1

3

Turning/wtg turn right

29

88

1,453

202

1,772

1

4

15

6

10

Changing lane

22

7

145

34

208

1

0

2

1

1

Overtaking

39

92

332

105

567

2

4

3

3

3

Going round bend

1,025

56

1,018

175

2,273

47

2

10

5

13

Going/waiting go ahead

1,001

1,723

5,685

2,188

10,596

46

76

57

66

60

Total

2,181

2,271

9,995

3,332

17,780

100

100

100

100

100

1. Totals include a small number of cases where the manoeuvre is unknown.

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