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AB16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,346 road traffic collisions in the AB16 postcode district, Aberdeen City, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,660 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 489 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,346
1,594th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,660
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
33 people killed
Serious collisions
489
510 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for AB16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal321.4%
  • Serious48921%
  • Slight1,82578%

What the data shows

  • AB16 had 101 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 70% fewer than the 333 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in AB16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 890 children under 16 were killed or injured in AB16, 33% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in AB16.

Where AB16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,594th
Most casualties
1,783rd
Most fatal collisions
1,784th
Most serious collisions
1,519th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday317 (14%)
  • Tuesday345 (15%)
  • Wednesday343 (15%)
  • Thursday381 (16%)
  • Friday404 (17%)
  • Saturday309 (13%)
  • Sunday247 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,641 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit683 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,738 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway453 (19%)
  • Roundabout111 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph38 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph1,803 (77%)
  • 40 mph483 (21%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph18 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,867 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds293 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds50 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds37 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds32 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist16 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.3%)
  • Other32 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian1,084 (41%)
  • Car occupant830 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist350 (13%)
  • Cyclist192 (7.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant118 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant34 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

AB16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in AB16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in AB16 peaked at 117 in 1980; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
2024913
2023910
202288
202177
20201013
2019712
2018910
20172026
20161515
20151718
20142830
20134248
20123641
20112728
20103132
20093641
20083841
20072529
20065359
20052934
20043336
20033241
20023544
20013743
20003842
19994048
19986472
19975558
19966476
19956875
19947678
19936267
19928893
19917992
199099120
19898193
19886379
19877181
19868792
19858998
198497106
198393105
1982102111
198197116
1980117132
1979116140

Map of recent crashes in AB16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in AB16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in AB16

The 24 most recent collisions in AB16 happened between 22 April 2023 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in AB16

The A947 has the most collisions in AB16, 188 of 2,346 (8%), followed by the A90 (155).

Collisions in AB16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA947188223541
2ndA90155176331
3rdA92110127424
4thA96637119
5thA90115368013
6thB9844553110
7thA9444151012
8thA9012262713
9thB983192306
10thA978122313
11thB9863301

Council area for AB16

AB16 is in Aberdeen City, where police recorded 24,347 collisions from 1979 to 2025. AB16 accounts for 9.6% of them.

Town in AB16

Of the 2,346 collisions in AB16, 2,298 (98%) were in Aberdeen.