Reported Road Traffic Accidents for West Sussex 2014

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1 Reported Road Traffic Accidents for West Sussex 214 March 215 Road Safety Team

2 Accident Data: West Sussex County Council (WSCC) only hold traffic accident data that has been reported to the Police, that occurred in West Sussex, that occurred in the highway and that involved an injured person. This data is known as Stats 19 data, the collection of which is defined by the Department for Transport (DfT). An accident (a.k.a. collision, a.k.a. crash) is an event in which one or more vehicles that have crashed in the highway and involved an injured person; it will have been reported to the police within 3 days of its occurrence. Accidents are categorised as fatal, serious or slight. KSI may also be used to indicate the number of Fatal and Serious accidents. Damage-only accidents (accidents with no human casualties) or accidents on private roads or car parks are not included in Stats 19. The data can be collected by police at the scene of an accident or in some cases reported by a member of the public at a police station. This data will differ from records collected by other organisations such as hospital admittence data. Fatal Accident: An accident in which at least one person is killed/died less than 3 days after the accident. Confirmed suicides are excluded. Serious Accident: One in which at least one person is seriously injured. It may also include one or more persons with a slight injury but no persons who were fatally injured. KSI: Killed or seriously injured, i.e. this simply is the total of Fatal and Serious. Slight Accident: One in which at least one person is slightly injured but no person is killed or seriously injured. Casualty: A person killed or injured in an road traffic accident. Casualties are sub-divided into killed (fatal), seriously injured and slightly injured. KSI may also be used to indicate the number of fatal and seriously injured. One accident may have a single or multiple casualties. Fatal (Killed) Casualty: Human casualties who sustained injuries which caused death on or up to 3 days after the accident. Confirmed suicides are excluded. Serious Casualty: A person receiving a serious injury. Serious Injury: An injury for which a person is detained in hopital as an in-patient, or any of the following injuries whether or not they are detained in hospital: fractures, concussion, internal injuries, crushings, burns (excluding friction burns), severe cuts, severe general shock requiring medical treatment and injuries causing death 3 or more days after the accident. An injured casualty is recorded as seriously or slightly injured by the police on the basis of information available within a short time of the accident. This generally will not reflect the results of a medical examination, but may be influenced according to whether the casualty is hospitalised or not. Hospitalisation procedures will vary regionally. Slight Casualty: A person receiving a slight injury. Slight injury: An injury of a minor character such as a sprain (including neck whiplash injury), bruises or cuts which are not judged to be severe, or slight shock requiring roadside attention. This definition includes injuries not requiring medical treatment. An injured casualty is recorded as seriously or slightly injured by the police on the basis of information available within a short time of the accident. This generally will not reflect the results of a medical examination, but may be influenced according to whether the casualty is hospitalised or not. Hospitalisation procedures will vary regionally. Trunk Roads are major roads maintained by the Department for Transport. In West Sussex these inlcude the A27, the M23 and the section of the A23 outside of Crawley. CLC: County Local Committee Data Used in this Document and its Accuracy: Accuracy is dependent on the information provided to and recorded by the police. At the time of producing this document the validation and reconciliation process for the 214 data was incomplete. West Sussex continuously reviews data for accuracy and data may be amended. Consequently, data may differ from other published data or from data held by other organisations. Data prepared by Road Safety Team, West Sussex. For further information visit Westsussex.gov.uk or accident.data@westsussex.gov.uk or phone P age

3 Annual Accident Totals by Severity Severity Fatal Serious Slight KSI Total Road Traffic Injury Accidents in West Sussex 214 Slight 25 Serious Fatal Road Traffic Injury Accidents By Month 214 Slight Serious Fatal Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 3 P age

4 214 Road Traffic Accidents By Day of Week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 25 Accidents By Time of Day in Dark Daylight Reported Injury Accidents Hour of Day 4 P age

5 Light and Dark Accidents In 214 Daylight Darkness: streetlights present and lit Darkness: streetlights present and unlit Darkness: no streetlights Darkness: street lighting unknown Reported Road Traffic Accidents by Speed Limit Speed Limits , 1,2 Number of Accidents 5 P age

6 Road Traffic Accidents by Carriageway Type Slip road 2% Unknown 1% Roundabout 13% One way street 2% Dual carriageway 12% Single carriageway 7% 9 Road Traffic Accidents at a Junction Junction 62% Non Junction 38% Not at or within 2 metres of a junction Roundabout Mini roundabout T or staggered junction Slip road Crossroads Multiple arm junction Using private drive or entrance Other junction 6 P age

7 Vehicle Manoeuvres Recorded in Accidents in 214 1,2 1, Manoeuvre of Vehicle at Fault Manoeuvre of Other Vehicles This chart shows the manoeuvres of all recorded vehicles involved in an injury accident. The red bars represents a vehicle that if it were not there the accident would not have occurred or for multiple vehicle accidents then the manoeuvre of one vehicle most likely to have caused the incident. The green bars show manoeuvres of all other vehicles involved. The chart does not link multiple vehicle accidents, i.e. a red bar vehicle may have been in collision with any of the green bar vehicles. Road Traffic Accidents in Weather Conditions 214 Raining without high winds 11% Snowing without high winds % Fine with high winds 1% Raining with high winds 2% Fine without high winds 82% Other 7% Snowing with high wind <1% Fog or mist - if hazard <1% Other 1% Unknown 1% 7 P age

8 8 P age Reported Injury Accident

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10 Road Traffic Injury Accidents on Weather Affected Road Surface Dry Flood Frost/Ice Snow Wet/Damp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Road Traffic Accidents by Road Classification Trunk Roads Other Roads A Class Road B Class Roads Road Class Accidents/Km Trunk Roads 1. A Class Road 1.6 B Class Roads 1. Other Roads.2 Trunk Roads include M23, A27 and Part of the A23 (Section of A23 south of the M23) A roads excludes Trunk A Roads. 1 P age

11 3 25 Road Traffic Accidents in County Local Committee Areas 214 Slight KSI Adur 21 Western Arun 32 Joint Downland Arun 14 Joint Eastern Arun 27 North Chichester 5 South Chichester 18 West Crawley 26 East Crawley 44 North Horsham 28 South Horsham 22 North Mid- Sussex Central Mid- Sussex South Mid- Sussex 64 Worthing Accidents by District Authority 213 and 214 Slight KSI P age

12 Casualty Data West Sussex Annual Casualty Totals by Severity CASUALTIES BY SEVERITY, FROM ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY ACCIDENTS Severity Fatal Serious Slight KSI Total All Severities 4,5 4, Casualties 3,5 3, Collision 2,5 2, 1,5 1, 5 All injury Accidents All Casualties Year Killed & Serious (KSIs) 1,2 1, 8 6 Casualties 4 Collisions 2 Killed or Seriously Injuried Casualties Fatal or Serious Accident/Collision Year 12 P age

13 35 3 Casualties from Road Traffic Injury Accidents in West Sussex 214 Slight Serious Fatal Pedestrian Casualties 214 KSI 25 All PIA to 4 5 to 8 9 to to to 2 21 to to to to to 4 41 to to to to to 6 61 to to to to to 8 81 to to to to to 99 Casualty Totals Age Range 13 P age

14 45 4 Cyclist Casualties 214 KSI All PIA 35 Casualty Totals to 4 5 to 8 9 to to to 2 21 to to to to to 4 41 to to to to to 6 61 to to to to to 8 81 to to to to to 99 Age Range 7 6 Motor Cycle Casualties 214 KSI All PIA to 4 5 to 8 9 to to to 2 21 to to to to to 4 41 to to to to to 6 61 to to to to to 8 81 to to to to to 99 Casualty Totals Age Range 14 P age

15 25 Car Occupant Casualties 214 KSI All PIA 2 Casualty Totals to 4 5 to 8 9 to to to 2 21 to to to to to 4 41 to to to to to 6 61 to to to to to 8 81 to to to to to 99 Age Range Other Vehicles Types All PIA KSI to 4 5 to 8 9 to to to 2 21 to to to to to 4 41 to to to to to 6 61 to to to to to 8 81 to to to to to 99 Casualty Totals Age Range 15 P age

16 Casualties By Class and Gender 214 All Casualties Severity Pedestrian Pedal Cycle Motorcycle Car/Taxi Other Vehicles Total Fatal Serious Slight KSI* Total Male Severity Pedestrian Pedal Cycle Motorcycle Car/Taxi Other Vehicles Total Fatal Serious Slight KSI* Total Female Severity Pedestrian Pedal Cycle Motorcycle Car/Taxi Other Vehicles Total Fatal Serious Slight KSI* Total Child and Adult Casualties Fatal Serious Slight 5 Child Adult Group Fatal Serious Slight KSI Total Child Adult Total P age