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Kirkcaldy road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,305 road traffic collisions in Kirkcaldy, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,091 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 48 were fatal and 843 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, down 37% on 2024 (35).

Collisions since 1979
3,305
309th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
4,091
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
48
50 people killed
Serious collisions
843
935 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
Down 37% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
30
Down 27% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirkcaldy

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal481.5%
  • Serious84326%
  • Slight2,41473%

What the data shows

  • Kirkcaldy had 327 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 453 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Kirkcaldy were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 851 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirkcaldy, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Kirkcaldy.

Where Kirkcaldy ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
309th
Most casualties
310th
Most fatal collisions
232nd
Most serious collisions
217th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday472 (14%)
  • Tuesday468 (14%)
  • Wednesday469 (14%)
  • Thursday502 (15%)
  • Friday552 (17%)
  • Saturday509 (15%)
  • Sunday333 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,293 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit939 (28%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit28 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown22 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,806 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway248 (7.5%)
  • Roundabout160 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road75 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded16 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph143 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph2,763 (84%)
  • 40 mph289 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph83 (2.5%)
  • 70 mph20 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,675 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds434 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds59 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds41 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.2%)
  • Other23 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded32 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,784 (44%)
  • Pedestrian1,239 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist548 (13%)
  • Cyclist251 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant94 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant55 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant47 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant26 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirkcaldy road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirkcaldy, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirkcaldy peaked at 173 in 1979; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252230
20243541
20232535
20222744
20213136
20202630
20193844
20184454
20172832
20165163
20154862
20144152
20133340
20126074
20112637
20103852
20095359
20084651
20075772
20065158
20054862
20044451
20035965
20025774
20017591
20005672
19997091
19985874
19974856
19966675
19956785
199482111
19936674
19927492
199184107
1990100118
1989115144
1988112146
19878399
198697117
1985127151
1984134176
1983154189
1982160194
1981163207
1980153183
1979173221

Map of recent crashes in Kirkcaldy

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirkcaldy

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirkcaldy

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirkcaldy happened between 21 December 2024 and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirkcaldy

The A921 has the most collisions in Kirkcaldy, 363 of 3,305 (11%), followed by the A910 (234).

Collisions in Kirkcaldy on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA921363483690
2ndA910234292860
3rdA907162208138
4thA92136172155
5thB981131171525
6thB92581115214
7thA98875105222
8thA9557497021
9thA915416416
10thB9157171804
11thA9123301
12thA9813301

Council area for Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirkcaldy accounts for 10% of them.

Postcode districts in Kirkcaldy

Collisions in Kirkcaldy were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by KY1 (2,027) and KY2 (1,278).