Road crashes in Perth and Kinross

7,303 recorded collisions since 2000.

Perth and Kinross has recorded 7,303 road collisions since 2000, 287 of them fatal and 2,047 causing serious injury. That makes it the 219th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 32% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 39.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 70% since 2000, from 475 to 141 in 2024. The A9 is the most affected road locally, with 1,099 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.