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Montrose road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 786 road traffic collisions in Montrose, Angus, from 1979 to 2025, and 906 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 210 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
786
886th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
906
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
210
234 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Montrose

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal182.3%
  • Serious21027%
  • Slight55871%

What the data shows

  • Montrose had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 113 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Montrose were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 203 children under 16 were killed or injured in Montrose, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Montrose.

Where Montrose ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
886th
Most casualties
929th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
688th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday109 (14%)
  • Tuesday130 (17%)
  • Wednesday105 (13%)
  • Thursday114 (15%)
  • Friday127 (16%)
  • Saturday112 (14%)
  • Sunday89 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight590 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit181 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway726 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road17 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout15 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph751 (96%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph16 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds659 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds81 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (3.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant311 (34%)
  • Pedestrian258 (28%)
  • Cyclist189 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist97 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Montrose road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Montrose, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Montrose peaked at 47 in 1979; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202434
202367
202277
202188
202045
201955
201877
20171013
201655
201588
2014910
201367
20121625
20111320
201046
20091215
20081920
20071113
20061520
20051212
20041315
20031921
20021315
20011013
20001317
19991318
19981520
19972830
19962124
19952525
19941416
19931823
19922020
19912729
19903435
19891415
19883335
19872832
19862328
19852727
19842026
19834149
19822730
19813239
19802932
19794753

Map of recent crashes in Montrose

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Montrose

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Montrose

The 24 most recent collisions in Montrose happened between 21 April 2021 and 21 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Montrose

The A92 has the most collisions in Montrose, 321 of 786 (41%), followed by the A937 (31).

Collisions in Montrose on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA92321372994
2ndA937314029
3rdA935243327

Council area for Montrose

Montrose is in Angus, where police recorded 13,544 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Montrose accounts for 5.8% of them.

Postcode district for Montrose

All 786 collisions in Montrose were in the DD10 postcode district.