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Macduff road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 125 road traffic collisions in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 159 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 37 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
125
2,528th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
159
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
37
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Macduff

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious3730%
  • Slight8669%

What the data shows

  • Macduff had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 16 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Macduff were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Macduff, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Macduff.

Where Macduff ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,528th
Most casualties
2,595th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,072nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (16%)
  • Tuesday17 (14%)
  • Wednesday11 (8.8%)
  • Thursday16 (13%)
  • Friday22 (18%)
  • Saturday25 (20%)
  • Sunday14 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway123 (98%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph121 (97%)
  • 60 mph4 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds97 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (4.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant70 (44%)
  • Pedestrian51 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (10%)
  • Cyclist13 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Macduff road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Macduff, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Macduff peaked at 10 in 1988; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202414
202322
202222
202111
202012
201900
201811
201712
201636
201533
201433
201333
201211
201111
201013
200900
200811
200722
200611
200500
200433
200311
200246
200157
200011
199922
199822
199744
199623
199526
199444
199323
199212
199156
199044
198946
19881014
198757
198633
198589
198446
198344
198233
198133
198033
197978

Map of recent crashes in Macduff

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Macduff

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Macduff

The 24 most recent collisions in Macduff happened between 29 October 2011 and 18 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Macduff

Of the 125 collisions in Macduff, 50 were on the A98.

Collisions in Macduff on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA985070120

Council area for Macduff

Macduff is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Macduff accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Macduff

All 125 collisions in Macduff were in the AB44 postcode district.