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Forfar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 843 road traffic collisions in Forfar, Angus, from 1979 to 2025, and 968 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 228 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
843
852nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
968
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
228
256 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Forfar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.1%
  • Serious22827%
  • Slight60672%

What the data shows

  • Forfar had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 133 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Forfar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 275 children under 16 were killed or injured in Forfar, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Forfar.

Where Forfar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
852nd
Most casualties
898th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
644th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday120 (14%)
  • Tuesday134 (16%)
  • Wednesday116 (14%)
  • Thursday144 (17%)
  • Friday149 (18%)
  • Saturday114 (14%)
  • Sunday66 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight641 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit190 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway786 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road27 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout9 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph781 (93%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph31 (3.7%)
  • 70 mph14 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds723 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds87 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian394 (41%)
  • Car occupant303 (31%)
  • Cyclist133 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (9%)
  • Van occupant17 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Forfar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Forfar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Forfar peaked at 40 in 1985; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202367
2022710
202133
2020810
201989
201855
20171011
20161011
20151213
2014812
20131314
20121010
20111112
20101518
20091719
20081618
20071518
20061624
20051111
20042634
2003911
20021621
20012022
20001919
19992628
19982222
19971919
19962531
19951719
19942023
19932425
19922022
19912529
19902931
19892932
19882027
19872628
19862424
19854049
19843639
19833239
19822932
19812330
19803341
19793133

Map of recent crashes in Forfar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Forfar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Forfar

The 24 most recent collisions in Forfar happened between 15 January 2020 and 9 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Forfar

The A932 has the most collisions in Forfar, 140 of 843 (17%), followed by the A94 (79).

Collisions in Forfar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA932140159141
2ndA9479111026
3rdA9267795322
4thB91285155114
5thA9294346012
6thB9113202417
7thB9134121304
8thA9091805

Council area for Forfar

Forfar is in Angus, where police recorded 13,544 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Forfar accounts for 6.2% of them.

Postcode district for Forfar

All 843 collisions in Forfar were in the DD8 postcode district.