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Fatal A910 crash in Fife on 25 December 1980 at 19:05 involving a taxi

Two taxis and a car were involved in a crash on the A910 in Fife at 19:05 on Thursday 25 December 1980. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 73-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were killed and four other people were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 1980
Thursday, 19:05
Vehicles
3
Taxi and 2 others
Casualties
6
2 killed, 4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.14255, longitude -3.2126, in the KY2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980948005398
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
910
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 2 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 49, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 73, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1980948005398 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fife road accident statistics for 1980.