HC Deb 19 October 1995 vol 264 cc317-8W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the average daily traffic flows on trunk road spurs leading to Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Wick for(a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95; and what are the accident rates on these roads. [36412]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information on the annual average daily flow for such trunk roads is as follows:

AADF
Trunk road 1993 1994
A92 (south of Peterhead) 3,338 3,505
A952 (south of Peterhead 7,501 5,113
A952 (north of Peterhead) 5,019 5,358
A92 (south of Fraserburgh) 6,215 6,420
A98 (west of Fraserburgh 2,036 2,074
A9 (south of Wick) 1,288 1,312

The accident rate—average for 1992 to 1994—on these roads is as follows:

Trunk road Accident rate (Accidents per 1 million vehicle kilometres)
A92/A952 Aberdeen-Fraserburgh (via Peterhead)
Dual Carriageway 0.174
Single Carriageway 0.343
A9 Tore-Wick 0.173

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