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Serious A955 crash in Fife on 20 March 2000 at 15:35 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the A955 in Fife at 15:35 on Monday 20 March 2000. A 13-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Mar 2000
Monday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.15454, longitude -3.07808, in the KY1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000940002709
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
955
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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 8 March 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2000940002709 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.