North East roads have been named the most dangerous in Scotland after 24 people were killed on routes across the region last year.
Annual figures released today by Transport Scotland show the North East had the highest number of road fatalities in the country in 2024.
Of the 24 deaths, 12 occurred on roads in Aberdeenshire, nine happened in Moray, and three in Aberdeen.
A further 384 people were injured on North East roads, resulting from 273 collisions.
Transport Scotland’s statistics show 22 fatal collisions occurred last year, a rise of 10 on 2023 when 12 were recorded.
Gordon and Buchan MP Harriet Cross has described the figures as “horrifying” and has slammed the Scottish Government for turning the North East into the “road death capital of Scotland”.
The MP hit out at ministers for pausing the dualling of the A96, refusing to upgrade the A90 between Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh, and stalling on improving the A90 Laurencekirk junction.
Scottish Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan, Harriet Cross, said: “These horrifying figures are the tragic reality of the Scottish Government’s lack of action to dual roads such as the A96 and A90 in the North East.
“One death is one too many and behind these statistics lay bare the human cost of these dreadful incidents.
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“The North East is now the road death capital of Scotland, which is a damning indictment that routes across the region are not fit for the 21st century.
“Roads like the A96 should have been dualled by now but instead, the SNP government has betrayed our region by reneging on its promise that it made more than a decade ago.
“The continued neglect of our roads is costing lives, hampering the creation of new jobs, restricting our emergency services and putting off much-needed potential investors in our local and regional economy.”
