Professor John Robertson OBA
BBC Scotland reporting om a fatal crash on the A96 yesterday noted that this was the 3rd fatal crash in less than 2 weeks.
Tragic, I agree but, dear public service broadcaster taxpayer-funded, what is the trend on this road and across Scotland?. Tabloid media coverage suggests a worsening situation and the above BBC comment seems to reinforce that impression. In the above report, they note:
Last year, a 2011 commitment to upgrade 86 miles (138km) of the route by 2030 was abandoned by the Scottish government.
The actual data for the rising death toll is not offered.
This cluster of deaths is cherry-picked to suggest a wider concern with road safety which is unfounded.
For example in 2023, even the Herald noted this:
Compared to the rest of Britain, however, Scotland is the safest area overall, with 1.32 road accidents per 1,000 of the population, compared with 1.51 in Wales and 2.05 in England.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23424294.argyll-bute-scotlands-deadliest-roads/
In May 2024, Transport Scotland had this:
One hundred and fifty-five people were killed in reported road collisions in Scotland in 2023, 16 fewer than in 2022. https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/decrease-in-number-of-people-killed-on-scotland-s-roads-1/
Kind of makes you wonder if ‘our’ media have any public information function at all.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
With regard to roads, the media just publish information provided by motoring groups which is biased towards demanding greater expenditure on roads and fabricating mendacious stories about the fictitious ‘war on the motorist’. Most road casualties are pedestrians, cyclists and motor cyclists and most of their injuries are the result of reckless or inconsiderate driving.
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