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Fatal unclassified road crash in Fife KY8 on 12 September 2000 at 09:10 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Fife at 09:10 on Tuesday 12 September 2000. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Sep 2000
Tuesday, 09:10
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1735, longitude -3.03657, in the KY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckhaven.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000940003266
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
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

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

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 2000940003266 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.