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Sri Lanka Police Road Accident Statistics - 1978

Sri Lanka, 1978
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-PRAS-1978-v1.0
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Department of Police
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Jan 19, 2023
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Action (ACTN1)

Data file: type2

Overview

Valid: 27491
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 9
Mean: 6.078
Standard deviation: 3.455
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 29
End: 29
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
0 580
2.1%
1 Lost control 6197
22.5%
2 On wrong side of road 650
2.4%
3 On crown of road 678
2.5%
4 Failed to signal movement 619
2.3%
5 Too fast in regard to conditions 2328
8.5%
6 Accident followed avoiding action 776
2.8%
7 Collided with street furniture or culvert 492
1.8%
8 Skidded 1183
4.3%
9 No unusual action 13988
50.9%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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