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Buckhaven road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 270 road traffic collisions in Buckhaven, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 344 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
270
1,656th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
344
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
65
77 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Buckhaven

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.2%
  • Serious6524%
  • Slight19974%

What the data shows

  • Buckhaven had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 54 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Buckhaven were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Buckhaven, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Buckhaven.

Where Buckhaven ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,656th
Most casualties
1,666th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (10%)
  • Tuesday45 (17%)
  • Wednesday42 (16%)
  • Thursday31 (11%)
  • Friday48 (18%)
  • Saturday48 (18%)
  • Sunday28 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight192 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway256 (95%)
  • Roundabout7 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (5.6%)
  • 30 mph251 (93%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds207 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (4.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant167 (49%)
  • Pedestrian88 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (10%)
  • Cyclist34 (9.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Buckhaven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Buckhaven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Buckhaven peaked at 15 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202445
202311
202211
202100
202027
201911
201800
201756
201633
201546
201436
201377
201212
201155
201056
200956
200857
2007910
20061012
2005812
200422
200333
200233
200167
200069
199967
199855
1997910
1996712
199577
1994812
199355
19921010
1991912
199033
198957
198855
198788
19861213
1985710
19841015
19831112
1982710
19811421
19801521
1979711

Map of recent crashes in Buckhaven

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Buckhaven

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Buckhaven

The 24 most recent collisions in Buckhaven happened between 4 August 2014 and 3 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Buckhaven

The B931 has the most collisions in Buckhaven, 61 of 270 (23%), followed by the A955 (52).

Collisions in Buckhaven on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB9316194413
2ndA9555266116
3rdB944323807

Council area for Buckhaven

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

Postcode district for Buckhaven

All 270 collisions in Buckhaven were in the KY8 postcode district.