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A823 crash in Fife on 5 October 1998 at 07:20 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A823 in Fife at 07:20 on Monday 5 October 1998. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1998
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05, longitude -3.43126, in the KY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunfermline.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998949802741
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
823
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1998949802741 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.