Driver contributory factor | Severity of accident | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Fatal | Serious | Slight | ||
Exceeding speed limit | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
Driving too fast for road environment | 7 | 44 | 120 | 171 |
Driving too fast for other road users | 0 | 20 | 51 | 71 |
Failing to keep to nearside of road | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Driving too close to kerb | 1 | 20 | 116 | 137 |
Driving too close to vehicle in front | 1 | 176 | 1410 | 1587 |
Driving too close to vehicle alongside | 0 | 4 | 50 | 54 |
Overtaking on offside negligently | 3 | 40 | 173 | 216 |
Overtaking on nearside negligently | 2 | 15 | 80 | 97 |
Careless lane changing | 0 | 96 | 730 | 826 |
Reversing negligently | 5 | 63 | 319 | 387 |
Turning right negligently | 3 | 84 | 392 | 479 |
Turning left negligently | 1 | 26 | 161 | 188 |
'U-turning' negligently | 1 | 11 | 89 | 101 |
Stopping negligently | 0 | 4 | 27 | 31 |
Starting negligently | 3 | 49 | 251 | 303 |
Disobeying traffic signal | 6 | 50 | 193 | 249 |
Disobeying stop sign (Halt) | 0 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
Disobeying give way sign (Slow) | 0 | 22 | 137 | 159 |
Disobeying double white lines | 0 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
Disobeying directions of police officer | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Disobeying school crossing patrol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Opening door negligently | 0 | 9 | 43 | 52 |
Overtaking in zebra controlled area | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Failing to stop at zebra crossing | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
Failing to signal movement correctly | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Emerging from side road negligently | 5 | 35 | 206 | 246 |
Emerging from private drive negligently | 1 | 1 | 16 | 18 |
Driving on wrong side of road | 1 | 21 | 72 | 94 |
Vision affected by atmospheric conditions | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Distracted by action inside vehicle | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
Distracted by action outside vehicle | 0 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
Losing control (no apparent reason) | 5 | 41 | 104 | 150 |
Asleep or drowsy | 2 | 29 | 57 | 88 |
Consumption of drugs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Consumption of alcohol | 0 | 21 | 53 | 74 |
Sudden illness | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Physical handicap (vision) or mental handicap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical handicap (hearing) or mental handicap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical handicap (others) or mental handicap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dazzled by sun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dazzled by headlight | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Dazzled by other lights | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Losing control of vehicle | 15 | 209 | 772 | 996 |
Trying to avoid collision or otherwise: swerving | 1 | 65 | 235 | 301 |
Trying to avoid collision or otherwise: skidding | 1 | 11 | 32 | 44 |
Trying to avoid collision or otherwise: stopping suddenly | 1 | 9 | 76 | 86 |
Using telephone while driving | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Listening to walkman while cycling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Listening to radio/music while driving | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other driver factor | 45 | 614 | 2207 | 2866 |