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Brechin road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 356 road traffic collisions in Brechin, Angus, from 1979 to 2025, and 388 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 121 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
356
1,404th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
388
1.09 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
121
129 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Brechin

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious12134%
  • Slight23365%

What the data shows

  • Brechin had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 65 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 35% of collisions in Brechin were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 137 children under 16 were killed or injured in Brechin, 35% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Brechin.

Where Brechin ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,404th
Most casualties
1,560th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,000th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (13%)
  • Tuesday46 (13%)
  • Wednesday45 (13%)
  • Thursday61 (17%)
  • Friday64 (18%)
  • Saturday52 (15%)
  • Sunday40 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight263 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit88 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway334 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (4.2%)
  • Roundabout7 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph347 (97%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian184 (47%)
  • Car occupant98 (25%)
  • Cyclist50 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (11%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Brechin road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Brechin, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Brechin peaked at 17 in 1979; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202457
202333
202244
202133
202044
201900
201822
201733
201622
201533
201456
201366
201245
20111014
201034
200989
200855
2007910
20061212
20051115
200499
200355
200299
20011111
20001515
199977
199877
1997710
19961313
199577
199488
199366
19921212
19911313
1990912
19891113
198888
198777
19861010
19851215
19841113
19831011
198277
198189
19801212
19791719

Map of recent crashes in Brechin

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Brechin

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Brechin

The 24 most recent collisions in Brechin happened between 2 February 2018 and 16 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Brechin

The A935 has the most collisions in Brechin, 101 of 356 (28%), followed by the B966 (31).

Collisions in Brechin on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA935101111041
2ndB9663133010
3rdA933152005

Council area for Brechin

Brechin is in Angus, where police recorded 13,544 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Brechin accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Brechin

All 356 collisions in Brechin were in the DD9 postcode district.