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Serious A909 crash in Fife on 31 July 1996 at 16:25 involving a Peugeot 504

A Peugeot 504 hit a pedestrian on the A909 in Fife at 16:25 on Wednesday 31 July 1996. An 84-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jul 1996
Wednesday, 16:25
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 504
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.10958, longitude -3.3431, in the KY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cowdenbeath.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996949602271
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
909
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 504

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,971 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 504)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1996949602271 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.