Question reference: S5W-36056
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many accidents on the A90 between Dundee and Stonehaven have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2016, also broken down by how many resulted in an injury.
Answer
The Scottish Government only holds personal injury accident data. The Scottish Government does not hold information resulting in damage only accidents.
Details are as follows:
Personal Injury Accident Statistics - A90 Dundee (from the Emmock Roundabout at William Fitzgerald Way) to Stonehaven (at the Slug Road overbridge).
Year – 2016 | Number of personal injury accidents |
April – June | 5 |
July – September | 3 |
October – December | 7 |
Year – 2017 | Number of personal injury accidents |
January – March | 6 |
April – June | 5 |
July – September | 4 |
October – December | 6 |
Year – 2018 | Number of personal injury accidents |
January – March | 3 |
April – June | 2 |
July – September | 7 |
October – December | 3 |
Year – 2019 | Number of personal injury accidents |
January – March | 6 |
April – June | 2 |
July – September | 5 |
October – December | 9 |
Year – 2020 | Number of personal injury accidents |
January – March | 6 |
April – June | 0 |
July – September | 5 |
October – December* | 1 |
* data is only available until 30 October 2020
1. Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database
2. Date data extracted: 16 March 2021
3. 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:
4. Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
5. Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
6. Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.
7. 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.
8. 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.