AS temperatures drop, people are likely to see gritters out on Scotland’s roads helping to keep the country safe.
To keep things fun though, Traffic Scotland has given all its gritters fantastic nicknames.
A gritter tracker is available on Traffic Scotland’s website where you can keep track of where they’ve all been.
The naming of each gritter started in 2006, when school children were asked to come up with funny names for the vehicles.
Every year, names are submitted to the operating companies who operate the road network on behalf of Transport Scotland every year.
How can I track Scotland’s gritters?
A full map of Scotland's gritting fleet can be found at scotgov.maps.
Double click to zoom in on the map, and click and drag your cursor to explore the interactive map of Scotland.
Scotland's gritter names 2024/25
- Always Be Grit-full
- Auntie Freeze
- BEAR Chills
- BEAR-illiant
- BEAR-illiant
- Basil Salty
- Blizzard BEAR
- Blizzard Wizard
- BFG – Big Friendly Gritter
- Brine Freeeeze
- Don’t go Grittin’ my heart
- For Your Ice Only
- Frosty the Snow Plough
- Get a Grit
- Grit A Bit
- Grit and BEAR It
- Grit-Tok
- Gritly BEAR
- Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
- Gritty McGrit Face
- Gritz Crackers
- Gritallica
- Hagrit
- I Want to Break Freeze
- I’ve Grit a Crush on you
- I’m shovelin’
- Kevin Fridges
- Keanu Freeze
- Licence to Chill
- Mega Melter
- Mr Plow
- Mr Snow, Let’s Go
- Mr Snow-it-all
- My Name’5 Doddie
- Nitty Gritty
- Olaf Snow Free Roads
- Oh my Gritty Aunt
- Polar Abdul
- Polar BEAR Explorer
- Polar Patroller
- Plougher O’Scotland
- Ready, Spready, Go!
- Salt Shaker
- Sammy Salt
- Scotland’s Bravest Gritter
- Sir Andy Flurry
- Sir Salter Scott
- Skate Bush
- Sleeter Andre
- Snow Connery
- Snow Dozer
- Snow place like home
- Snowmer Simpson
- Sled Zepplin
- Stone Cold Steve Frostin
- Sprinkles
- Thistle do nicely
- Thistle gets through
- Taylor Drift
- The Forth Gritter
- The Incredible Ice BEAR
- The Polar Bear Express
- Walter The Salter
- William Wall-Ice
