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The Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA) was set up to raise awareness of issues involving professional users of the country's 2,175 miles (35,000km) of highways, promoting safety and reducing the number of Scottish accidents.
A number of factors affect the risk of accidents in Scotland, including snow, ice and fog, and the variety of routes, varying from the motorways and A-roads, busy city streets in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, roads in loch-side villages popular with tourists and unfenced tracks over the highlands.
As with the remainder of the United Kingdom, the death and injury toll from road traffic accidents has been gradually decreasing. In 2007, there were 281 deaths, the lowest figure since records began, and total accidents have fallen by 25%, although the number of vehicles has increased by 16%.
Overall, driving is the most hazardous part of employment and most businesses use vehicles in some way. Work-related accidents resulting in personal injury often are a consequence of a vehicle movement involving cars, lorries or other form of mechanised transport.
ScORSA aims to bring together employers, trade unions, local authorities, emergency services, safety organisations, professional and trade associations to encourage co-operation, exchange information and decide on best practices for the benefit of all road users in Scotland.
According to police, the most common contributory factor in fatal accidents in 2007 was loss of control by the driver, which accounted for 40% of crashes. Travelling too fast for the conditions and the driver or rider failing to look properly were equal on 18%.
Drivers being careless, reckless or in a hurry were judged to be involved in 15% of vehicle accidents while making a poor turn or manoeuvre (12%) and exceeding the speed limit at 11% made up the total.
Because of the reduction in number of accidents, the Scottish government estimated that the total cost of accidents fell from £1,631m in 2006 to £1,487m in 2007, including damage-only incidents.
However, although these figures are encouraging, they do not take into account the human cost of a road accident and behind the figure of 2,656 people killed or seriously injured there will be many who were not responsible for their own suffering, or only partly, and they deserve recompense for the harm caused to them.
Scottish accident help from YouClaim's experts
Wherever you are in Scotland, if you, or a loved one, have suffered a personal injury which could be due to the actions or negligence of someone else, you may be eligible to make a claim for compensation through a solicitor.
YouClaim has a panel of specialist personal injury lawyers who are ready to help and advise with their experience and skills. From initial consultation through to representation all the procedures will be explained in plain English.
In most cases, you also have our guarantee of receiving 100% compensation and with the no win no fee system your legal costs will be covered.
But if you want to know more about pursuing a Scottish accident claim, it's easy to contact YouClaim, just complete the initial online form and you will be contacted or you can call the free helpline on 0800 10 757 95 and speak to one of our helpful advisers today.
