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Cardenden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 101 road traffic collisions in Cardenden, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 122 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 21 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
101
2,823rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
122
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
21
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cardenden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal33%
  • Serious2121%
  • Slight7776%

What the data shows

  • Cardenden had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Cardenden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cardenden, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Cardenden.

Where Cardenden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,823rd
Most casualties
2,836th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,686th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (9.9%)
  • Tuesday17 (17%)
  • Wednesday9 (8.9%)
  • Thursday12 (12%)
  • Friday17 (17%)
  • Saturday19 (19%)
  • Sunday17 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight66 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (33%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway100 (99%)
  • Roundabout1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (3%)
  • 30 mph93 (92%)
  • 40 mph2 (2%)
  • 60 mph3 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds9 (8.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (3%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant51 (42%)
  • Pedestrian44 (36%)
  • Cyclist10 (8.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (5.7%)
  • Motorcyclist7 (5.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cardenden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cardenden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cardenden peaked at 9 in 1979; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202200
202100
202000
201911
201800
201711
201611
201500
201400
201311
201222
201100
201022
200900
200845
200744
200611
200500
200422
200323
200255
200134
200023
199923
199814
199737
199633
199511
199455
199300
199233
199144
199033
198922
198833
198723
198688
198500
198457
198334
198223
198134
198044
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Cardenden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cardenden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cardenden

The 24 most recent collisions in Cardenden happened between 6 November 2003 and 23 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cardenden

The B981 has the most collisions in Cardenden, 18 of 101 (18%), followed by the A910 (15).

Collisions in Cardenden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB981182515
2ndA910152002

Council area for Cardenden

Cardenden is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cardenden accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Cardenden

All 101 collisions in Cardenden were in the KY5 postcode district.