A91 crash in Fife on 3 May 1994 at 12:40 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter
A Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on the A91 in Fife at 12:40 on Tuesday 3 May 1994. The 24-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 1994
- Tuesday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vespa (Douglas) and Austin Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.31939, longitude -3.01189, in the KY15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cupar.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1994949401260
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 91
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 92
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2001.
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 30 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001940103071
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 6 July 1979
At the same spotRef 1979947902703
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A91 in Fife, 7 May 2006
At the same spotRef 2006940601049
Slight
Scania crash on the A91 in Fife, 16 November 2018
7 m awayRef 2018941800630
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A91 in Fife, 10 March 1979
10 m awayRef 1979947901026
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 22 May 1991
10 m awayRef 199194CU0111A
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)
Motor scooter
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))
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 1994949401260 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.