Overall drop in traffic incidents last year

A new report has shown that there was a reduction in north-east road collisions and casualties during 2019.

Transport Scotland’s Key Reported Road Casualties report is produced yearly.

In Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray it showed that accidents fell last year.

It said 19 people died as a result of crashes in 2019 – a 10% reduction from the 2015 to 2019 average.

There were 511 national casualties in the same period – which the report says was a 23% decrease from the 2015 to 2019 average.

Last night Ewan Wallace, head of transport at Aberdeenshire Council and chairman of Road Safety North East Scotland warned the statistics painted a wider picture.

He said: “For several years we have seen steady reductions occurring but we can’t be complacent and must ensure there is an ongoing focus on local road casualty reduction.

“2020 is the final year of the Scottish Government’s national 10-year road safety framework and it is a year which has seen some significant changes.”