Highland MP comments on rising road death figures

Responding to figures from Transport Scotland showing that in 2022, 174 people lost their lives on Scotland's roads, the highest since 2016, Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone said:

“These are very sad figures and my heart goes out to all the families who will have been struck down by these deaths.

"174 lives is 174 too many. How many more people are to be left without their partners, children without their parents, siblings or grandparents before the Scottish Government acts?

“Across the Highlands we have seen a steady drumbeat of road deaths this year but progress on tackling dangerous roads like the A9 and the A96 has slowed to a crawl.

“It’s unconscionable for the Scottish Greens in particular to be holding up measures that could make these roads substantially safer for those who travel on them. The SNP came into government in 2007 pledging urgent action to improve trunk roads to the North and North East but next to nothing has happened. Practical solutions should not sit at the mercy of Scottish Government deal making.”