Road traffic collision data for A90 (Moatmill to Happas): FOI release

Information requested

Detailed data regarding road traffic collisions (RTCs) that have occurred on the A90 Dual Carriageway, located in Angus, Scotland between Moatmill (56.51685° N, 2.94517° W) and Happas (56.55652° N, 2.92677° W), from the earliest available date up to the present. Data for both north/west bound would be appreciated.

After reviewing similar freedom of information requests, I couldn’t find anything with specific data for this stretch of road, However I did find data for a single junction between the years of 2021-2024. My request is asking for much more data.

Specifically, I would like to request:

• The total number of reported RTCs on this stretch of road.
• The total number of fatalities resulting from these RTCs.
• If available, a breakdown of the data including:
  • Date of each RTC
  • Severity (e.g. fatal, serious, slight)
  • Number of vehicles involved
  • Number of casualties
  • Weather/road conditions (if recorded)
  • Estimated Speed of collision (if recorded)

Response

Please see Annex A to this response for some of the information requested. The information has been provided from 1 January 1980 which is the earliest date available. Transport Scotland hold information on personal injury collisions.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Transport Scotland does not have some the information you have requested. Transport Scotland does not have information on damage only incidents as these are not recorded via a standardised format as per Police injuryaccident records. Transport Scotland also does not have information regarding the estimated Speed of collisions that have occurred on the A90 Dual Carriageway, located in Angus, Scotland between Moatmill (56.51685° N, 2.94517° W) and Happas (56.55652° N, 2.92677° W), from the earliest available date up to the date of your request. You may wish to contact Police Scotland to determine if they hold information. You can do this online here Freedom of Information - Police Scotland

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.

This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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FOI 202500466475 - Information released - Annex A

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