B923 crash in Fife on 19 August 1982 at 12:40 involving a car
Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on the B923 in Fife at 12:40 on Thursday 19 August 1982. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 61-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 1982
- Thursday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07169, longitude -3.20957, in the KY3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982948203148
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 923
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2009.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B923 in Fife, 13 July 2009
51 m awayRef 2009940901482
Serious
Citroen Xantia crash on the B923 in Fife, 18 March 2003
228 m awayRef 2003940301075
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B923 in Fife, 21 April 1996
250 m awayRef 1996949601106
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B923 in Fife, 27 August 2010
282 m awayRef 2010941001650
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B923 in Fife, 18 July 1994
332 m awayRef 1994949401931
Slight
Car crash on the B923 in Fife, 24 July 1979
345 m awayRef 1979947902952
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 1982948203148 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 1982.