Scottish transport minister Jenny Gilruth has promised short term safety measures on the A9, following a large increase in fatalities on the road this year. She warned that Scotland’s road safety statistics for this year will not replicate the stability of last year’s statistics.

The SNP has previously committed to dualling the whole of the A9, the main transport artery from the central belt to Inverness and further north. However, a review of road schemes was one of the commitments when the minority SNP government agreed a cooperation deal with the Scottish Greens last year. Some of the A9 has already been dualled, most recently between Luncarty and Pass of Birnam.