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Peterhead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,084 road traffic collisions in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,261 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 230 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,084
712th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,261
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Serious collisions
230
249 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Peterhead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.8%
  • Serious23021%
  • Slight83477%

What the data shows

  • Peterhead had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 70% fewer than the 184 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Peterhead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 326 children under 16 were killed or injured in Peterhead, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Peterhead.

Where Peterhead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
712th
Most casualties
756th
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
635th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday164 (15%)
  • Tuesday140 (13%)
  • Wednesday159 (15%)
  • Thursday151 (14%)
  • Friday212 (20%)
  • Saturday142 (13%)
  • Sunday116 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight748 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit302 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway983 (91%)
  • Roundabout54 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph8 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph877 (81%)
  • 40 mph94 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph101 (9.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds847 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds123 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds39 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (2.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (1.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.5%)
  • Other12 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant465 (37%)
  • Pedestrian419 (33%)
  • Cyclist149 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist144 (11%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Peterhead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Peterhead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Peterhead peaked at 50 in 1979; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202424
202355
2022811
202122
202000
20191218
201855
20171111
201677
20151015
20141111
20131723
20122122
20111919
20101213
20092123
20082836
20071920
20062636
20052123
20041213
20032426
20022534
20011819
200058
199933
19982325
19972124
19961722
19953540
19943133
19933641
19923641
19913438
19903743
19893337
19883942
19874755
19864552
19853941
19844754
19833940
19824253
19814757
19803845
19795066

Map of recent crashes in Peterhead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Peterhead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Peterhead

The 24 most recent collisions in Peterhead happened between 21 October 2019 and 6 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Peterhead

The A952 has the most collisions in Peterhead, 198 of 1,084 (18%), followed by the A950 (80).

Collisions in Peterhead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA952198246645
2ndA950809228
3rdA9825070113
4thA90354433

Council area for Peterhead

Peterhead is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Peterhead accounts for 3.9% of them.

Postcode district for Peterhead

All 1,084 collisions in Peterhead were in the AB42 postcode district.