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Cowdenbeath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 801 road traffic collisions in Cowdenbeath, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 942 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 184 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
801
878th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
942
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
184
198 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cowdenbeath

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal172.1%
  • Serious18423%
  • Slight60075%

What the data shows

  • Cowdenbeath had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 120 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Cowdenbeath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 233 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cowdenbeath, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Cowdenbeath.

Where Cowdenbeath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
878th
Most casualties
911th
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
740th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday108 (13%)
  • Tuesday92 (11%)
  • Wednesday98 (12%)
  • Thursday138 (17%)
  • Friday129 (16%)
  • Saturday142 (18%)
  • Sunday94 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight536 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit240 (30%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (2.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway767 (96%)
  • Roundabout19 (2.4%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph27 (3.4%)
  • 30 mph722 (90%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph45 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds627 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds110 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian380 (40%)
  • Car occupant338 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist77 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist74 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant42 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cowdenbeath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cowdenbeath, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cowdenbeath peaked at 37 in 1983; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202456
202344
202222
202133
202045
201978
201855
201778
20161415
201588
2014911
2013810
20121010
20111518
20101010
20091923
20081518
20071516
20061114
20051820
20041417
20031419
20021720
20011420
20002432
19991618
19981317
19972229
19962023
19952531
19942123
19931723
19921720
19912734
19902633
19892631
19882023
19872323
19863031
19852727
19842732
19833745
19823742
19813033
19802735
19793640

Map of recent crashes in Cowdenbeath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cowdenbeath

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cowdenbeath

The 24 most recent collisions in Cowdenbeath happened between 12 November 2019 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cowdenbeath

The A909 has the most collisions in Cowdenbeath, 254 of 801 (32%), followed by the A910 (142).

Collisions in Cowdenbeath on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA909254290549
2ndA910142171738
3rdB9816279317
4thB9175163121

Council area for Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cowdenbeath accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Cowdenbeath

Of the 801 collisions in Cowdenbeath, 800 (99.9%) were in the KY4 postcode district.