A921 crash in Fife on 11 March 1989 at 15:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A921 in Fife at 15:25 on Saturday 11 March 1989. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 16-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 1989
- Saturday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and minibus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.10813, longitude -3.15717, in the KY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkcaldy.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1989948901170
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 921
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 1990.
Serious
Car crash on the A921 in Fife, 23 December 1990
10 m awayRef 1990949005750
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Fife, 4 November 1979
14 m awayRef 1979947904524
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A92 in Fife, 14 November 1981
20 m awayRef 1981948104743
Serious
Car crash on the A921 in Fife, 17 December 1988
20 m awayRef 1988948805480
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A921 in Fife, 28 February 1992
20 m awayRef 199294KY0211B
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Fife, 5 December 1980
20 m awayRef 1980948004941
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 1989948901170 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.