Massive increase in Scottish road fatalities as police watchdog issues warning

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A warning has been issued amid a 26 per cent increase in road fatalities across Scotland this year. A report published by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) notes the total number of people killed or injured on Scotland's roads has increased every year for the past four years.

Last year, 155 people were killed and 1,930 were seriously injured on the country's roads and, so far this year, fatalities are already 26 per cent higher than they were at the same time last year.The HMICS report recognises road policing officers carrying out enforcement activity to detect crimes including speeding and drink or drug driving can help reduce serious collisions.

But it finds that, since the creation of Police Scotland in April 2013, there has been a 63 per cent drop in the number of road traffic offences being detected and recorded.

His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, Craig Naylor, has called on Police Scotland to review its commitment to road policing.