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Kirriemuir road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 224 road traffic collisions in Kirriemuir, Angus, from 1979 to 2025, and 276 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 72 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
224
1,834th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
276
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
72
82 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirriemuir

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.3%
  • Serious7232%
  • Slight14967%

What the data shows

  • Kirriemuir had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Kirriemuir were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 71 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirriemuir, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Kirriemuir.

Where Kirriemuir ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,834th
Most casualties
1,908th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,407th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (15%)
  • Tuesday28 (13%)
  • Wednesday30 (13%)
  • Thursday25 (11%)
  • Friday46 (21%)
  • Saturday37 (17%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight156 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit63 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway191 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (15%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph202 (90%)
  • 40 mph7 (3.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph11 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds192 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant103 (37%)
  • Pedestrian97 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (12%)
  • Cyclist23 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirriemuir road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirriemuir, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirriemuir peaked at 11 in 1986; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202422
202300
202223
202112
202045
201922
201811
201733
201600
201555
201477
201356
201200
201100
201011
200933
2008911
2007814
200622
200533
200467
200379
200256
200178
200037
199966
199889
199768
19961011
199536
199456
199366
199259
199189
199056
198967
198855
1987914
19861114
198533
198433
1983911
198212
19811113
198078
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Kirriemuir

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirriemuir

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirriemuir

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirriemuir happened between 12 August 2014 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirriemuir

The A926 has the most collisions in Kirriemuir, 52 of 224 (23%), followed by the A928 (22).

Collisions in Kirriemuir on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9265274117
2ndA928223216
3rdB9572228012
4thB9558804

Council area for Kirriemuir

Kirriemuir is in Angus, where police recorded 13,544 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirriemuir accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Kirriemuir

All 224 collisions in Kirriemuir were in the DD8 postcode district.