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Serious unclassified road crash in Fife KY8 on 26 February 1996 at 15:30 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus

A Bristol (BLMC) bus crashed on an unclassified road in Fife at 15:30 on Monday 26 February 1996. A 12-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 1996
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Bristol (BLMC)
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20983, longitude -3.0477, in the KY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kennoway and Windygates.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996949600557
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bristol (BLMC))

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 1996949600557 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 1996.