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Keith road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 298 road traffic collisions in Keith, Moray, from 1979 to 2025, and 356 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 77 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
298
1,556th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
356
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
77
82 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Keith

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62%
  • Serious7726%
  • Slight21572%

What the data shows

  • Keith had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 78% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Keith were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 82 children under 16 were killed or injured in Keith, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Keith.

Where Keith ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,556th
Most casualties
1,629th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,342nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (14%)
  • Tuesday40 (13%)
  • Wednesday23 (7.7%)
  • Thursday36 (12%)
  • Friday52 (17%)
  • Saturday56 (19%)
  • Sunday48 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight195 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (31%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway287 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.3%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph285 (96%)
  • 60 mph12 (4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds235 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian133 (37%)
  • Car occupant119 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist46 (13%)
  • Cyclist37 (10%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Keith road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Keith, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Keith peaked at 15 in 1992; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202300
202223
202111
202000
201922
201800
201711
201622
201522
201433
201344
2012810
201166
20101213
200944
200822
200714
200634
200544
200444
200344
200234
20011123
200068
199945
199866
199777
199633
199555
19941314
19931013
19921520
19911414
19901315
19891316
19881115
19871515
198688
19851012
1984810
19831317
198288
19811014
19801316
19791213

Map of recent crashes in Keith

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Keith

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Keith

The 24 most recent collisions in Keith happened between 15 May 2012 and 8 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Keith

The A96 has the most collisions in Keith, 147 of 298 (49%), followed by the B9014 (9).

Collisions in Keith on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA96147176441
2ndB901491102
3rdA9206601
4thA9561202
5thA983402

Council area for Keith

Keith is in Moray, where police recorded 8,431 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Keith accounts for 3.5% of them.

Postcode district for Keith

All 298 collisions in Keith were in the AB55 postcode district.