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Portlethen road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 187 road traffic collisions in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 221 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 36 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 8 May 2021.

Collisions since 1979
187
2,019th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
221
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
36
38 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
8 May 2021
Busiest year
1986
10 collisions

Road collision statistics for Portlethen

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal63.2%
  • Serious3619%
  • Slight14578%

What the data shows

  • Portlethen had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 79% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Portlethen were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 56 children under 16 were killed or injured in Portlethen, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Portlethen.

Where Portlethen ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,019th
Most casualties
2,147th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (13%)
  • Tuesday23 (12%)
  • Wednesday22 (12%)
  • Thursday35 (19%)
  • Friday32 (17%)
  • Saturday26 (14%)
  • Sunday25 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight136 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway146 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (17%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (2.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph131 (70%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph18 (9.6%)
  • 70 mph29 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds155 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (5.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant113 (51%)
  • Pedestrian56 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (8.6%)
  • Cyclist18 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Portlethen road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Portlethen, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Portlethen peaked at 10 in 1986; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202200
202111
202000
201934
201800
201733
201600
201533
201424
201355
201279
201122
201022
200958
200855
200700
200634
200547
200455
200356
200255
200122
200056
199955
199833
199767
1996812
199557
199466
199346
199255
199122
199078
198977
198833
198778
19861011
198566
198436
198366
198255
198156
198077
19791014

Map of recent crashes in Portlethen

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Portlethen

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Portlethen

The 24 most recent collisions in Portlethen happened between 20 January 2012 and 8 May 2021.

Severity

Crashes by road in Portlethen

The A92 has the most collisions in Portlethen, 21 of 187 (11%), followed by the A90 (18).

Collisions in Portlethen on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA92213015
2ndA90182724

Council area for Portlethen

Portlethen is in Aberdeenshire, where police recorded 27,938 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Portlethen accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Portlethen

All 187 collisions in Portlethen were in the AB12 postcode district.