A road · official DfT records · 2021–2025

The A92: where people are seriously hurt

Over 2021–2025, 130 people were killed or seriously injured in 108 collisions on the A92, making it the 109th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.

108

serious or fatal collisions

130

people killed or seriously injured

9

collisions that took a life

#109

of 150 numbered roads

What the record shows

The A92 carries 303 recorded injury collisions over the period, 108 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Fife, Angus, Aberdeenshire, with 2 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 8%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 70 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 25 serious collisions, and the count is up 67% between 2021 and 2025.

The map

Every serious and fatal collision on the A92

Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.

By area

Where along the route

  • Fife42 KSI
  • Angus23 KSI
  • Aberdeenshire18 KSI
  • Aberdeen City14 KSI
  • Dundee City11 KSI

Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.

By year

The trend

Serious and fatal collisions on the A92

2025: 25 (up 38.9% on the year before) · peak 25 in 2022 · +66.7% across the period

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Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.

Questions

About the A92

How many accidents happen on the A92?

Police recorded 303 injury collisions on the A92 over 2021–2025, of which 108 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 130 people killed or seriously injured, including 9 fatal collisions.

Is the A92 a dangerous road?

By volume of serious injury it ranks 109 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 99 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.

Where on the A92 do collisions happen?

They concentrate in Fife, Angus, Aberdeenshire. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.

Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.

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