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Tayport road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Tayport, Fife, from 1979 to 2025, and 122 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
122
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
28
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tayport

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2827%
  • Slight7673%

What the data shows

  • Tayport had 8 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 11 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Tayport were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 37 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tayport, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Tayport.

Where Tayport ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,836th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (14%)
  • Tuesday16 (15%)
  • Wednesday17 (16%)
  • Thursday14 (13%)
  • Friday17 (16%)
  • Saturday17 (16%)
  • Sunday8 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight80 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway101 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)
  • Roundabout1 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (5.8%)
  • 30 mph90 (87%)
  • 40 mph3 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds92 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds6 (5.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian46 (38%)
  • Car occupant33 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (14%)
  • Cyclist16 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tayport road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tayport, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tayport peaked at 6 in 1985; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202311
202200
202111
202011
201922
201800
201700
201611
201511
201411
201322
201200
201100
201011
200911
200822
200722
200611
200511
200422
200347
2002510
200111
200033
199933
199823
199755
199612
199555
199425
199344
199233
199111
199048
198945
198811
198755
198655
198566
198422
198333
198233
198144
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Tayport

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tayport

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tayport

The 24 most recent collisions in Tayport happened between 21 July 2003 and 17 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tayport

The B946 has the most collisions in Tayport, 23 of 104 (22%), followed by the B945 (22).

Collisions in Tayport on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB946232407
2ndB945222603

Council area for Tayport

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

Postcode district for Tayport

All 104 collisions in Tayport were in the DD6 postcode district.