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Ellon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 342 road traffic collisions in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 429 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 84 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
342
1,441st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
429
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
84
96 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ellon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious8425%
  • Slight25575%

What the data shows

  • Ellon had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Ellon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 128 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ellon, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Ellon.

Where Ellon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,441st
Most casualties
1,459th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,266th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (14%)
  • Tuesday55 (16%)
  • Wednesday57 (17%)
  • Thursday60 (18%)
  • Friday49 (14%)
  • Saturday39 (11%)
  • Sunday35 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight242 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit92 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway329 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph277 (81%)
  • 40 mph24 (7%)
  • 60 mph37 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds297 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds28 (8.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant176 (41%)
  • Pedestrian129 (30%)
  • Cyclist57 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ellon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ellon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ellon peaked at 19 in 1987; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202513
202423
202300
202200
202100
202011
201913
201833
201722
201633
201533
201411
201344
201256
201167
201022
200933
200855
200777
200644
200566
20041012
200388
200278
200168
200022
199978
1998810
199799
19961011
199523
19941112
19931120
19921012
19911314
19901313
19891215
19881721
19871939
19861721
19851213
19841517
198355
19821519
19811415
19801630
19791418

Map of recent crashes in Ellon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ellon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ellon

The 24 most recent collisions in Ellon happened between 9 July 2012 and 4 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ellon

The B9005 has the most collisions in Ellon, 75 of 342 (22%), followed by the A948 (64).

Collisions in Ellon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB90057590017
2ndA9486477011
3rdA923668212
4thA920263103
5thB9004131805

Council area for Ellon

Ellon is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ellon accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Ellon

All 342 collisions in Ellon were in the AB41 postcode district.