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Leven (Fife) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 627 road traffic collisions in Leven, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 777 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 152 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
627
1,011th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
777
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
16 people killed
Serious collisions
152
168 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Leven

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal152.4%
  • Serious15224%
  • Slight46073%

What the data shows

  • Leven had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Leven were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 147 children under 16 were killed or injured in Leven, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Leven.

Where Leven ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,011th
Most casualties
1,021st
Most fatal collisions
628th
Most serious collisions
853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (15%)
  • Tuesday87 (14%)
  • Wednesday78 (12%)
  • Thursday92 (15%)
  • Friday102 (16%)
  • Saturday105 (17%)
  • Sunday71 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight412 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit196 (31%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway539 (86%)
  • Roundabout45 (7.2%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph44 (7%)
  • 30 mph519 (83%)
  • 40 mph24 (3.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph39 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds513 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant356 (46%)
  • Pedestrian228 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist100 (13%)
  • Cyclist45 (5.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Leven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Leven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Leven peaked at 39 in 1981; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202422
202311
202244
202156
202079
201922
201877
201779
20161011
20151018
2014911
20131015
20121113
2011912
20101619
20091113
20081214
200788
2006810
20051823
20041820
20031520
20021113
20011013
20001515
19991522
19981214
19971517
19961723
199567
19941213
19931114
19921318
19911621
19901419
19891015
19881317
19871619
19862123
19852740
19842426
19832329
19822733
19813944
19802838
19792934

Map of recent crashes in Leven

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Leven

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Leven

The 24 most recent collisions in Leven happened between 23 March 2019 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Leven

The A915 has the most collisions in Leven, 112 of 627 (18%), followed by the A955 (111).

Collisions in Leven on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA915112152825
2ndA955111133133
3rdB93397122222
4thB92751901
5thB9314400

Council area for Leven

Leven is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Leven accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Leven

All 627 collisions in Leven were in the KY8 postcode district.