Question reference: S6W-11217
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 29 September 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 October 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been killed in road accidents on the A90 between Dundee and Stonehaven in each quarter since 1 April 2017.
Answer
The following table sets out the number of fatal casualties on the A90 between Emmock roundabout Dundee and where the A957 Slug Road crosses the A90 at Stonehaven.
Year – 2017 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 0 |
October – December | 0 |
Year – 2018 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
January - March | 0 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 1 |
October – December | 0 |
Year – 2019 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
January - March | 3 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 0 |
October – December | 1 |
Year – 2020 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
January – March | 2 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 1 |
October – December | 0 |
Year – 2021 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
January - March | 0 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 0 |
October – December | 1 |
Year – 2022 | Number of Fatal Casualties |
January - March | 0 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 0 |
October – 5 October | 0 |
Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database
Date data extracted: 05 October 2022
Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland. Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available at the time of retrieving the data from Transport Scotland’s accident manager system. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system:
• Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
• Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
• Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.
• 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.
• 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.
• From summer 2019, Police Scotland introduced a new system for recording traffic collisions. Due to improved recording and categorisation processes, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of casualties and accidents on Scottish roads that are classified as serious. The evidence from other police forces within the UK that introduced the same system is that this increase will be around 20%. This increase would not reflect an actual change in the severity of accidents occurring on Scottish roads, but would instead reflect more accurate recording.
• Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis. Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.