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Serious A823 crash in Fife on 21 December 1992 at 16:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A823 in Fife at 16:20 on Monday 21 December 1992. A 23-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach and a male passenger aged under 1 in the bus or coach were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1992
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.06707, longitude -3.45486, in the KY12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunfermline.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199294DU1015B
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
823
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged under 1, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199294DU1015B 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.