Question reference: S5W-35873
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 9 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many road traffic incidents there have been in each local authority area in each year since 2016-17, also broken down by the number of incidents where it was recorded that an animal was (a) injured and (b) killed.
Answer
Reported Road Casualties Scotland provides information on accidents reported to the police where one or more people have been injured. The latest statistics available are up to 2019.
The following tables show a) the number of injury accidents by council area and b) the number of injury accidents where a vehicle is recorded as hitting an animal (not including ridden horses) in the carriageway. Details on the injuries sustained by the animals are not recorded.
a) Injury road accidents by council area
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Aberdeen City | 175 | 155 | 137 | 116 |
Aberdeenshire | 334 | 252 | 242 | 198 |
Angus | 111 | 135 | 126 | 96 |
Argyll & Bute | 178 | 174 | 156 | 144 |
Clackmannanshire | 69 | 48 | 34 | 36 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 269 | 236 | 259 | 195 |
Dundee City | 135 | 120 | 96 | 130 |
East Ayrshire | 179 | 131 | 163 | 103 |
East Dunbartonshire | 93 | 88 | 59 | 69 |
East Lothian | 158 | 158 | 128 | 104 |
East Renfrewshire | 95 | 95 | 71 | 65 |
Edinburgh, City of | 1,140 | 905 | 772 | 744 |
Eilean Siar | 24 | 17 | 21 | 25 |
Falkirk | 235 | 216 | 166 | 128 |
Fife | 452 | 317 | 328 | 304 |
Glasgow City | 1,279 | 1,077 | 910 | 856 |
Highland | 383 | 309 | 393 | 337 |
Inverclyde | 112 | 91 | 79 | 97 |
Midlothian | 166 | 134 | 119 | 116 |
Moray | 75 | 60 | 50 | 53 |
North Ayrshire | 186 | 165 | 147 | 127 |
North Lanarkshire | 483 | 444 | 382 | 346 |
Orkney Islands | 25 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
Perth & Kinross | 175 | 204 | 184 | 128 |
Renfrewshire | 289 | 260 | 211 | 162 |
Scottish Borders | 202 | 185 | 173 | 149 |
Shetland Islands | 26 | 16 | 13 | 22 |
South Ayrshire | 205 | 157 | 125 | 123 |
South Lanarkshire | 466 | 395 | 383 | 335 |
Stirling | 177 | 141 | 127 | 128 |
West Dunbartonshire | 128 | 114 | 85 | 72 |
West Lothian | 331 | 308 | 283 | 216 |
Scotland | 8,355 | 7,118 | 6,432 | 5,747 |
b) Injury road accidents involving animals by council area
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Aberdeen City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aberdeenshire | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Angus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Argyll & Bute | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
East Ayrshire | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
East Lothian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Edinburgh, City of | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eilean Siar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Falkirk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fife | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Glasgow City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Highland | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Inverclyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midlothian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Moray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
North Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North Lanarkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Perth & Kinross | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Scottish Borders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
South Ayrshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
South Lanarkshire | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Stirling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Lothian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | 33 | 23 | 20 | 19 |