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Published: 27 November 2023

FOI 2023/24-056 - Traffic collisions involving nitrous oxide

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Issued 13 November 2023, this FOI response confirms that information on traffic collisions involving nitrous oxide is not held by the Scottish Police Authority. Advice is provided that Police Scotland may hold information.

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- How many traffic collisions has there been where nitrous oxide has been involved per year? Please provide data for each year: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Please provide as much data for 2023 as possible closest to the current day.

- How many of those traffic collisions involving nitrous oxide have resulted in one or more fatalities? Please specify how many for each incident.

- How many arrests have been recorded for the illegal sale of nitrous oxide from the start of 2016 to the 8th of November 2023?


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