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"R.C. Payne" <rcp@payne-residence.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Pardon my ignorance of these terms, but could somebody explain to me why 
>  driver inattention; following too closely; excessive speed or failure 
>to avoid a pedestrian are not counted as careless, thoughtless or 
>reckless?  Given that these actions are counted independantly from 
>"careless, thoughtless or reckless", what actually does this figure 
>represent?

Ask the government statistics people who design the accident report
forms or the police.

>These figures also seem to ignore the possibility of multiple causes. 
>For example, a pedestrian walks out onto the road without looking, and a 
>driver who is driving too fast can't stop before hitting said 
>pedestrian.  

I can't remember exactly how this is actually handled. It may well be
they are allowed to note multiple primary causation factors and
multiple non primary causation factors.

>Another query about these figures: what caused the other 16% of 
>accidents? (31+16+14+7+6+4+3+3=84)

Again, ask the government statistics people who design the accident
report forms or the police.

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