EIR/202600519273 · FOI/EIR · not held
Transport Scotland - Closure and road traffic accident report data for the A75 and A77: EIR release
Information requested
I request the following information relating to the A75 and A77 roads:
1. The number of planned road closures on the A75 and A77 between the 1st and 31st May 2026.
2. The number of unplanned road closures on the A75 and A77 between the 1st and 31st May 2026.
3. The number of lane closures on the A75 and A77 between the 1st and 31st May 2026.
4. The number of road traffic accidents reports on the A75 and A77 between the 1st and 31st May 2026.
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.
Q1. You requested the number of planned road closures on the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
A1. There has been 2 planned road closures on the A75 and 5 planned closures on the A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
Q2. You requested the number of unplanned road closures on the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
A2. There has been 3 unplanned road closures on the A75 and no unplanned road closures on the A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
Q3. You requested the number of lane closures on the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
A3. There has been 3 lane closures on both the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
Q4. You requested the number of road traffic accidents reports on the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026.
A4. Please note that there is a delay between data being collected by Police Scotland and being shared with Transport Scotland. Data is currently only held up to 03 May 2026 and show there has been 2 road traffic accidents on the A75 and no road traffic accidents on the A77 between the 01 and 03 May 2026.
Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), Transport Scotland is not required to provide information which it does not have. The Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested because records held by Transport Scotland relate only to collisions involving injuries or fatalities that have been reported to, and are known by, Police Scotland. As such, we do not hold records of collisions that resulted in damage only.
This exception 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 exception. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exception. While we recognise that there may be some public interest in information about about the number of road traffic accidents reports on the A75 and A77 between 01 and 31 May 2026, clearly we cannot provide information which we do not hold.
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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. Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), Transport Scotland is not required to provide information which it does not have.
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