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In June 2024, Transport Scotland figures reported that along single carriageways on the A9 there were 199 injuries and 15 deaths compared to 114 injuries and 7 deaths on dual carriageways, highlighting a double fatality rate for the undualed sections of the road.
In July 2013, the Scottish Government announced a plan to install average speed cameras on the A9 between Perth and Inverness. This has been undertaken with an aim to reduce accidents and fatalities on the road, and was the second permanent average speed camera scheme in Scotland. [10]
[citation needed] In 2017 Average Speed Cameras were erected between Dundee and Stonehaven, with 15 per side, spaced approximately every 5 miles (8 km) for a total of 30 cameras. BBC News reported in January 2018 that speed limit compliance had increased from 2 in 5 to 99 in 100 drivers.
A traffic enforcement camera (also a red light camera, speed camera, road safety camera, bus lane camera, depending on use) is a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect motoring offenses, including speeding, vehicles going through a red traffic light, vehicles going through a toll booth ...
Edinburgh Airport is Scotland's busiest airport by passenger numbers, with over 14.4 million passengers in 2023 [29] Barra Airport is the only airport in the world to use a tidal beach as its runway Loganair is branded as Scotland's Airline. Air transport in Scotland is responsible for 0.3% of Scottish Gross Value Added (GVA) (roughly £400 ...
A traffic camera is a video camera which observes vehicular traffic on a road. Typically, traffic cameras are put along major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads, and are connected by optical fibers buried alongside or under the road, with electricity provided either by mains power in urban areas, by solar panels or other alternative power sources which provide ...
Transport Scotland quoted the scheme at £745 million in 2012 prices. [33] The contracts for associated preparatory works were announced on the Public Contracts Scotland website in 2016. [34] The contract award was announced on 11 June 2014 with Connect Roads, advised by Pinsent Masons, [35] [36] named as the preferred bidder.
Transport Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Còmhdhail Alba) is the national transport agency of Scotland. It was established by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, [ 2 ] and began operating on 1 January 2006 as an executive agency of the Scottish Government .