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Cupar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 520 road traffic collisions in Cupar, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 596 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
520
1,133rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
596
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
109
115 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cupar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.6%
  • Serious10921%
  • Slight40878%

What the data shows

  • Cupar had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 70 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Cupar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 145 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cupar, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Cupar.

Where Cupar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,133rd
Most casualties
1,202nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday89 (17%)
  • Tuesday68 (13%)
  • Wednesday77 (15%)
  • Thursday76 (15%)
  • Friday91 (18%)
  • Saturday78 (15%)
  • Sunday41 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight396 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit108 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway500 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph12 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph447 (86%)
  • 40 mph13 (2.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph45 (8.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds426 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (36%)
  • Pedestrian210 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (12%)
  • Cyclist64 (11%)
  • Van occupant14 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cupar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cupar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cupar peaked at 30 in 1987; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202322
202244
202134
2020610
201946
201833
201755
201667
201522
2014711
2013710
201256
201178
201044
200989
20081111
200799
20061011
200599
20041519
20031114
200299
200199
20001619
19991415
19981415
19971721
19961213
19951011
1994911
19931720
19921112
19911718
19901519
19892024
19881921
19873031
19861619
19851820
19841921
198399
19821314
19812022
19801919
19792738

Map of recent crashes in Cupar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cupar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cupar

The 24 most recent collisions in Cupar happened between 17 January 2018 and 3 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cupar

The A91 has the most collisions in Cupar, 250 of 520 (48%), followed by the A92 (39).

Collisions in Cupar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA91250297360
2ndA92394504
3rdA914263005
4thA913131504
5thB9404400

Council area for Cupar

Cupar is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cupar accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Cupar

All 520 collisions in Cupar were in the KY15 postcode district.