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St Andrews road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 703 road traffic collisions in St Andrews, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 827 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 178 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
703
942nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
827
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
178
199 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for St Andrews

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.3%
  • Serious17825%
  • Slight51673%

What the data shows

  • St Andrews had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 116 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in St Andrews were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 110 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Andrews, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in St Andrews.

Where St Andrews ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
942nd
Most casualties
989th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
755th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday109 (16%)
  • Tuesday108 (15%)
  • Wednesday94 (13%)
  • Thursday94 (13%)
  • Friday112 (16%)
  • Saturday117 (17%)
  • Sunday69 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight519 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit163 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway593 (84%)
  • Roundabout56 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road46 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph20 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph648 (92%)
  • 60 mph34 (4.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds581 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds84 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian268 (32%)
  • Car occupant262 (32%)
  • Cyclist169 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist97 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Andrews road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Andrews, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Andrews peaked at 29 in 1985; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202444
202344
202200
202133
202011
201923
20181417
201744
201677
2015810
20141212
20131212
2012910
20111010
201089
20091518
20081418
200799
20061919
20051516
20041921
20031113
20021618
20012128
20001111
19991416
19982227
1997911
19962022
19951519
19941717
19931922
19921921
19911721
19902832
19892025
19882526
19871923
19862428
19852937
19842735
19832125
19822129
19812740
19802833
19792935

Map of recent crashes in St Andrews

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Andrews

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Andrews

The 24 most recent collisions in St Andrews happened between 23 July 2018 and 14 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Andrews

The A915 has the most collisions in St Andrews, 146 of 703 (21%), followed by the A917 (97).

Collisions in St Andrews on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA915146169236
2ndA91797113123
3rdA916393320
4thB9394860015
5thA918273005

Council area for St Andrews

St Andrews is in Fife, where police recorded 33,127 collisions from 1979 to 2025. St Andrews accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for St Andrews

All 703 collisions in St Andrews were in the KY16 postcode district.