· FOI/EIR · not held
Accidents on trunk road junctions: EIR release
Information requested
Please could you tell me how many accidents, both fatal and non-fatal there have been for each year, between and including 2007 and 2017, on the following sections of trunk road:
A95- between Granish Junction (A9) and Keith Junction (A96) A96- between Inverurie Blackhall Roundabout to Keith (junction with A95) A96- between Keith (junction with A95) and Elgin town centre A96- between Elgin town centre and Raigmore Interchange in Inverness A90- between Bridge of Don and Fraserburgh A92- between Redhouse Roundabout (Kirkcaldy) and Tay Bridge Roundabout A84- between Craigforth (Junction 10 of M9) and Lochearnhead A85- between junction with A9 at Perth and Lochearnhead A85- between Tyndrum and Oban A82- between Stoneymollan Roundabout (A811) and Tarbet A82- between Tarbet and Crianlarich A82- between Tyndrum and Fort William A82- between Fort William and Fort Augustus A82- between Fort Augustus and Inverness A889- between Dalwhinnie and junction at Laggan (A86) A86- between Newtonmore and Spean Bridge A835- between Ullapool and Tore Roundabout (A9)
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.
In response, please see attached Annex A which provides tables for each section of road described in your request.
Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. 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.
Detected exemption language
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.