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Inverkeithing road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
296
1,564th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
348
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
73
77 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Inverkeithing

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious7325%
  • Slight21974%

What the data shows

  • Inverkeithing had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Inverkeithing were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 92 children under 16 were killed or injured in Inverkeithing, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Inverkeithing.

Where Inverkeithing ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,564th
Most casualties
1,655th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,392nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (15%)
  • Tuesday42 (14%)
  • Wednesday43 (15%)
  • Thursday56 (19%)
  • Friday46 (16%)
  • Saturday31 (10%)
  • Sunday33 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit62 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway269 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout6 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2%)
  • 30 mph250 (84%)
  • 40 mph6 (2%)
  • 60 mph27 (9.1%)
  • 70 mph7 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds255 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian130 (37%)
  • Car occupant90 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist57 (16%)
  • Cyclist37 (11%)
  • Van occupant12 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Inverkeithing road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Inverkeithing, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Inverkeithing peaked at 16 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202433
202300
202211
202122
202000
201900
201822
201722
201622
201556
201444
201311
201222
201122
201034
200922
200855
200788
200636
200567
2004811
200312
200255
20011010
2000812
199956
1998810
19971212
19961012
199567
1994710
199355
1992613
19911111
19901616
19891315
198899
198799
19861010
1985811
19841620
19831216
19821114
19811011
19801013
19791618

Map of recent crashes in Inverkeithing

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Inverkeithing

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Inverkeithing

The 24 most recent collisions in Inverkeithing happened between 19 June 2012 and 17 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Inverkeithing

The B981 has the most collisions in Inverkeithing, 78 of 296 (26%), followed by the A92 (16).

Collisions in Inverkeithing on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB98178100018
2ndA92162606
3rdA921121203
4thM907712

Council area for Inverkeithing

Inverkeithing is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Inverkeithing accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Inverkeithing

All 296 collisions in Inverkeithing were in the KY11 postcode district.