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Rosyth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 734 road traffic collisions in Rosyth, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 821 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 210 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
734
923rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
821
1.12 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
210
217 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rosyth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.1%
  • Serious21029%
  • Slight51670%

What the data shows

  • Rosyth had 61 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Rosyth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 204 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rosyth, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Rosyth.

Where Rosyth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
923rd
Most casualties
992nd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
688th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (13%)
  • Tuesday119 (16%)
  • Wednesday111 (15%)
  • Thursday145 (20%)
  • Friday125 (17%)
  • Saturday80 (11%)
  • Sunday62 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight491 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit224 (31%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway617 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway58 (7.9%)
  • Roundabout54 (7.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph669 (91%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.5%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph22 (3%)
  • 70 mph9 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds599 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds85 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian290 (35%)
  • Car occupant227 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist160 (19%)
  • Cyclist103 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rosyth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rosyth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rosyth peaked at 39 in 1979; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
20241111
202336
202234
202122
20201010
201944
201899
201744
20161111
20151212
20141517
201378
201234
201189
20101010
20091519
20081314
200756
20061821
200578
20041212
20031518
20021516
20011718
20001112
19991417
19981314
19972022
199699
19951213
19942530
19931315
19921416
19912228
19901515
19892627
19882529
19872728
19862830
19852328
19843336
19833535
19823233
19813036
19803545
19793944

Map of recent crashes in Rosyth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rosyth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rosyth

The 24 most recent collisions in Rosyth happened between 28 December 2020 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rosyth

The A985 has the most collisions in Rosyth, 132 of 734 (18%), followed by the B980 (103).

Collisions in Rosyth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA985132151230
2ndB980103117225
3rdA823252703
4thB9817800
5thM906903

Council area for Rosyth

Rosyth is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rosyth accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode district for Rosyth

All 734 collisions in Rosyth were in the KY11 postcode district.