A96 Dual Carriageway Incident Statistics: FOI release

Information requested

1. How many road traffic accidents there were on the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen between Jan 1st 2020 and Jan 1st 2024, delineated by year.

• a. On dual-carriageway sections.
• b. On non-dual-carriageway sections.

2. How many fatal incidents there were on the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen between Jan 1st 2020 and Jan 1st 2024, delineated by year.

• a. On dual-carriageway sections.
• b. On non-dualcarriageway sections.

3. How many injury-causing incidents there were on the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen between Jan 1st 2020 and Jan 1st 2024, delineated by year.

• a. On dual-carriageway sections.
• b. On non-dual-carriageway sections.

Response

The records we hold relate to collisions where someone is injured or killed, and which become known to Police Scotland. Therefore we do not hold information on non-injury collisions.

The following table provides the information based on what is collected. Please note that the figures for 2023 are provisional as they are based on monthly returns received thus far from Police Scotland in 2023, with the mostrecent returns being received on 16th February 2024.

This may be an incomplete picture of casualties up to that date due to a slight lag between records processed by Police Scotland and data availability. These figures are also subject to change due to subsequent corrections and late records.

Injury collisions on the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen
		Non-Dual carriageway	Dual carriageway		Total
All injury collisions	2020	16	5		21
	2021	26	3		29
	2022	26	6		32
	2023 (1)	39	7		46
Fatal	2020	3	0		3
	2021	3	0		3
	2022	1	0		1
	2023 (1)	1	0		1
Serious and slight	2020	13	5		18
	2021	23	3		26
	2022	25	6		31
	2023 (1)	38	7		45
1. Provisional

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