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Anstruther road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 143 road traffic collisions in Anstruther, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 169 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 30 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 9 July 2023.

Collisions since 1979
143
2,339th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
169
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
30
31 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
9 Jul 2023
Busiest year
1985
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for Anstruther

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.1%
  • Serious3021%
  • Slight11077%

What the data shows

  • Anstruther had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Anstruther were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Anstruther are between noon and 3pm, with 27% of collisions.
  • 49 children under 16 were killed or injured in Anstruther, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Anstruther ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,339th
Most casualties
2,509th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (10%)
  • Tuesday16 (11%)
  • Wednesday13 (9.1%)
  • Thursday23 (16%)
  • Friday21 (15%)
  • Saturday33 (23%)
  • Sunday22 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight106 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway140 (98%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph133 (93%)
  • 60 mph7 (4.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds124 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (4.2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant64 (38%)
  • Pedestrian59 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (12%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Anstruther road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Anstruther, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Anstruther peaked at 9 in 1985; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202322
202211
202100
202011
201922
201800
201711
201600
201514
201411
201333
201211
201100
201033
200922
200834
200745
200611
200522
200422
200345
200235
200134
200056
199955
199822
199733
199611
199555
199466
199311
199244
199123
199044
198937
198855
198777
198666
198599
198467
198388
198255
198169
198045
1979612

Map of recent crashes in Anstruther

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Anstruther

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Anstruther

The 24 most recent collisions in Anstruther happened between 26 May 2007 and 9 July 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Anstruther

The A917 has the most collisions in Anstruther, 75 of 143 (52%), followed by the B9131 (30).

Collisions in Anstruther on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9177588212
2ndB91313038110

Council area for Anstruther

Anstruther is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Anstruther accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Anstruther

All 143 collisions in Anstruther were in the KY10 postcode district.