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KY16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,098 road traffic collisions in the KY16 postcode district, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,933 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 65 were fatal and 579 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,098
1,708th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,933
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
65
71 people killed
Serious collisions
579
763 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KY16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal653.1%
  • Serious57928%
  • Slight1,45469%

What the data shows

  • KY16 had 145 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 344 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in KY16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 238 children under 16 were killed or injured in KY16, 8.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in KY16.

Where KY16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,708th
Most casualties
1,681st
Most fatal collisions
797th
Most serious collisions
1,266th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday288 (14%)
  • Tuesday276 (13%)
  • Wednesday275 (13%)
  • Thursday288 (14%)
  • Friday347 (17%)
  • Saturday359 (17%)
  • Sunday265 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,462 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting366 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit255 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,957 (93%)
  • Roundabout70 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road49 (2.3%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph30 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph844 (40%)
  • 40 mph46 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph17 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph1,156 (55%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,640 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds293 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds66 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds29 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist12 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.4%)
  • Other21 (1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,808 (62%)
  • Pedestrian380 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist302 (10%)
  • Cyclist247 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant60 (2%)
  • Van occupant43 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant29 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)24 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KY16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KY16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KY16 peaked at 85 in 1982; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
20241115
2023813
20221526
20211321
20201014
20191416
20182530
20171626
20162023
20151926
20142934
20132832
20123345
20112735
20103041
20094454
20085167
20073346
20065062
20055873
20046592
20034767
20026196
20015384
20003850
19994257
19985171
19973657
19965170
19954863
19944454
19935275
19926294
19915165
19906886
198968112
19885875
19875891
198670101
198584129
19847397
19835977
198285123
198172111
198076104
197979118

Map of recent crashes in KY16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KY16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KY16

The 24 most recent collisions in KY16 happened between 13 January 2024 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KY16

The A91 has the most collisions in KY16, 354 of 2,098 (17%), followed by the A915 (233).

Collisions in KY16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9135457822106
2ndA915233314460
3rdA917224301768
4thA919138184633
5thA92128195339
6thB9131116179438
7thB939116177138
8thA914105147424
9thA918293207
10thB945244215
11thB9405600

Council area for KY16

KY16 is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KY16 accounts for 6.3% of them.

Town in KY16

Of the 2,098 collisions in KY16, 703 (34%) were in St Andrews.