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Serious A955 crash in Fife on 8 March 1994 at 19:00 involving an MG Maestro

An MG Maestro and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A955 in Fife at 19:00 on Tuesday 8 March 1994. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Mar 1994
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
MG Maestro and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17321, longitude -3.04299, in the KY8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994949400758
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
955
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
930

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 1994949400758 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 1994.