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Written Question · S6W-04894 · Session 6

How many (a) fatal and (b) serious accidents there have been on each road in the trunk road and motorway network in each year since 2017.

Answered Asked by Liam Kerr Con Lodged 3 Dec 2021

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) fatal and (b) serious accidents there have been on each road in the trunk road and motorway network in each year since 2017.

The answer

Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 Dec 2021 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table presents the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. However, the information on the total number of fatal and serious accidents for 2021 are only available up to the date stated in the table.
Fatal and Serious Collisions 2017 to 2021
Route
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
TOTAL
Serious
Fatal
Serious
Fatal
Serious
Fatal
Serious
Fatal
Serious ? up to 7 Sept
Fatal ? up to 13 Dec
A1
5
2
7
1
3
0
9
1
6
0
34
A6091
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
2
8
A68
3
0
7
2
5
0
2
2
5
0
26
A7
1
1
4
2
4
0
2
0
4
0
18
A701
3
0
6
1
3
0
0
0
3
0
16
A702
8
1
1
3
4
0
4
0
4
0
25
A720
2
0
10
0
10
1
4
0
2
0
29
A725
4
0
4
1
5
0
5
0
2
0
21
A726
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
6
A737
7
1
5
0
7
0
4
0
3
0
27
A738
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
A75
7
3
8
1
7
2
7
1
10
2
48
A751
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A76
3
1
11
2
5
0
4
2
5
1
34
A77
13
4
10
1
17
2
10
0
6
1
64
A78
13
0
12
0
7
0
10
2
9
0
53
A8
3
1
2
0
4
1
3
1
3
0
18
A82
25
7
20
4
27
7
22
5
16
6
139
A828
0
0
5
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
9
A83
7
1
6
2
17
0
6
1
3
1
44
A830
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
7
A835
0
0
2
4
5
1
2
0
2
0
16
A84
7
1
5
0
7
0
3
1
0
1
25
A85
11
1
15
0
13
4
11
0
3
4
62
A86
3
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
A87
4
0
4
2
5
1
7
0
5
1
29
A876
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
A887
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
A889
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
A893
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A898
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
A9
15
5
27
10
35
6
19
2
15
4
138
A90
27
2
19
1
26
3
19
5
11
1
114
A92
10
0
15
0
10
1
16
2
4
0
58
A95
5
1
2
0
4
0
2
0
1
0
15
A956
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
A96
12
2
11
1
16
5
9
3
8
2
69
A972
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
A977
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
A985
1
0
3
0
4
2
3
2
1
0
16
A99
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
5
M8
12
1
14
1
21
1
16
6
23
3
98
M74
7
2
7
5
21
5
17
1
9
3
77
M73
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
2
0
7
M77
4
0
5
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
14
M80
4
1
5
0
8
1
3
0
2
1
25
M823
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
M876
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
6
M898
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M9
5
0
5
2
6
1
5
1
4
0
29
M90
6
0
5
0
8
1
4
1
3
1
29
TOTAL
248
38
271
49
328
49
246
39
184
36
1488
Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland. Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available at the time of retrieving the data from Transport Scotland’s accident manager system. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system:
• Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
• Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
• Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.
• 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.
• 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.
• From summer 2019, Police Scotland introduced a new system for recording traffic collisions. Due to improved recording and categorisation processes, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of casualties and accidents on Scottish roads that are classified as serious. The evidence from other police forces within the UK that introduced the same system is that this increase will be around 20%. This increase would not reflect an a

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