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Written Question · S3W-03954 · Session 3

What proportion of road deaths in each of the last four years occurred on (a) urban and (b) rural roads.

Answered Asked by Des McNulty Lab Lodged 3 Sep 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of road deaths in each of the last four years occurred on (a) urban and (b) rural roads.

The answer

Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 Sep 2007 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requestedcan be obtained from the figures which appear in table 23 of Road Accidents Scotland2005 (published by the Scottish Executive in November 2006, this gives figuresfor 1995 to 2005, inclusive) and table 6 of Key 2006 Road Accident Statistics(published by the Scottish Executive in June 2007, this gives figures for 2004 to 2006, inclusive). Copies of both publicationsare available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 41118and 42962, respectively).
In such tables, andfor the purpose of other road accident statistics which are published by the ScottishGovernment, “built-up roads” (i.e. roads with speed limits of up to 40mph) representurban roads, and “non built-up roads” (i.e. roads with speed limits of over 40mph)represent rural roads.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-03954 by reference.