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Serious B946 crash in Fife on 1 October 1993 at 21:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B946 in Fife at 21:30 on Friday 1 October 1993. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 43-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 1993
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.42485, longitude -2.97983, in the DD6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199394NT0134C
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
946
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, 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 199394NT0134C 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 1993.