A96 collisions plummet contrary to comments by Douglas Ross and Fergus Ewing

In July 2025, opposition MSPs misrepresented the road traffic accident rate on the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness, with a view to politicising them in attacks on the Scottish Government.

From Collisions on the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness: FOI release Published 21 April 2026:

The total number of collisions on the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness, broken into a table to reflect every financial year since 2021-22

https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202600504908/

From the post pandemic peak in 2023/2024 of fatal/very serious and total collisions, we can see a dramatic fall in 2024/2025, contrary to that claimed in the media report at the top here, and what seems likely to be a further fall in 2025/2026 with only 14 in 9 months.

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