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Fatal A985 crash in Fife on 24 November 1982 at 18:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A985 in Fife at 18:50 on Wednesday 24 November 1982. The 58-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed, a 58-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Nov 1982
Wednesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03741, longitude -3.47012, in the KY11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982948204591
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
985
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1982948204591 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.