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A823 crash in Fife on 1 March 1989 at 22:05 involving a van

A van crashed on the A823 in Fife at 22:05 on Wednesday 1 March 1989. The 17-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old male passenger and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 1989
Wednesday, 22:05
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1065, longitude -3.46343, in the KY12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989948901164
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
823
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1989948901164 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 1989.