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Dunfermline road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,220 road traffic collisions in Dunfermline, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,934 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 52 were fatal and 704 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 23 collisions, down 28% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1979
3,220
313th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,934
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
52
54 people killed
Serious collisions
704
770 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
23
Down 28% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
26
Down 30% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Dunfermline

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal521.6%
  • Serious70422%
  • Slight2,46477%

What the data shows

  • Dunfermline had 239 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 480 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Dunfermline were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 797 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dunfermline, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Dunfermline.

Where Dunfermline ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
313th
Most casualties
322nd
Most fatal collisions
214th
Most serious collisions
254th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday456 (14%)
  • Tuesday451 (14%)
  • Wednesday467 (15%)
  • Thursday514 (16%)
  • Friday553 (17%)
  • Saturday459 (14%)
  • Sunday320 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,248 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit882 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting42 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit25 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,448 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway464 (14%)
  • Roundabout218 (6.8%)
  • One way street or slip road80 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph86 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph2,698 (84%)
  • 40 mph230 (7.1%)
  • 50 mph97 (3%)
  • 60 mph72 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph36 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,587 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds412 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds54 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds29 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other56 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded30 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,745 (44%)
  • Pedestrian1,235 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist415 (11%)
  • Cyclist239 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant141 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant75 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant38 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dunfermline road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dunfermline, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dunfermline peaked at 156 in 1979; 2025 had 23.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252326
20243237
20231619
20221118
20211416
20202025
20192526
20182727
20173141
20164048
20153745
20142734
20134355
20123644
20115565
20107180
20095261
20085058
20074958
20066079
20055770
20047685
20036782
20027396
20017594
200079102
19996580
19986778
19977598
19967992
19956986
199485117
199382106
19926573
19916788
199094112
1989105117
1988106128
198797113
1986113136
1985119156
1984114143
1983141162
1982107126
1981129147
1980139183
1979156202

Map of recent crashes in Dunfermline

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dunfermline

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dunfermline

The 24 most recent collisions in Dunfermline happened between 29 December 2024 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dunfermline

The A907 has the most collisions in Dunfermline, 602 of 3,220 (19%), followed by the A823 (588).

Collisions in Dunfermline on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9076027878132
2ndA82358873015131
3rdB916120162435
4thA9947392217
5thA9763243011
6thA906283408
7thB912233005
8thM90212623
9thB9156192303
10thA92151704
11thA823(M)7902
12thB9807901
13thA9234601
14thA9443301
15thB9813400

Council area for Dunfermline

Dunfermline is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dunfermline accounts for 9.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Dunfermline

Collisions in Dunfermline were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by KY11 (1,625) and KY12 (1,550).