More than 230 people have died on roads across the north-east in the last decade.
Police Scotland records show 233 people have died at the scene of or as a result of a crash on roads in the North East Police Division between January 2012 and September 2022.
Figures obtained by the P&J show the largest number of crashes occurred in Aberdeenshire, where 152 people died in 143 crashes.
In Moray, 45 people died in 40 crashes while 36 people died in 34 crashes in Aberdeen City.
The number of fatal collisions decreased during the pandemic with fewer people out driving, and the highest number of deaths recorded in a single year was 2014 when 33 people died on the roads.
Most collisions resulted in one death, but the deadliest crash was in 2018 when a tourist, who was later jailed for three years, caused a crash killing five people on the A96 near Keith.
Our interactive map shows the location of every fatal crash in the last decade. You can zoom in, click on and pause the map for more information.
This map pinpoints the locations of all fatal crashes in the last decade.
From this map, it appears a large number of crashes occurred around Aberdeen, Elgin, Oldmeldrum and Peterhead.
A high number of fatal collisions have also happened along the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness road, which is a driving force in the push to dual it.
- To find out the scale of incidents on the Highland’s roads, click here.
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