Skip to main content
CrashStats

Markinch road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 113 road traffic collisions in Markinch, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 151 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 28 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 13 October 2021.

Collisions since 1979
113
2,656th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
151
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
28
31 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
13 Oct 2021
Busiest year
1979
11 collisions

Road collision statistics for Markinch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.7%
  • Serious2825%
  • Slight8273%

What the data shows

  • Markinch had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Markinch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Markinch, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Markinch.

Where Markinch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,656th
Most casualties
2,659th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (12%)
  • Tuesday15 (13%)
  • Wednesday13 (12%)
  • Thursday21 (19%)
  • Friday15 (13%)
  • Saturday20 (18%)
  • Sunday16 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight82 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway111 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (11%)
  • 30 mph64 (57%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph36 (32%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds98 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds9 (8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.8%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant77 (51%)
  • Pedestrian34 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (16%)
  • Cyclist6 (4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Markinch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Markinch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Markinch peaked at 11 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202200
202111
202011
201947
201811
201711
201611
201511
201400
201322
201247
201144
201035
200911
200822
200711
200600
200523
200422
200322
200237
200111
200035
199934
199822
1997511
199636
199555
199411
199322
199211
199122
199034
198911
198845
198744
198655
198533
198436
198367
198233
198133
198034
19791117

Map of recent crashes in Markinch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Markinch

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Markinch

The 24 most recent collisions in Markinch happened between 11 May 2009 and 13 October 2021.

Severity

Crashes by road in Markinch

The B9130 has the most collisions in Markinch, 34 of 113 (30%), followed by the A911 (31).

Collisions in Markinch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB9130344305
2ndA9113152310

Council area for Markinch

Markinch is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Markinch accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Markinch

All 113 collisions in Markinch were in the KY7 postcode district.