S3W-00259: What reports it has considered or commissioned on accident rates on the A9 and how these compare with rates on other trunk roads; what plan…

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what reports it has considered or commissioned on accident rates on the A9 and how these compare with rates on other trunk roads; what plans are in place to upgrade the A9, and what the timescale is for such improvements.

The answer

Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 Jun 2007 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

Transport Scotland withits Operating Companies BEAR Scotland and Scotland TranSERV reviewed the accident rates ofall sections of the A9. These figures were compared with both the average Scottishtrunk road accident rates and those of other individual trunk road routes. A comparisontable is provided below.
A9 AccidentRate Comparison with Scottish Trunk Road Averages
FiguresQuoted are Accidents Per 100 Million Vehicle Kilometres
Accident Period
2004-06
| A9 Trunk Road
(Dunblane to Scrabster)
| Dunblane to Perth
(Keir Roundabout to Inveralmond Roundabout)
| Perth to Inverness
(Inveralmond Roundabout to Longman Roundabout)
| Inverness to Scrabster
(Longman Roundabout to Scrabster Junction)

Combined Accident Rate
| 11.08
| 9.68
| 8.51
| 17.65

Dual Carriageway Accident Rate
| A9
| 8.32
| 9.68
| 7.25
| 9.05

Scottish Trunk Road Average
| 9.4

Single Carriageway Accident Rate
| A9
| 13.85
| Not Applicable
| 9.09
| 19.99

Scottish Trunk Road Average
| 20.6

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-228 on 11 June 2007. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
Our aim is to deliver currentlyplanned projects during the period to 2012.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-00259 by reference.