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Fife road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 33,127 road traffic collisions in Fife from 1979 to 2025, and 45,182 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 863 were fatal and 8,615 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 276 collisions, up 3% on 2024 (268), and casualties rose from 363 to 395.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
33,127
83rd highest of 351 areas
Casualties
45,182
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
863
2.6% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
276
Up 3% on 2024

Crash severity in Fife

2.6% of collisions in Fife from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 26% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal8632.6%
  • Serious8,61526%
  • Slight23,64971%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal9562.1%
  • Serious10,44523%
  • Slight33,78175%

Fife road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Fife, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,407 in 1979. In 2025 there were 276, up 3% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 276
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025276395
2024268363
2023261388
2022233356
2021217293
2020242342
2019304415
2018328431
2017316427
2016452606
2015428566
2014411528
2013421550
2012421549
2011448597
2010556723
2009587765
2008575731
2007607781
2006675905
2005701929
20047541,012
20037191,000
20027401,080
20017341,012
20007841,076
19997101,011
19987311,013
19978061,124
19967431,041
19957801,087
19947781,073
19937631,098
19927521,029
19918201,127
19909341,251
19891,0111,421
19889651,340
19879721,319
19861,0491,408
19851,1701,606
19841,1471,550
19831,1981,565
19821,2781,717
19811,3631,840
19801,2921,734
19791,4072,008

When and where crashes happen in Fife

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday4,620 (14%)
  • Tuesday4,480 (14%)
  • Wednesday4,591 (14%)
  • Thursday4,909 (15%)
  • Friday5,504 (17%)
  • Saturday5,054 (15%)
  • Sunday3,969 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,656 (5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59583 (1.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:593,659 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,019 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:595,793 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:598,352 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:595,656 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593,409 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,535 (7.7%)
  • February2,564 (7.7%)
  • March2,645 (8%)
  • April2,482 (7.5%)
  • May2,704 (8.2%)
  • June2,686 (8.1%)
  • July2,675 (8.1%)
  • August2,964 (8.9%)
  • September2,897 (8.7%)
  • October2,977 (9%)
  • November3,084 (9.3%)
  • December2,914 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight22,935 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6,007 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3,787 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown255 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit143 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds26,248 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds4,225 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds794 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds539 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds376 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist219 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds123 (0.4%)
  • Other399 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded204 (0.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry19,673 (59%)
  • Wet or damp11,475 (35%)
  • Frost or ice1,380 (4.2%)
  • Snow468 (1.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep102 (0.3%)
  • Oil or diesel12 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud10 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph11 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph796 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph17,037 (51%)
  • 40 mph1,639 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph517 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph11,415 (34%)
  • 70 mph1,708 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway28,415 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway2,811 (8.5%)
  • Roundabout1,430 (4.3%)
  • One way street or slip road385 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded86 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Fife

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant26,192 (58%)
  • Pedestrian7,932 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist4,806 (11%)
  • Cyclist2,468 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant1,314 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,183 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)407 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant313 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant288 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant242 (0.5%)
  • Other33 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,414 (3.1%)
  • 6 to 102,495 (5.5%)
  • 11 to 153,082 (6.8%)
  • 16 to 208,760 (19%)
  • 21 to 255,812 (13%)
  • 26 to 357,413 (16%)
  • 36 to 455,615 (12%)
  • 46 to 554,266 (9.4%)
  • 56 to 652,979 (6.6%)
  • 66 to 752,004 (4.4%)
  • Over 751,336 (3%)
  • Not recorded6 (under 0.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider24,462 (54%)
  • Passenger12,788 (28%)
  • Pedestrian7,932 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car41,298 (73%)
  • Motorcycle4,839 (8.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes2,953 (5.2%)
  • Pedal cycle2,560 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,884 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach1,563 (2.8%)
  • Other vehicle593 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car592 (1%)
  • Minibus361 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle117 (0.2%)
  • Other26 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Fife

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Fife

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Fife ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Fife had the 83rd most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
83rd
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
78th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
27th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
35th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
80thSouth Lanarkshire33,80746,3157968,124
81stWalsall33,57645,2734515,760
82ndMedway33,36942,0963705,997
83rdFife (this area)33,12745,1828638,615
84thPeterborough32,70944,2434525,621
85thSwansea32,04342,7893873,550
86thBexley31,80339,7292734,920

Accident hotspots in Fife

Dunfermline Central, Fife, KY12 7EF area is the busiest accident hotspot in Fife, with 290 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 2 of them fatal.

Roads in Fife with the most crashes

The A92 had the most collisions in Fife from 1979 to 2025: 2,472, including 84 fatal and 614 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Fife, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA922,4723,71684614
2ndA9071,3241,86833314
3rdA911,2751,95157364
4thA9151,0491,57639248
5thA9219341,28627240
6thA9109151,22128243
7thA8238291,06619212
8thB9817881,10223199
9thA9557561,01114227
10thA9857551,13844221
11thA91771499523197
12thA9097011,02324172
13thA9146981,10234193
14thA91166494128181
15thM9051281126132
16thB92141461611128
17thB92035350210108
18thB9253305701582
19thA916321469794
20thA90285432659

Towns in Fife

Kirkcaldy had the most collisions of any town in Fife from 1979 to 2025: 3,305.

Postcode districts in Fife

KY11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Fife from 1979 to 2025: 4,521.

Latest crashes in Fife

Of the latest 24 crashes in Fife, 2 were fatal and 12 were serious. The most recent was on 30 December 2025.

Severity