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Question reference: S6W-39241

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 8 July 2025
Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 July 2025

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded accidents there have been on the Edinburgh City Bypass in each year since 1999.

Answer

The following table provides the number of injury road collisions recorded by Police Scotland as taking place on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass.

Year	Number of injury collisions
1999	43
2000	43
2001	46
2002	41
2003	48
2004	52
2005	41
2006	62
2007	66
2008	51
2009	42
2010	43
2011	42
2012	61
2013	63
2014	78
2015	47
2016	57
2017	39
2018	47
2019	42
2020	21
2021	27
2022	32
2023	31
2024*	24

*Note: figures for 2024 are provisional, as they are based on monthly returns received thus far from Police Scotland. This may be an incomplete picture of casualties due to a slight lag between collisions occurring and the data being processed and shared by Police Scotland. These figures are also subject to change due to subsequent corrections and late records.

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