HC Deb 01 March 1995 vol 255 cc599-601W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the accident and fatal accident figures for each year since 1990, and any months of 1995 currently available for each stretch of A77, A74 and A96 and for the whole of each road, on a directly comparable basis.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is given in the tables:

Route: A77
Section: Stranraer to Ayr
Length km.: 83.18
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 0 20 45 65 0.43
1991 3 19 33 55 0.37
1992 6 24 47 77 0.51
1993 3 18 39 60 0.40
1994 0 26 48 74 0.49
Route: A77
Section: Ayr to Glasgow City Boundary
Length km.: 46.70
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight 75 Total Section accident rate
1990 8 27 75 110 0.29
1991 8 29 75 112 0.29
1992 5 31 72 108 0.28
1993 3 18 64 85 0.22
1994 3 22 57 82 0.21
Route: A77
Section: Stranraer to Glasgow City Boundary (Whole Trunk Road)
Length km.: 129.88
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 8 47 120 175 0.46
1991 11 48 108 167 0.43
1992 11 55 119 185 0.48
1993 6 36 103 145 0.38
1994 3 48 105 156 0.41
Route: A77
Section: Within Glasgow City Boundary
Length kms.: 6.00
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 0 16 83 99 1.76
1991 1 28 65 94 1.67
1992 0 21 57 78 1.38
1993 0 14 50 64 1.13
1994 0 20 42 62 1.10
Route: A74/A74(M)
Section: National Boundary to Millbank1
Length km.: 92.16
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 8 31 67 106 0.14
1991 4 31 76 111 0.15
1992 8 26 55 89 0.12
1993 7 24 50 81 0.11
1994 1 21 37 59 0.08
1 The construction work related to the upgrading of the A74 to motorway has been under way during the period covered making separation of individual dual and motorway sections impractical.
Route: M74
Section: Millbank to Maryville
Length km.: 35.83
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 1 10 22 33 0.08
1991 4 9 23 36 0.09
1992 0 11 26 37 0.09
1993 1 8 20 29 0.07
1994 1 9 43 53 0.13
Route: A74/M74
Section: National Boundary to Maryville (Whole Trunk Road)
Length km.: 127.99
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 9 41 89 139 0.12
1991 8 40 99 147 0.13
1992 8 37 81 126 0.11
1993 8 32 70 110 0.09
1994 2 30 80 112 0.10
Route: A96
Section: Aberdeen to Fochabers
Length km.: 85.63
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 7 20 80 107 0.40
1991 3 26 58 87 0.33
1992 3 28 71 102 0.39
1993 2 19 65 86 0.33
1994 5 16 52 73 0.28
Route: A96
Section: Aberdeen to Fochabers
Length km.: 85.63
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 7 20 80 107 0.40
1991 3 26 58 87 0.33
1992 3 28 71 102 0.39
1993 2 19 65 86 0.33
1994 5 16 52 73 0.28
Route: A96
Section: Fochabers to Inverness
Length km.: 73.01
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 3 15 54 72 0.24
1991 3 22 52 77 0.26
1992 6 13 56 75 0.25
1993 4 13 47 64 0.21
1994 2 12 42 56 0.19
Route: A96
Section: Aberdeen to Inverness (Whole Trunk Road)
Length km: 158.63
Personal injury accidents
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Section accident rate
1990 10 35 134 179 0.32
1991 6 48 110 164 0.29
1992 9 41 127 177 0.31
1993 6 32 112 150 0.27
1994 7 28 94 129 0.23

Note:

1 The accident rates shown in all the tables are expressed in numbers of personal injury accidents per million vehicle kilometres travelled. The traffic flows are estimated from sample counts taken at specific sites and updated annually using national growth factors.

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