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Glenrothes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,665 road traffic collisions in Glenrothes, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,088 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 406 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,665
522nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,088
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
32 people killed
Serious collisions
406
453 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Glenrothes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal301.8%
  • Serious40624%
  • Slight1,22974%

What the data shows

  • Glenrothes had 130 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 246 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Glenrothes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 515 children under 16 were killed or injured in Glenrothes, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Glenrothes.

Where Glenrothes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
522nd
Most casualties
518th
Most fatal collisions
346th
Most serious collisions
404th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday252 (15%)
  • Tuesday213 (13%)
  • Wednesday228 (14%)
  • Thursday269 (16%)
  • Friday291 (17%)
  • Saturday219 (13%)
  • Sunday193 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,193 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit401 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting55 (3.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,403 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway122 (7.3%)
  • Roundabout122 (7.3%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph68 (4.1%)
  • 30 mph1,214 (73%)
  • 40 mph101 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph35 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph162 (9.7%)
  • 70 mph85 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,377 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds197 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.2%)
  • Other14 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant925 (44%)
  • Pedestrian534 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist284 (14%)
  • Cyclist192 (9.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant76 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant26 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant19 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Glenrothes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Glenrothes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Glenrothes peaked at 79 in 1981; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251113
20241115
20231217
20221520
20211114
202068
20191822
201888
20171820
20162023
20152126
20142527
20131923
20121723
20111730
20103141
20092833
20083237
20072935
20062731
20053339
20042835
20033257
20023547
20013538
20003941
19993340
19982837
19974459
19964149
19954466
19944256
19933258
19924248
19914751
19905157
19895365
19885366
19874962
19864855
19856473
19846474
19836184
19826488
19817998
19807188
19797791

Map of recent crashes in Glenrothes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Glenrothes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Glenrothes

The 24 most recent collisions in Glenrothes happened between 7 October 2023 and 11 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Glenrothes

The A92 has the most collisions in Glenrothes, 125 of 1,665 (7.5%), followed by the A911 (116).

Collisions in Glenrothes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA92125192324
2ndA911116154326
3rdB9695360116
4thB9213758214
5thB9130121713

Council area for Glenrothes

Glenrothes is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Glenrothes accounts for 5% of them.

Postcode districts in Glenrothes

Collisions in Glenrothes were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by KY7 (1,025) and KY6 (629).