says there should be driving restrictions on foreign visitors. Chris Strong from Chicago lost his wife, mother-in-law and brother-in-law after their car made a wrong turn was hit by a lorry near Newtonmore in 2022. Initial work to make the A9 safer by dualing it was due to be finished this year but has been hit by delays and rising costs. Ministers say….
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Professor John Robertson OBA
There is no meaningful connection with the type of road and deaths resulting from as mistaken right turn into traffic and as we’ll see below the dualed and non-dualed sections are equally safe/dangerous.
We, and the BBC already know this:
What’s the truth on safety?
Massive fall in A9 road deaths
From a Freedom of Information request – A9 incidents, accidents and fatalities between January 2020 – 2024, published today, we can report that overall deaths fell dramatically from 12 in 2022 to 4 in 2023.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202400397957/
2 of the deaths took place on non-dual carriage-ways and 2 on the supposedly safer dualled sections.
The FOI result was, I suspect a big disappointment to the opposition MSP or opposition journalist (BBC) who wasted more than £300 of taxpayer money rooting for it.
After a very bad year in 2022, as tourists flocked back, when 13 died compared with the 2011-2022 average of 5.4, in 2023, 3 died and 2 of them on the already dualled sections.
Scotland’s roads revealed to be safest in UK
In addition to the above good news on Scotland’s supposed ‘killer road’, two much ignored facts:
First:
As of July 2023, 335 people had been killed on the Perth-to-Inverness stretch of the road since 1979 (an average of 7.6 death per year), 59 of which occurred between 2011 and 2022 (an average of 5.4 deaths per year).
With only 3 in 2023, the trend, regardless of supposed ‘SNP betrayal’ is clear.
Second:
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/
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MSM Monitor on X (Twitter) this morning:
“BBC BritNat is running A9 dualling again. It never mentions the fact that the SNP wanted to dual the A9 when the party took power back in 2007. The three Unionist parties, led by Labour, forced it to spend the money on the Edinburgh Trams instead.”
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Aye, a contrivance right enough, “Lives torn apart by fatal crashes on Scotland’s longest road” taking the lead spot on the Scotland page https://archive.ph/D3lY3 by Andrew MacKinnon (Eòrpa) and Steven McKenzie (BBC Scotland News) with ” But they never came home. All three were killed in a crash on the notorious A9 in August 2022 ” – Aye, but the A9 is nowhere near the notoriety of HMS James Cook…
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Why is it news 3 years later?
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If you ask AI the question “how many deaths have there been on the theA1 in England in the last ten years” it gives you this answer,
AI Overview
There have been 172 reported deaths on the A1 in England between 2013 and 2023. This figure is part of a larger dataset that shows over 10,000 vehicles were involved in collisions during the same period. The high volume of traffic and its importance as a major route for commercial and commuter vehicles contribute to the number of incidents on the road.
Key details:
Scrolling down to the search results and clicking on Drivers Domain Uk we then have this,
The Most Deadly UK Roads
Any road can be deadly if a driver is not in control of the vehicle, but certain roads have statistics that are much higher than the national average, so it is good to be aware of them, especially if they are part of a route that you will be taking in the future. Below are some of the most dangerous roads in the UK.
Strangely the A9 isn’t mentioned but the UK is actually England!!!
The A1 (Motorway)
The A1 motorway connects London to Edinburgh and was constructed between 1965 and 2018. This route carries up to 70,000 vehicles daily and is considered a critical transportation route. Despite many upgrades, it remains extremely hazardous, with over 10,000 vehicles involved in collisions between 2013 and 2023, with 172 deaths in the same period. One reason for the number of incidents is the sheer volume of traffic along the route, as the A1 connects several large cities such as Doncaster, Leeds, and Peterborough to London and Edinburgh. It is also a major route for commercial vehicles alongside commuter vehicles.
A38
The A38 runs between Bodmin, Cornwall, to Mansfield in Nottingham and is one of the major trunk roads in the UK, traversing 292 miles. Between 2018 and 2022, in Cornwall alone, there were 192 collisions, resulting in 9 deaths, with 203 serious injuries. The A38 covers many rural areas, and the road has many changes, such as tight turns, narrow lanes at points, steep hills, and merging lanes. The route also has weather-related issues that happen, especially with flooding and traffic increases during the summer months, increasing the accident risk, especially toward the southwest.
M6
The M6 Motorway is considered another very dangerous route in the UK, with over 7,800 vehicles reporting incidents involving debris on the carriageway. The M6 is the longest motorway in the UK and has many issues, from poor surface problems to roadworks and congestion. It also has the highest number of fatal accidents recorded for any motorway.
If you go in to police professional.com they say about the M6 from a 2018 report that,
Accident data: M6 is UK’s deadliest motorway in past ten years
Britain’s oldest motorway and its longest trunk road have been flagged up as accident blackspots, new figures reveal. The M6 has claimed more lives than any other motorway in the UK in the past decade – despite racking up fewer collisions than the M1 and the M25.
M25
The M25 encircles Greater London and spans over 188km, covering Kent, Surry, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. It is one of the UK’s longest and busiest ring roads. The M25 is an essential service connection to London’s major airports, commercial centres and docks. Statistics show that the average number of collisions along this route is approximately 760 incidents annually. Most of these incidents are due to speeding, poor driving, high congestion, and frustrating roadworks.
A628
The A628 runs between Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire and is just over 38 miles long; it runs over the Pennine Hills and across the Peak District, and with its exposure to high altitudes and adverse weather conditions, it is perilous at times, and the accident rates are pretty high, especially in the winter months. The statistics along this route speak for themselves, and drivers are always urged to proceed with much caution along this road as in just over three years recently, there have been 20 deaths with more than 88 severe collisions.
A357
The A357, known as the Cat and Fiddle Inn Road, is only 7.5 miles long and runs between Buxton and Macclesfield. It is a very popular route due to its scenic views, especially for motorbikers, as it has very challenging bends and steep hills. Speed limits have been reduced to 50MPH in an attempt to reduce accidents, but still, the collision rates remain very high, and care should be taken when using this route, especially during the winter.
A592
The A593, the Kirkstone Pass in Cumbria, is a very hazardous route stretching between Ambleside and Patterdale in Ullswater. Due to its rural location, accidents that happen here may sometimes require help from Mountain Rescue teams, especially in adverse weather conditions. This is also a route where locals will tell of ghostly apparitions appearing on the road near particularly lethal crash sites.
A57
The A57 Snake Pass is a particularly dangerous route with many twists and turns as it winds its way over the Pennine Hills. With over 140 collisions in a four-year period, it ranks as one of the highest in the UK. Due to its remote and rural location, poor mobile phone signal can also hinder breakdown and recovery efforts, so it is wise to be aware of these issues before attempting the route.
So my take from this, which will not surprise anybody on TUS, is that.
It’s not the road it’s the drivers that cause the accidents!!!
JB
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18-24 year old (males) 10% of the population cause 25% of the accidents. The elderly get the blame. Now will have to take a renewed driving test over 80 years. Instead of increasing the driving age. To stop more accidents.
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AWPR and duelling have stopped accidents.
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