A9 accident data: EIR release

Information requested

1. The data on fatalities on dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

• Broken down by month.
• Broken down by location.

2. The data on fatalities on non-dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

• Broken down by month.
• Broken down by location.
• Including data on fatal accidents relating to overtaking?
• Including data on fatal accidents relating to head on accidents?

3. The data on A9 injury accidents on dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

• Broken down by month.
• Broken down by location.

4. The data on A9 injury accidents on non-dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

• Broken down by month.
• Broken down by location.
• Including data on injury accidents relating to overtaking?
• Including data on injury accidents relating to head on collisions?

5. The total number of fatalities on the A9 road, between Perth and Inverness, between 01/01/2025 and 30/06/2025?

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

You requested the following information:

1. The data on fatalities on dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

We have no records of fatalities on the dual carriageway sections of the A9 between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

2. The data on fatalities on non-dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

We have no records of on fatalities on non-dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

3. The data on A9 injury accidents on dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

We have no records of injury accidents on the dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

4. The data on A9 injury accidents on non-dual carriageway sections of the A9, between Perth and Inverness, from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025?

Month	Severity	Road	easting	northing	Overtaking (Y/N)
January	Slight	A9	276802	801423	N
January	Slight	A9	292827	758441	N
February	Slight	A9	277154	801676	Y
February	Slight	A9	308329	722810	N
May	Slight	A9	299588	749468	N
March	Serious	A9	307624	722636	N
May	Slight	A9	300238	747126	N
July	Slight	A9	279000	766530	N
July	Slight	A9	282208	765868	N

Date Extracted – 29/7/2025
Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database
Date Period: 1/1/2025 - 30/06/2025

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:

1. Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.
2. Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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. This increase would not reflect an actual change in the severity of accidents occurring on Scottish roads, but would instead reflect more accurate recording.
6. Statisticians within the Department for Transport have devised a method for adjusting the road casualty figures to ensure that they can be compared over time on a consistent basis. Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties and Reported Road Casualties statistics publications will present both adjusted and unadjusted figures.

5. The total number of fatalities on the A9 road, between Perth and Inverness, between 01/01/2025 and 30/06/2025?

We have no records of fatalities on the A9 road, between Perth and Inverness, between 01/01/2025 and 30/06/2025.

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