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Methil road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 846 road traffic collisions in Methil, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,001 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 205 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
846
848th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,001
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
205
219 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Methil

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.1%
  • Serious20524%
  • Slight63275%

What the data shows

  • Methil had 78 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 131 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Methil were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 334 children under 16 were killed or injured in Methil, 33% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Methil.

Where Methil ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
848th
Most casualties
880th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
698th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday123 (15%)
  • Tuesday117 (14%)
  • Wednesday119 (14%)
  • Thursday138 (16%)
  • Friday146 (17%)
  • Saturday123 (15%)
  • Sunday80 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight608 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit224 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway779 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (3.8%)
  • Roundabout27 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph62 (7.3%)
  • 30 mph779 (92%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds715 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds92 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian374 (37%)
  • Car occupant335 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist145 (14%)
  • Cyclist95 (9.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Methil road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Methil, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Methil peaked at 37 in 1981; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
2024911
202356
202222
202167
202057
201955
20181313
20171212
20161417
20151013
20141414
2013911
20121214
20111924
20101213
20091520
20081011
20071821
20061213
20051617
20041822
20031619
20021926
20011719
20001418
19991212
19981818
19972025
19962225
19952329
19941821
19932226
19922429
19912429
19902226
19893242
19882229
19872127
19863032
19853338
19843544
19833235
19823639
19813747
19802531
19792932

Map of recent crashes in Methil

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Methil

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Methil

The 24 most recent collisions in Methil happened between 21 December 2021 and 24 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Methil

The A955 has the most collisions in Methil, 202 of 846 (24%), followed by the B932 (129).

Collisions in Methil on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA955202241454
2ndB932129149233
3rdB931103124127

Council area for Methil

Methil is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Methil accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Methil

All 846 collisions in Methil were in the KY8 postcode district.