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Unclassified road crash in Fife KY8 on 19 December 2000 at 18:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Daihatsu Grand Move were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fife at 18:55 on Tuesday 19 December 2000. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2000
Tuesday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Daihatsu Grand Move
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.18648, longitude -3.02, in the KY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Methil.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000940004652
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
Crossroads
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Grand Move

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Grand Move)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Grand Move)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Grand Move)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 2000940004652 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.