Road Casualty Recording Kevin Burton Group Manager – Network Management and Improvement
Statutory Duty Sections 38-40 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 sets out the Local Authorities road safety duty. In particular Section 39(2) states that local authorities must:
Statutory Duty •Carry out studies into accidents arising out of the use of vehicles; •In the light of those studies, take such measures as appear to the authority to be appropriate to prevent such accidents, including the dissemination of information and advice relating to the use of roads, the giving of practical training to road users or any class or description of road users, the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of roads and other measures taken in the exercise of their powers for controlling, protecting or assisting the movement of traffic on roads.
Accident Reporting In the event of an accident occurring on either the road or other public place, the law permits individuals to deal with the incident at that time and, under certain conditions, removes the requirement for the incident to be reported to or recorded by the police. Therefore, providing all drivers stop and exchange details, there is no legal requirement to report an accident.
What if the Police are called? In cases where the police are called, they will decide whether their attendance is required. Where the police attend and the incident has resulted in an injury, the officer is required to complete a Stats 19 record which includes data on the type of injury i.e. fatal, serious or slight. This information is then placed on the police database and, in due course, exported to Key Accident software which is then supplied to the Isle of Wight Council. This process can take at least one month.
Data Collection The council use Key Accident software to interrogate and, in some circumstances, make minor data amendments. The software also enables the identification of road traffic accident cluster sites, analysis of geographic areas, detection of common causes and the opportunity to breakdown the characteristics of those involved in collisions.
This table below shows the whole year accident figures for the last five years Year Fatal Serious Slight Total KSI’s Base Line % Total of 122 Reduction Fatal and against serious 94-98 casualties Base Line 2006 6 65 517 588 71 91 42% 2007 6 66 503 503 72 87 41% 2008 12 86 440 440 98 82 20% 2009 3 70 402 402 73 78 40% 2010 4 78 466 466 82 73 33% The 2010 objectives required a 40% reduction in all KSI’s from 1994 -1998 baseline of 122 KSI casualties.
Graph Showing RCR 2010 Targets and Actuals. Killed and Serious Injury (KSI’s) 140 121 120 114 124 122 120 100 98 82 91 80 83 Actual Figures 73 72 Linear (Actual Figures) 71 60 40 20 0 94-98 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20110
Graph Showing RCR 2010 Targets and Actuals - KSI's (under 16yrs) 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 15 14 13 12 12 13 12 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 10 9 9 Child KSI's 10 Target 8 8 8 7 6 4 4 2 0 94-98 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Intervention The council is a member of the Isle of Wight Road Safety Forum which comprises of road safety professionals and stakeholders. The forum considers quarterly accident reports in order to prepare new education initiatives; evaluate existing education programmes and encourage greater levels of enforcement in identified problem areas.
Casualty Data Casualties can be analysed to indicate cluster sites, route profiles and trend data for user groups. The graphs on the following slides show the Isle of Wight figures for the last five years and for incidents occurring between January 2011 and March 2011.
Looking for Local Trends
Typical Vehicle Classification 2010 (Control Data for 2010) Buses/Coaches Heavy Goods 1% Vehicles 3% Motorcycles 2% Large Goods Vehicles 14% Cars 80%
KSI’s by User Groups October 2006 – September 2011 Goods <=3.5 PCV Car Passenger 1% Pedestrians 2% 13% 20% Pedal Cycles Pedestrians 9% Pedal Cycles P2W Car Car Passenger PCV Car Goods < = 3.5 24% P2W 31%
IW Casualties by Age Rolling 5 Years October 2006 – September 2011 7 600 90 4 500 64 3 2 400 49 57 Fatal 2 300 Serious 34 498 Slights 449 1 200 31 7 0 324 316 24 15 1 242 100 24 160 117 118 1 75 4 5 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 99
Injuries by Age; Rolling Five Years October 2006 – September 2011 <16 61+ 14% 15% 51-60 10% <16 17-24 17-24 25-30 24% 31-40 41-50 51-60 61+ 41-50 14% 25-30 9% 31-40 14%
Rolling Five Years Data October 2006 – September 2011 250 Car Drivers, 238 Car Drivers, 223 Car Drivers, 218 200 Car Drivers, 187 150 Pedestrian Car Passengers, 143 Cyclists P2W Car Drivers Car Passengers, 107 Car Passengers P2W, 101 P2W, 99 PCV Casualties P2W, 94 100 P2W, 86 P2W, 94 Pedestrian, 54 Pedestrian, 72 50 PCV Casualties, 42 49 Cyclists, 29 Cyclists, 40 29 PCV Casualties, 29 14 PCV Casualties, 4 0 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Casualty Totals October 2006 – September 2011 1200 1079 1000 800 600 559 400 312 200 163 147 141 127 69 57 55 4 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 V h s s d c 0 0 i r r s V V e 5 5 x a e n u e e e c 0 0 C / / s . . a C g M M 3 7 a 5 B r V l p 5 5 c T P n o = - i 2 o < > 5 r y e i r n H i < t M 1 r C n . s e 5 . s o g 3 < e C i h s M s 2 n A l d t d s a 0 / a 1 o M d e r o d 5 P > e o P o e > h o C r G P a t C G o / C M / M
Road and Weather Conditions October 2006 – September 2011 90 Daylight, 79 Daylight, 77 80 Dry Surface, 69 Dry Surface, 67 70 ts n e 60 id c c f A Daylight 50 r o Dark e b Dry Surface m 40 u Wet/Snow/Ice l N Wet/Snow/Ice, 33 Wet/Snow/Ice, 32 Wet/Snow/Ice, 31 ta o T 30 Wet/Snow/Ice, 25 % 20 Dark, 23 Dark, 21 10 0 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Casualties by User Groups Rolling Five Years October 2006 – September 2011 Car 39% M/C. >500 5% M/C >125 <500 2% Pedest rians Pedal Cycles Moped M/C >50 <125cc M/ C >50 < 125cc 5% M/ C >125 < 500 M/ C. >500 Car Moped Car Passenger Car Passenger 3% 21% PCV Goods < = 3.5 Pedal Cycles Goods <=3.5 6% Pedestrians PCV 2% 12% 5%
Typical Vehicle Classification 2010 (Control Data for 2010) Buses/Coaches Heavy Goods 1% Vehicles 3% Motorcycles 2% Large Goods Vehicles 14% Cars 80%
KSI’s by User Groups January 2011 – March 2011 KSI's, PCV, 3% KSI's, Car Passenger, 6% KSI's, Goods <=3.5, 1 % KSI's, Pedestrians, 1 7% KSI's, Pedal Cycles, 1 0% KSI's, Car, 26% Pedestrians Pedal Cycles P2W Car KSI's, P2W, 37% Car Passenger PCV Goods <=3.5
IW Casualties by Age January 2011 to March 2011 35 0 30 5 25 20 0 Fatal 0 0 Serious 0 0 0 1 3 3 15 Slight 0 1 26 6 0 2 10 13 13 13 13 12 11 5 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 99
Casualties By Age January 2011 – March 2011 <16 61+ 13% 17% 17-24 51-60 23% 10% <16 17-24 25-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61+ 41-50 9% 25-30 12% 31-40 16%
Identified Trends
Casualty Totals January 2011 to September 2011 180 159 160 140 120 100 85 80 60 42 35 34 40 27 20 20 12 11 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 V s c 0 i V 5 5 s d 0 r s V e h x r a e / n e c 0 0 u s e . . e / a C M 3 g M 7 l 5 C a 5 5 B r V c p T = - n o 2 P i < > 5 y o n r < 1 e i r H i t C n r . M e o 5 3 s . s g < C i s h n e 2 s M A l d s d a 0 t 1 / a o M r o d d e 5 > P e o o e P > h C G o P r t a C o G / M C / M
Rolling Five Years; Powered Two Wheelers October 2006 – September 2011 35 50cc to 125cc, 33 32 31 30 30 50cc to 125cc, 27 50cc to 125cc, 25 25 50cc to 125cc, 23 21 20 50cc to 125cc, 19 125cc to 500cc, 19 Mopeds 50cc to 125cc Mopeds, 16 125cc to 500cc 125cc to 500cc, 15 > 500cc 15 Mopeds, 12 Mopeds, 12 Mopeds, 12 10 125cc to 500cc, 10 125cc to 500cc, 7 5 125cc to 500cc, 6 0 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Adverse Weather Conditions – January 2006 – December 2010 120 107 106 102 100 96 88 80 Wet Road Surface 60 Snow Ice 40 28 20 14 13 11 4 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Bus and Coach Casualties October 2006 – September 2011 60 50 49 PCV Casualties, 42 40 PCV Casualties 30 PCV Casualties, 29 20 14 10 PCV Casualties, 4 0 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Cluster Site Analysis
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