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KY9 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 255 road traffic collisions in the KY9 postcode district, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 364 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
255
2,541st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
364
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
71
84 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KY9

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.7%
  • Serious7128%
  • Slight17769%

What the data shows

  • KY9 had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 64% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in KY9 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in KY9, 8.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in KY9.

Where KY9 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,541st
Most casualties
2,542nd
Most fatal collisions
2,498th
Most serious collisions
2,532nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (15%)
  • Tuesday29 (11%)
  • Wednesday36 (14%)
  • Thursday47 (18%)
  • Friday35 (14%)
  • Saturday31 (12%)
  • Sunday38 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight184 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting54 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (5.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway251 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (3.5%)
  • 30 mph47 (18%)
  • 60 mph199 (78%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds206 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other10 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant251 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (12%)
  • Pedestrian24 (6.6%)
  • Cyclist13 (3.6%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (3%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KY9 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KY9, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KY9 peaked at 12 in 1979; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202400
202322
202233
202122
202024
201922
201822
201722
201635
201545
201468
201356
201233
2011712
201033
200999
200877
2007811
2006710
2005712
2004919
200368
200267
2001714
200068
199957
199868
199759
199667
199557
199456
1993812
199244
199146
199025
198937
198879
198779
1986714
1985910
198448
1983810
1982911
19811013
1980815
19791220

Map of recent crashes in KY9

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KY9

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KY9

The 24 most recent collisions in KY9 happened between 15 July 2015 and 22 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KY9

The A917 has the most collisions in KY9, 81 of 255 (32%), followed by the B942 (55).

Collisions in KY9 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA91781126421
2ndB9425570115
3rdB941415807
4thA9153550113
5thB94091403

Council area for KY9

KY9 is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KY9 accounts for 0.8% of them.