Help
This section provides help information for each of the features provided within the service.
General
- Introduction, General Navigation and Icons
- Accessibility
- Cookies & Privacy
- List View
- Map View
- Bookmarks
- Share this Content
Live Traffic Information
- What's Near Me?
- Overview
- Current Incidents
- Current Roadworks
- Route Journey Times
- Live Traffic Cameras
- News
Planning Ahead
- Planned Roadworks
- Planned Events
- Weather
- Weather Stations
- Gritters & Salt Treatment
- Park & Ride
- Campaigns
- Travel Information Links
- Trunk Road Network Height Map
Freight Information
Introduction, General Navigation and Icons
The Traffic Scotland mobile site offers users an optimised experience targeted at mobile phone devices. Some services are restricted to the desktop site. Visit the Traffic Scotland desktop site for full details.
The mobile site includes a standard header and footer that include links to Home, Navigation and Help.
The Home link will return you to the homepage. The Navigation link brings the navigation menu to the top of the screen.
You can navigate to the help section using the help link at the top right corner of every page. Where possible this link will take you to an relevant section within the help, which describes the expected content for each area and gives advice on how to use the features provided.
We use a selection of icons throughout the site to indicate the type of information being displayed:
to represent Current Incidents,
to represent Weather Incidents,
to represent a Snow Gate Closure,
to represent Current Roadworks,
to represent Route Journey Times,
to represent Live Traffic Cameras,
to represent News Headlines,
to represent Planned Roadworks,
to represent Planned Events, and
to represent a Weather Alert.
Map Icons
On the map view, many icons in nearby locations are grouped together by number.
Clicking a grouping number will center the map on that location, and reveal further icons in that location.
Accessibility
Accessibility is important to us, and we’ve taken every care to ensure as many people as possible can enjoy our website. It’s built to recognised W3C HTML and CSS standards, and we follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 which help keep our content as accessible as possible to all audiences (including those with visual, hearing, cognitive or motor impairments).
We continually test our web sites with a number of browsers, screen readers, accessibility and HTML validators, but if you find a problem or have any suggestions please contact us.
Cookies & Privacy
Traffic Scotland currently use cookies to remember the following for future browsing:
- Which items you have bookmarked
- Any changes to user settings you have made
- Manually entered user locations
- Your preferences on being redirected to the mobile or desktop site when following links to Traffic Scotland
Traffic Scotland will not use cookies to collect and store personally identifiable information about you. If you do not wish for Traffic Scotland to use cookies to remember this information then you can restrict or block cookies set by Traffic Scotland through your browser settings. Cookies used to store manually entered locations are only stored while the browser session is active and are permanently deleted when you exit your browser.
We continually test our web sites with a number of browsers, screen readers, accessibility and HTML validators, but if you find a problem or have any suggestions please contact us.
What's Near Me?
This feature (unique to the mobile site) displays information within the geographical vicinity of the user. On supported devices, you will be prompted to share your location to allow the mobile site to deliver location based results. To select a new current location click "Find My Location", or to enter a location manually click "Change Location" where you can enter your location and choose from a selction of relevant results.
Information displayed includes:
- Current Incidents
- Current Roadworks
- Route Journey Times
- Live Traffic Cameras
- Planned Events
The items returned are limited to the first 10 items or items within a radius of 50 miles, whichever comes first.
List View
This view lists the items and allows the user to select a specific item to get the details page.
Map View
The site utilises Google Maps to provide mapping to support the traffic information being displayed.
Map Icons
On the map view, many icons in nearby locations are grouped together by number. Please see the Introduction, General Navigation and Icons section for further information.
Bookmarks
This page provides links to Traffic Scotland content that has been 'bookmarked' by you. At present you can bookmark live traffic cameras, route journey time start points, park and rides, weather stations and Weather regions by selecting the 'Add to Bookmarks' link displayed at the top of the page when viewing a live traffic camera, route journey time start point, park and ride, weather station or a weather region. In addition, bookmarked items will also appear at the top of the live traffic camera selection page, route journey times page, weather station region selection page, park and ride selection page and the weather region selection page.
To remove an item from your bookmarked list select the 'Remove from bookmarks' link.
Please note that bookmarked content is stored by your local mobile device browser using cookies. For more information see our help section on cookies and privacy.
Share this content
What is social media?
Social media websites allow users to share and receive information with a network of other users. This information could be their own personal views and comments or alternatively links to external internet content such as news stories and websites.
How can I share Traffic Scotland content using social media?
Links to share Traffic Scotland content using social media can be found directly below the main content on select pages, as a collection of icons titled “Share this content”. To share content select the social media option through which you wish to share content. At present the following options are available:
Twitter
This option shares a link to the current page through the mobile Twitter interface which will be shown in the users Twitter feed.
Facebook
This option shares a link a link to the current page through the mobile Facebook interface which will be shown in the users Facebook profile/timeline.
* Please note that to share content you will need to have a registered account with the social media site selected. Your browser will then redirect you to the external website of the social media option you selected. You will then be required to log in to your social media account and then confirm that you wish to share the content. Traffic Scotland will not ask you for any personal information.
Overview
The Overview page displays the most critical events currently affecting the Scottish trunk road network. It is broken down in the following groupings:
- Current Incidents (excluding queues)
- Current Roadworks
- Weather Alerts
- News Headlines
Current Incidents
This page displays all the incidents currently active on the Scottish trunk road network. Please note some non-trunk road incidents may also be presented on this page.
Current Roadworks
This page displays all the roadworks currently active on the Scottish trunk road network.
Route Journey Times
This page provides a list of start points on the Scottish trunk road network, on selecting a start point a list of destinations are presented with current journey times displayed.
Live Traffic Cameras
This page provides a number of options for viewing live traffic cameras; either individually, by route, by region or by location. Selecting a camera and clicking the button results in the camera's image being displayed on screen.
Why do some of the Live Traffic Cameras display "currently unavailable"?
Occasionally cameras are unavailable due to technical reasons. This may be due to short or long term faults with the cameras or associated camera infrastructure. There are mechanisms in place to alert the Traffic Scotland Operator Service to these faults which are passed onto our maintenance contractors. Please be assured that we strive to fix these faults quickly in order to maintain a high level of service for the cameras and all elements of the Traffic Scotland web site.
There may be occasions when cameras within the North & Highlands, Tayside & Fife and South & Borders regions are unavailable for extended periods, especially during the summer months. These cameras are a seasonal service and as such are only maintained during the period October 1st to May 15th. Any faults experienced outside this period are not corrected until commencement of the subsequent maintenance period (i.e. October 1st).
Why do some of the Live Traffic Cameras display "in operational use"?
If a camera is taken under manual control by the Police or Traffic Scotland staff then the image is automatically barred from public view and the following image is displayed on the web site:
This is to avoid showing images of accidents or a cars number plate. In some instances a number of cameras may be taken offline.
News
This page displays any news that affect the Scottish trunk road network.
Planned Roadworks
This page displays all planned roadworks currently recorded within the Scottish trunk road network.
Planned Events
This page displays a list of all the planned events that are scheduled to take place over the next few weeks. These events may have an impact on traffic congestion on the Scottish trunk road network.
Weather
This Weather page provides links to each of the 5 regions throughout Scotland, namely:
- Highland and Western Isles
- Grampian
- Central, Tayside and Fife
- Strathclyde
- SW Scotland, Lothian and Borders
Selecting a specific region from the list above results in a page displaying:
- Weather Forecast
- Weather Alerts
- Route Currently Affected by Weather
for that particular region.
The weather information for forecast and alerts is supplied by the Met Office.
Weather Stations
This Weather Stations page provides links to view data from weather stations within each of the 5 regions throughout Scotland, namely:
- Highland and Western Isles
- Grampian
- Central, Tayside and Fife
- Strathclyde
- SW Scotland, Lothian and Borders
Selecting a specific region from the list above results in a page displaying weather station data for all weather stations within that region.
The Weather Station information service operates at a reduced level from the 15th May to the 1st October. During this period weather station data is only available for sites with cameras.
Gritters & Salt Treatment
The Gritters & Salt Treatment page provides details of planned winter salt treatment across Scotland following the mid-day forecast for that period. This includes the number of gritters involved in salt treatment, those providing a winter patrol service, and also the number of footways treated.
Details of winter salt treatment plans are provided by geographic region, these being:
- North East
- North West
- South East
- South West
Selecting a specific region from the list above returns a table summarising winter salt treatment plan details for each route in the region, including:
- Route name
- The treatment status of the route
- The number of treatment vehicles on the route
Selecting a specific route from the summary table will navigate to the surface treatment details for the route selected, including:
- Route name
- The treatment status of the route
- The number of treatment vehicles on the route
- The date and time from which surface treatment will be taking place
- The date and time until which surface treatment will be taking place
To return to the list of routes within the region select 'top' from beneath the route details. To return to the list of regions select the Gritters & Winter Treatment link from the top of the page.
Please note that this information is indicative only. The Winter Service decision makers continually monitor the weather forecasts and actual conditions. The actual treatments provided will be amended as forecasts and conditions change but this page will not be updated to reflect operational changes.
The Gritters & Winter Salt Treatment information service operates from the 1st October through to the 15th May. Outside of this period treatment information is not available.
Park & Ride
This page displays Park and Ride sites located across the Scottish trunk road network.
Campaigns
This page displays information for all Transport Scotland travel and traffic campaigns currently in operation.
Travel Information Links
This page provides links to external traffic and travel related mobile websites and applications.
Trunk Road Network Height Map
The Trunk Road Network Height Map page displays sections of the trunk road network above a selected height in metres above sea level.
Lorry Parking
The Lorry Parking page displays a list of lorry parking facilities in Scotland with the option to select a lorry parking facility to get information about the selected facility.
Road Restrictions
The Road Restriction page displays a list of road restrictions and what road they are on with the option to select a restriction and get further infromation about the selected restriction.
Industrial Estates
The Industrial Estates page displays a list of local authority regions. Once you have selected a region your are then taken to a page that lists all the industrial estate in the region. Once an industrial estate has been selected you are provided with further information about the selected industrial estate.
Railheads
The Railheads page displays a list of railheads within Scotland with the option to select a railhead to get further information about the selected railhead.
Ports
The Ports page displays a list of ports within Scotland that supports freight with the option to select a port to get further information about the selected port.
Airports
The Airports page displays a list of airports within Scotland that supports freight with the option to select an airport to get further information about the selected airport.
Freight News
The Freight News page displays all news stories that are relevent to only freight.
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