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Oldmeldrum road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 132 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 26 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
132
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
26
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Oldmeldrum

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.9%
  • Serious2625%
  • Slight7572%

What the data shows

  • Oldmeldrum had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 56% fewer than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Oldmeldrum were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Oldmeldrum, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Oldmeldrum.

Where Oldmeldrum ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,792nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (12%)
  • Tuesday13 (13%)
  • Wednesday13 (13%)
  • Thursday9 (8.7%)
  • Friday18 (17%)
  • Saturday24 (23%)
  • Sunday15 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight74 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway104 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (6.7%)
  • 30 mph63 (61%)
  • 40 mph17 (16%)
  • 60 mph17 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds87 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (9.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant70 (53%)
  • Pedestrian33 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (11%)
  • Cyclist8 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Oldmeldrum road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Oldmeldrum, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Oldmeldrum peaked at 6 in 1997; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202434
202300
202200
202111
202000
201900
201834
201700
201611
201500
201433
201300
201222
201122
201022
200922
200856
200711
200611
200500
200422
200335
200234
200111
200046
199933
199823
199767
199667
199511
199400
199311
199266
199125
199022
198922
198822
198722
198656
198544
198445
198333
198259
1981510
198025
197922

Map of recent crashes in Oldmeldrum

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Oldmeldrum

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Oldmeldrum

The 24 most recent collisions in Oldmeldrum happened between 30 January 2008 and 19 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Oldmeldrum

The A947 has the most collisions in Oldmeldrum, 22 of 104 (21%), followed by the B9170 (19).

Collisions in Oldmeldrum on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA947223617
2ndB9170192617
3rdA920182105
4thA9817700

Council area for Oldmeldrum

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

Postcode district for Oldmeldrum

All 104 collisions in Oldmeldrum were in the AB51 postcode district.