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Fraserburgh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 859 road traffic collisions in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,005 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 179 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
859
835th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,005
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
17 people killed
Serious collisions
179
201 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Fraserburgh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal172%
  • Serious17921%
  • Slight66377%

What the data shows

  • Fraserburgh had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 109 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Fraserburgh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 289 children under 16 were killed or injured in Fraserburgh, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Fraserburgh.

Where Fraserburgh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
835th
Most casualties
878th
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
753rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday114 (13%)
  • Tuesday100 (12%)
  • Wednesday107 (12%)
  • Thursday138 (16%)
  • Friday152 (18%)
  • Saturday142 (17%)
  • Sunday106 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight580 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit250 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway808 (94%)
  • Roundabout17 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph5 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph750 (87%)
  • 40 mph47 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph53 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds687 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds98 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds30 (3.5%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (2.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other10 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian405 (40%)
  • Car occupant353 (35%)
  • Cyclist126 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist87 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Fraserburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Fraserburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Fraserburgh peaked at 46 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
2023711
202211
202133
202033
201922
201855
201757
20161215
20151010
201477
20131010
20121115
20111315
20101112
20091111
20081821
200799
200699
20051619
20041112
20031619
20021927
20011419
20001519
19992021
19981820
19971619
19961922
19951414
19941414
19932224
19923138
19912529
19903541
19894044
19884145
19874051
19862730
19853540
19844145
19833237
19823347
19813237
19804660
19793844

Map of recent crashes in Fraserburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Fraserburgh

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Fraserburgh

The 24 most recent collisions in Fraserburgh happened between 28 September 2017 and 10 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Fraserburgh

The A98 has the most collisions in Fraserburgh, 187 of 859 (22%), followed by the A92 (71).

Collisions in Fraserburgh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA98187216249
2ndA927193117
3rdA90263115
4thA981182224
5thB9031172814

Council area for Fraserburgh

Fraserburgh is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Fraserburgh accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Fraserburgh

All 859 collisions in Fraserburgh were in the AB43 postcode district.