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<\/p>\nPolice use a coding system to help them quickly describe a crash. It’s supplied as a matrix of ‘road user movements’ and based on 86 different crash scenarios. A crash could involve more than one of the codes. The matrixes are after the descriptions of the accidents.<\/p>\n
Near side – pedestrian walks from the left<\/p>\n
Emerging – pedestrian walks from behind an object<\/p>\n
Far side – pedestrian walks from the right<\/p>\n
Playing, working, lying, standing on carriageway<\/p>\n
Walking with traffic – walking in the same direction as the vehicle that hit them<\/p>\n
Facing traffic – walking in the opposite direction as the vehicle that hit them<\/p>\n
On footpath or median strip<\/p>\n
Driveway – crossing a driveway when a vehicle pulls in or out<\/p>\n
Other pedestrian – any other scenarios<\/p>\n
Cross traffic – vehicles colliding at 90 degrees (or thereabouts)<\/p>\n
Right far – a driver is turning right into an intersection and another vehicle is coming from the left<\/p>\n
Left far – a driver is turning left into an intersection and the other vehicle is coming from the left<\/p>\n
Right near – a driver is turning into an intersection and another vehicle is coming from the right<\/p>\n
Two right turning – a driver is turning right into an intersection and another vehicle coming from the right is also turning right<\/p>\n
Right\/left far – a driver is turning right into an intersection and another vehicle from from the right is turning left<\/p>\n
Left near – a driver is turning left into an intersection and another vehicle is coming from the left<\/p>\n
Left\/right far – a driver is turning right into an intersection and another vehicle is coming from the left, turning left<\/p>\n
Two left turning – a driver is turning left into an intersection and another vehicle is coming from the left, turning left<\/p>\n
Other adjacent – any other combinations not described, e.g. three vehicles involved from different directions<\/p>\n
Head on (not overtaking) – two vehicles crash into one another from opposing directions<\/p>\n
Right through – a driver is turning right and crashes into a vehicle from the opposing direction<\/p>\n
Left through – a driver is turning left and crashes into a vehicle from the opposing direction<\/p>\n
Right\/left – a driver is turning right and crashes into a vehicle from the opposing direction turning left<\/p>\n
Right\/right – a driver is turning right and crashes into a vehicle from the opposing direction turning right<\/p>\n
Left\/left – a driver is turning left and crashes into a vehicle from the opposing direction turning left<\/p>\n
Other opposing direction<\/p>\n
Vehicles in the same lane – nose-to-tail accident<\/p>\n
Left rear – a vehicle is turning left and another driver runs into the back of it<\/p>\n
Right rear – as per left rear, but turning right<\/p>\n
Lane side swipe – a driver changes lanes and hits the side of another vehicle behind the line of the front<\/p>\n
Lane change right (not overtaking) – a driver changes lanes and hits the side of another vehicle ahead of the line of the front (i.e. cutting back in before the overtaking move is completed)<\/p>\n
Lane change left (not overtaking) – as per lane change right<\/p>\n
Right turn side swipe – a driver turns right, for example, from the left lane of a two-lane one-way street and hits a vehicle in the right lane that’s going straight ahead, or is also turning right<\/p>\n
Left turn side swipe – as per right turn side swipe<\/p>\n
Other same direction<\/p>\n
U-turn – another vehicle from either direction hits the turning vehicle<\/p>\n
U-turn into fixed object or parked vehicle – the turning vehicle hits another stationary vehicle or object<\/p>\n
Leaving parking – a driver pulling away from the kerb hits another vehicle already on the road<\/p>\n
Entering parking – a driver reversing into a parallel park hits another vehicle already on the road<\/p>\n
Parking vehicles – a driver parallel parking hits one of the vehicles already parked in front or behind it<\/p>\n
Reversing – a driver hits another vehicle on the road while reversing back up it<\/p>\n
Reversing into a fixed object or parked vehicle<\/p>\n
Emerging from driveway<\/p>\n
From footpath – a driver driving off the footpath onto the road hits another vehicle<\/p>\n
Other manoeuvring – e.g. reversing around a corner<\/p>\n
Head-on (including side swipe)<\/p>\n
Out of control – a driver loses control while overtaking<\/p>\n
Pulling out – a driver pulls out, but another vehicle is already overtaking<\/p>\n
Overtake turning – a driver tries to overtake another vehicle that’s turning right<\/p>\n
Cutting in – a driver cuts back in too soon after overtaking<\/p>\n
Pulling out rear end – a driver pulls out to overtake but collides with the back of another vehicle in the overtaking lane<\/p>\n
Other overtaking<\/p>\n
Parked – a vehicle crashes into a parked vehicle<\/p>\n
Double-parked – a driver crashes into a double-parked vehicle<\/p>\n
Accident or broken down – a driver crashes into a vehicle that’s already crashed or is broken down<\/p>\n
Vehicle door – a driver runs into another vehicle’s open door<\/p>\n
Permanent obstruction on carriageway – a driver runs into a feature that is usually there, for example a chicane or traffic island<\/p>\n
Temporary road works – a driver runs into road works that aren’t usually there<\/p>\n
Struck object on carriageway<\/p>\n
Animal (not ridden) – from cats to cassowaries<\/p>\n
Other on path<\/p>\n
Off carriageway to left – a driver loses control and exits the road to the left<\/p>\n
Left off carriageway into object or parked vehicle – a driver steers off the road and into something stationary on the side of the road<\/p>\n
Off carriageway to right – as per left<\/p>\n
Right off carriageway into object or parked vehicle – as per left.<\/p>\n
Out of control on carriageway – a driver loses control on a straight road, e.g. through hitting oil<\/p>\n
Off carriageway left on right bend – a driver loses control turning right on a bend and exits the road on the outside of the bend<\/p>\n
Off carriageway left on right bend into object or parked vehicle – as above but hits something<\/p>\n
Off carriageway right on right bend – as per left, but exits the road on the inside of the bend<\/p>\n
Off carriageway right on right bend into object or parked vehicle – as per left, but hits something<\/p>\n
Off carriageway right on left bend – a driver loses control turning left on a bend and exits the road on the outside of the bend<\/p>\n
Off carriageway right on left bend into object or parked vehicle – as above but hits something<\/p>\n
Off carriageway left on left bend – as per right but driver exits the bend on the inside<\/p>\n
Off carriageway on left bend into object or parked vehicle – as per right, but hits something<\/p>\n
Out of control on carriageway – driver loses control but stays on the road<\/p>\n
Other curve<\/p>\n
Fell in or from a vehicle<\/p>\n
Load or missile struck vehicle<\/p>\n
Struck train or aeroplane<\/p>\n
Parked vehicle ran away into object or another parked vehicle – for example, handbrake failure<\/p>\n
Parked vehicle ran away into vehicle – the other vehicle is moving<\/p>\n
Struck while boarding or alighting vehicle<\/p>\n
Other, e.g. struck while attending to a vehicle, e.g. changing tyre<\/p>\n
Unknown – circumstances are clear.<\/p>\n
The diagrams below give a visual representation of what happened in the accident.<\/p>\n
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Police will augment the reports with the types of vehicles (e.g. motorbike vs car), the condition of the road surface (e.g. pot holed), weather conditions (e.g. light rain), vehicle conditions (e.g. car had defective suspension), the state of the driver (e.g. on drugs, or fell asleep), and whether there were any other contributing factors such as signage missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police use a coding system to help them quickly describe a crash. It’s supplied as a matrix of ‘road user movements’ and based on 86 different crash scenarios. A crash could involve more than one of the codes. The matrixes…<\/span><\/p>\n