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Fatal unclassified road crash in Fife KY5 on 3 August 1995 at 23:35 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fife at 23:35 on Thursday 3 August 1995. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was killed and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Aug 1995
Thursday, 23:35
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12549, longitude -3.3089, in the KY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lochgelly.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995949502172
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 1995949502172 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 1995.