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KY1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,121 road traffic collisions in the KY1 postcode district, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,216 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 60 were fatal and 793 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 29 collisions, down 15% on 2024 (34).

Collisions since 1979
3,121
1,262nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,216
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
60
70 people killed
Serious collisions
793
947 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
29
Down 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
40
Down 23% on 2024

Road collision statistics for KY1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal601.9%
  • Serious79325%
  • Slight2,26873%

What the data shows

  • KY1 had 366 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 453 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in KY1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 584 children under 16 were killed or injured in KY1, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in KY1.

Where KY1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,262nd
Most casualties
1,240th
Most fatal collisions
928th
Most serious collisions
752nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday444 (14%)
  • Tuesday415 (13%)
  • Wednesday431 (14%)
  • Thursday465 (15%)
  • Friday519 (17%)
  • Saturday511 (16%)
  • Sunday336 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,100 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit782 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting183 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit26 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,487 (80%)
  • Dual carriageway386 (12%)
  • Roundabout164 (5.3%)
  • One way street or slip road74 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph90 (2.9%)
  • 30 mph2,038 (65%)
  • 40 mph275 (8.8%)
  • 50 mph9 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph503 (16%)
  • 70 mph203 (6.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,454 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds442 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds72 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds56 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.2%)
  • Other27 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded30 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,359 (56%)
  • Pedestrian882 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist457 (11%)
  • Cyclist175 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant119 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant96 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant41 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)30 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant28 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant25 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KY1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KY1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KY1 peaked at 153 in 1979; 2025 had 29.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 29
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252940
20243452
20234065
20223457
20213243
20201922
20194156
20185273
20173449
20165167
20155067
20144664
20133953
20124964
20113453
20103755
20095059
20083847
20075273
20065873
20055877
20046277
20035980
20025894
20016589
20005474
19996789
19986087
19975167
19967292
19955986
199486127
19936485
19927292
19917399
199096119
198996132
198889119
19877799
198683102
198598128
1984118154
1983128178
1982142190
1981130174
1980132168
1979153206

Map of recent crashes in KY1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KY1

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KY1

The 24 most recent collisions in KY1 happened between 20 March and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KY1

The A921 has the most collisions in KY1, 477 of 3,121 (15%), followed by the A92 (408).

Collisions in KY1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9214776419107
2ndA9240855714118
3rdA955279429491
4thA9152223711140
5thA907154197139
6thB981121169424
7thA988101144231
8thB913075106122
9thB9256588210
10thA910364719
11thB9157161603
12thA9123301
13thA9813502
14thB9213301

Council area for KY1

KY1 is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KY1 accounts for 9.4% of them.

Town in KY1

Of the 3,121 collisions in KY1, 2,027 (65%) were in Kirkcaldy.