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Serious unclassified road crash in Fife KY6 on 16 June 2000 at 15:57 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fife at 15:57 on Friday 16 June 2000. A 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Fiat Punto 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
16 Jun 2000
Friday, 15:57
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.21103, longitude -3.18897, in the KY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glenrothes.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000940002237
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2000940002237 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 2000.