The number of people fatally injured on North East roads is at its lowest level since current records began in 1974.
The figures have been highlighted by Road Safety North East Scotland, a partnership of public bodies promoting safe road use locally.
Provisional statistics reveal that during 2017, 14 people died as a result of their involvement in a road traffic collision in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
Records show the highest number of casualties was in 1976, when 102 people died on North East roads – almost two deaths every week. The previous lowest figure occurred more recently in 2011, when 22 people died during the year.
Meanwhile A90 drivers have been £92,000 over three months for exceeding the speed limit between Stonehaven and Dundee: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/a90-speeders-fined-92000-in-three-months1/