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A955 crash in Fife on 14 May 1998 at 15:55 involving a Ford Scorpio

A Ford Scorpio hit a pedestrian on the A955 in Fife at 15:55 on Thursday 14 May 1998. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 May 1998
Thursday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Scorpio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.18737, longitude -3.02582, in the KY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Methil.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998949801320
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
955
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Scorpio)

    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 1998949801320 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 1998.