To assess the time taken to CT and emergency surgery for trauma patients with an injury to liver, spleen or pancreas prior to the introduction of major trauma centres (MTCs) in Scotland. A search was performed of the Scottish Trauma Audit Group database for any patient with relevant injuries over a 2-year period. Primary outcome measures were time to CT and emergency surgery. Patient demographics were also recorded. A total of 211 patients were identified of whom 23 had more than one organ affected. There were a total of 234 injuries (123 liver, 99 splenic and 12 pancreatic) in these patients. A total of 160 injuries (75.8%) suffered blunt trauma. Of 211 patients, 157 underwent emergency CT with a median time to scan of 73min (range 4-474). Hospitals provisionally designated as MTCs were 9min faster than non-MTCs in time to CT. There was no difference in time of day. Ninety-nine patients had surgery within 24h at a median time of 200min. Twenty-five patients with hypotension on presentation took a median time of 130min. Only 44 patients (27%) had a CT or emergency surgery within the expected MTC target of 1h. Thirty-nine patients required transfer to another centre. Current management of patients with abdominal trauma and haemodynamic instability remains sub-optimal in Scotland when compared to recognized performance indicators of CT and emergency surgery within 1h. Implementation of a major trauma network in Scotland should improve access to emergency radiology and surgery and efforts to shorten current timelines should improve patient outcomes.