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Bowhill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 116 road traffic collisions in Bowhill, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 145 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 33 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
116
2,628th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
145
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
33
34 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bowhill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious3328%
  • Slight8271%

What the data shows

  • Bowhill had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Bowhill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 38 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bowhill, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Bowhill.

Where Bowhill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,628th
Most casualties
2,700th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,208th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (12%)
  • Tuesday13 (11%)
  • Wednesday13 (11%)
  • Thursday24 (21%)
  • Friday20 (17%)
  • Saturday18 (16%)
  • Sunday14 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway114 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph105 (91%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds95 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian50 (34%)
  • Car occupant49 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (11%)
  • Cyclist12 (8.3%)
  • Van occupant11 (7.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bowhill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bowhill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bowhill peaked at 8 in 2007; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202200
202100
202022
201911
201800
201733
201600
201511
201400
201311
201200
201111
201000
200934
200800
200788
200600
200500
200437
200311
200211
200136
200055
199922
199822
199734
199612
199522
199469
199323
199244
199149
199033
198912
198845
198755
198678
198567
198468
198358
198244
198178
198022
197966

Map of recent crashes in Bowhill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bowhill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bowhill

The 24 most recent collisions in Bowhill happened between 7 May 2004 and 29 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bowhill

The A910 has the most collisions in Bowhill, 39 of 116 (34%), followed by the B981 (21).

Collisions in Bowhill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9103951110
2ndB981213404
3rdB921171906

Council area for Bowhill

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

Postcode district for Bowhill

All 116 collisions in Bowhill were in the KY5 postcode district.