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Serious A921 crash in Fife on 21 December 1987 at 16:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A921 in Fife at 16:30 on Monday 21 December 1987. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 38-year-old male driver of the car and a 31-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly 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
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1987
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07747, longitude -3.16958, in the KY3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987948705247
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
921
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1987948705247 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.