Report Summary
Issued 28 September 2023, this FOI response confirms that information related to guidelines used when communicating about road traffic collisions is not held by the Scottish Police Authority. Advice is provided that Police Scotland may hold information.
Request
- Any guidelines or standards your force uses when communicating about road traffic collisions. These guidelines may relate to the language used when staff write press releases, or speak about traffic crashes to the press and public, defining any terms to avoid or to include when doing so. Please include such guidelines or standards in your reply.
- Whether use of these guidelines is mandatory in communications, say, with the public and press. If not, please explain on what basis they are applied.
