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KY3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,014 road traffic collisions in the KY3 postcode district, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,536 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 284 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,014
2,197th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,536
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
31 people killed
Serious collisions
284
394 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KY3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal303%
  • Serious28428%
  • Slight70069%

What the data shows

  • KY3 had 72 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 140 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in KY3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 160 children under 16 were killed or injured in KY3, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in KY3.

Where KY3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,197th
Most casualties
2,156th
Most fatal collisions
1,849th
Most serious collisions
2,046th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday130 (13%)
  • Tuesday137 (14%)
  • Wednesday126 (12%)
  • Thursday140 (14%)
  • Friday162 (16%)
  • Saturday195 (19%)
  • Sunday124 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight701 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting193 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway982 (97%)
  • Roundabout21 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph23 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph337 (33%)
  • 40 mph14 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph9 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph627 (62%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds792 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds134 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds27 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Other20 (2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,067 (69%)
  • Pedestrian176 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist139 (9%)
  • Van occupant46 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant37 (2.4%)
  • Cyclist35 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KY3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KY3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KY3 peaked at 55 in 1982; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025816
2024813
2023911
202244
202155
202078
201969
201844
20171114
20161013
20151215
20141519
2013710
20121113
2011611
2010912
20091421
20081925
20072840
20061927
20051524
20042433
20032036
20022328
20011425
20001519
19992433
19981929
19972839
19961934
19953041
19942228
19932341
19922131
19912946
19903548
19894276
19883247
19872544
19863874
19854273
19844167
19833749
19825578
19814675
19804161
19794267

Map of recent crashes in KY3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KY3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KY3

The 24 most recent collisions in KY3 happened between 7 February 2023 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KY3

The A921 has the most collisions in KY3, 299 of 1,014 (29%), followed by the A909 (154).

Collisions in KY3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9212994461292
2ndA909154251646
3rdA92151237444
4thB92386119221
5thA98780150423
6thB915764103119
7thA907122003
8thB91565811

Council area for KY3

KY3 is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KY3 accounts for 3.1% of them.

Town in KY3

Of the 1,014 collisions in KY3, 197 (19%) were in Burntisland.