In 1974 he narrowly escaped death when was driving from a stage performance in Billingham to a radio interview in Middlesbrough nearby. His route took him on the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge which consists of a "gondola", carrying passengers and cars, suspended from rails on an overhead structure. Scott mistook this for a conventional toll bridge and accidentally drove his car through the safety gate on the approach road and off the riverbank, landing in the safety netting below.