The Scottish Government

Methods and Background

Information about the collection of the Scottish Household Survey data

• Available from the SHS Web site

Information about the collection of the Road Accident Statistics data

• "Stats 19" illustrative forms: show the information collected. "Road Accidents Scotland" includes copies, and an example "accident book" which also shows what might be collected for local use.
• "Stats 20" instructions for the completion of the returns: detailed notes of guidance on the accidents to be reported and on points on individual fields.
• "Stats 21" procedures for submitting road accident data: details of record layouts and validity checks etc.

Road accident statistics returns for January 2005 onwards

Final details of the variables and their codes are given in:

• "Stats 20" (2005) (PDF version) (116 pages) - produced in October 2004. The form at the end is an example of the standard English/Welsh form.
• "Stats 20" (2005) (Word version without the standard English/Welsh form) (112 pages)

The other documents (below) were produced in December 2003. Since then, there have been minor changes to the descriptions/labels of a few variables/codes - but no changes to the variables or the valid codes.

• Introduction to the specification for 2005 (3 pages)
• List of changes to be made from January 2005 (14 pages)
• Full list of "Stats 19" variables and values (2005) (15 pages)
• "Stats 19" (2005) - for completion by Police (4 pages)
• "Stats 19" (2005) - self-reported accidents (3 pages)
• "Stats 21" (2005) ( 21 pages) NB: a few minor changes have been made since this was produced:

For 1999 to 2004, inclusive

• "Stats 19" (1999) (3 pages)
• "Stats 20" (1999) (over 90 pages)
• "Stats 21" (1999) (21 pages)