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Banchory road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
234
1,788th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
296
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
49
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Banchory

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.1%
  • Serious4921%
  • Slight18077%

What the data shows

  • Banchory had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Banchory were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in Banchory, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Banchory.

Where Banchory ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,788th
Most casualties
1,830th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (16%)
  • Tuesday28 (12%)
  • Wednesday32 (14%)
  • Thursday22 (9.4%)
  • Friday45 (19%)
  • Saturday37 (16%)
  • Sunday33 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight170 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway229 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph198 (85%)
  • 40 mph15 (6.4%)
  • 60 mph18 (7.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds201 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (9.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant130 (44%)
  • Pedestrian82 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (13%)
  • Cyclist33 (11%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1%)
  • Van occupant3 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Banchory road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Banchory, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Banchory peaked at 15 in 1983; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202222
202122
202000
201922
201856
201756
201611
201523
201445
201311
201234
201145
201033
200922
200878
200722
20061013
200533
200433
200311
200257
200125
200045
199922
199823
19971011
199634
199578
199433
199355
1992911
19911011
199079
19891015
198856
19871415
198679
198566
1984811
19831523
19821112
198167
19801014
19791021

Map of recent crashes in Banchory

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Banchory

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Banchory

The 24 most recent collisions in Banchory happened between 5 February 2014 and 7 May 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Banchory

The A93 has the most collisions in Banchory, 132 of 234 (56%), followed by the A980 (35).

Collisions in Banchory on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA93132175325
2ndA980354128
3rdB9746601
4thB90775603

Council area for Banchory

Banchory is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Banchory accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Banchory

All 234 collisions in Banchory were in the AB31 postcode district.