Question reference: S6W-00484
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents involving (i) HGVs and (ii) other vehicles there have been on the A77 in each year since 2017-18, also broken down by section of the road that passes through South Ayrshire.
Answer
The following data is based on an HGV being defined as a vehicle over 3.5 tonnes:
For A77 trunk road (from south of M77 Junction 8 to junction with A75 at Stranraer)
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
(a) (i) Fatal personal injury accident involving HGV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(a) (ii) Fatal personal injury accident involving other vehicles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(b) (i) Non-fatal personal injury accident involving HGV | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
(b) (ii) Non-fatal personal injury accident involving other vehicles | 37 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 3 |
For A77 Trunk Road within South Ayrshire Council area
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
(a) (i) Fatal personal injury accident involving HGV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(a) (ii) Fatal personal injury accident involving other vehicles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(b) (i) Non-fatal personal injury accident involving HGV | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
(b) (ii) Non-fatal personal injury accident involving other vehicles | 30 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 |
Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database
Notes: Statistics from Police Scotland
Date Period: 1-1-2017 – 3-5-2021
Date extracted: 11 June 2021
* Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system.
1. Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
2. Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
3. Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.
4. The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. E.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.
5. Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.
6. The figures noted for Fatal and Non-fatal personal injury accidents involving other vehicles do not include accidents where HGVs were involved.
7. HGV is a goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes.
(a) (i) Fatal personal injury accident involving HGV