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Fatal A91 crash in Fife on 27 June 1987 at 14:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A91 in Fife at 14:55 on Saturday 27 June 1987. The 66-year-old male driver was killed and a 67-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Jun 1987
Saturday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.34211, longitude -2.80429, in the KY16 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Andrews.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987948702364
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
91
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1987948702364 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 1987.