Eight months ago, the Scotsman had the above, platforming some opposition politicians. It’s behind a paywall so who cares.

Note the ‘alarming’ casualty toll. Finding the above report was triggered by seeing Transport Scotland number of collisions on the A83: FOI release, published today, which revealed:

I wonder if this FOI was requested by those well-known figures, Edinburgh MSPs, Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem) and Daniel Johnson (Labour).

If they did, they should be disappointed but, knowing their deep duplicity, they’ll just add them all up to get a big number and ignore the clearly improving trend they surely did not hope for.

A run of 7 deaths but then zero and one in the last two years and a total falling for three years in a row to a third of the peak in 2022/2023. is……..good.

Might other improvements from 2022 to 2025 have increased safety?

Yes, resurfacing, road markings, stud upgrades and other defects fixed to enhance safety.

Sources:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202600505145/

https://www.bearscot.com/a1-lamberton-overnight-resurfacing/

https://www.bearscot.com/a1-lamberton-overnight-resurfacing/