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AB44 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 192 road traffic collisions in the AB44 postcode district, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 250 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 57 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
192
2,572nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
250
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
57
65 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for AB44

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious5730%
  • Slight13369%

What the data shows

  • AB44 had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in AB44 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in AB44, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in AB44.

Where AB44 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,572nd
Most casualties
2,593rd
Most fatal collisions
2,634th
Most serious collisions
2,563rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (16%)
  • Tuesday22 (11%)
  • Wednesday19 (9.9%)
  • Thursday28 (15%)
  • Friday33 (17%)
  • Saturday38 (20%)
  • Sunday22 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight141 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway189 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph167 (87%)
  • 40 mph8 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph16 (8.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds143 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant131 (52%)
  • Pedestrian64 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (10%)
  • Cyclist15 (6%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

AB44 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in AB44, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in AB44 peaked at 16 in 1988; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202414
202322
202222
202111
202012
201900
201811
201712
201636
201544
201433
201333
201211
201111
201035
200912
200822
200722
200644
200500
200444
200322
200269
200157
200035
199933
199856
199744
199658
199559
199456
199347
199247
199179
19901012
198979
19881622
1987812
198666
19851014
1984911
198366
198246
198155
198033
1979910

Map of recent crashes in AB44

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in AB44

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in AB44

The 24 most recent collisions in AB44 happened between 30 June 2012 and 18 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in AB44

The A98 has the most collisions in AB44, 95 of 192 (49%), followed by the A947 (7).

Collisions in AB44 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9895136134
2ndA9477801

Council area for AB44

AB44 is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. AB44 accounts for 0.7% of them.

Town in AB44

Of the 192 collisions in AB44, 125 (65%) were in Macduff.