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Banff road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Banff, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 249 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 57 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
249
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
57
62 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Banff

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious5726%
  • Slight16373%

What the data shows

  • Banff had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Banff were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 73 children under 16 were killed or injured in Banff, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Banff.

Where Banff ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
2,006th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (9.5%)
  • Tuesday38 (17%)
  • Wednesday28 (13%)
  • Thursday38 (17%)
  • Friday34 (15%)
  • Saturday39 (18%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight155 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit62 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway215 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.3%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph213 (96%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds189 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian121 (49%)
  • Car occupant74 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (12%)
  • Cyclist16 (6.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Banff road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Banff, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Banff peaked at 15 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
202400
202322
202233
202111
202011
201912
201822
201711
201611
201533
201400
201333
201222
201155
201033
200933
200833
200756
200634
200545
200445
200335
200278
200100
200011
199966
199844
199755
199644
19951315
199434
19931010
199288
1991810
199077
1989710
19881515
198779
19861213
1985911
1984811
198388
198279
198167
198055
197988

Map of recent crashes in Banff

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Banff

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Banff

The 24 most recent collisions in Banff happened between 30 August 2011 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Banff

The A98 has the most collisions in Banff, 73 of 222 (33%), followed by the A97 (20).

Collisions in Banff on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA987383122
2ndA97202906

Council area for Banff

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

Postcode district for Banff

All 222 collisions in Banff were in the AB45 postcode district.