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B981 crash in Fife on 12 March 1996 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B981 in Fife at 17:30 on Tuesday 12 March 1996. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1996
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13329, longitude -3.18624, in the KY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkcaldy.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996949600740
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
981
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 1996949600740 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.