Driving in Aberdeenshire and Moray: Last year's road casualties lowest since 1950
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The pandemic meant that Scotland last year witnessed its lowest number of road casualties for six decades.
Transport Scotland figures show the total number of people injured in accidents fell by 35% (from 7718 to 4992) – the lowest number since annual records began in 1950.
In Moray a total of 30 were injured on the roads, which is just over half the average (54) who normally get hurt in the region every year.
In Aberdeenshire the figures were 118 compared to an average of 229.
Across the whole of Scotland 142 people were killed on the roads last year, which was 24 fewer than in 2019.
The number of people seriously injured was 1539.
A report published yesterday by Transport Scotland said: "These casualty reductions will have been greatly influenced by the general reduction in motor traffic seen over the course of the covid-19 pandemic.
"We estimate that motor traffic volume dropped by 23% in Scotland in 2020 compared with 2019."
