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<p>The publication entitled <em>Facts on Motorcyclist Casualties</em> published in
June 2015 provided information on the proportion of cars and light goods vehicles
allocated the contributory factor ‘failed to look properly’ in accidents involving
a motorcyclist casualty where a police officer attended the scene of the accident.
These proportions for each year from 2013 to 2017 are presented in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p>Since police officers do not always record a contributory factor when they
attend a scene, we have also included data showing the proportion for those accidents
where a contributory factor was recorded. This is the more commonly presented approach
for contributory factors.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion
of vehicles involved in accidents with at least one motorcycle casualty and police
officer attending where 'Failed to look properly' contributory factor allocated, Great
Britain, 2013 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>As a proportion of all
vehicles in these accidents</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of all vehicles in these
accidents where at least one contributory factor allocated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Vehicle</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>47.4%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>46.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>47.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>48.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>48.6%</em></p></td><td><p><em>50.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>45.9%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>45.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>46.2%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>40.0%</em></p></td><td><p><em>40.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>37.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>38.4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Using this approach, the proportion of cars and light goods vehicles allocated
the contributory factor ‘failed to look properly’ for the years 2009 to 2013 in the
2015 report would have been 48.1% and 48.2% respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Contributory
factors assigned by police officers do not assign blame for the accident to any specific
road user, however they do provide some insight into why and how road accidents occur.
They give an indication of which factors the attending officer thought contributed
to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full investigation of the incident
before allocating contributory factors; they usually use professional judgement about
what they can see at the scene.</p><p> </p>
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