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A92 crash in Fife on 21 January 1992 at 07:20 involving a Volvo 345

A Volvo 345 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A92 in Fife at 07:20 on Tuesday 21 January 1992. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 1992
Tuesday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo 345 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.08476, longitude -3.38498, in the KY4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199294CO0035B
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
92
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
925

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 345

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199294CO0035B 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 1992.