A907 crash in Fife on 17 February 2001 at 11:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A907 in Fife at 11:45 on Saturday 17 February 2001. The 41-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2001
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.08449, longitude -3.52609, in the KY12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001940100646
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 907
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 913
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1999.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A907 in Fife, 30 January 1999
At the same spotRef 1999949900704
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A907 in Fife, 28 June 1994
At the same spotRef 1994949401763
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B913 in Fife, 25 March 1996
10 m awayRef 1996949600873
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the A907 in Fife, 25 June 2008
10 m awayRef 2008940801426
Serious
Car crash on the A907 in Fife, 10 September 1989
32 m awayRef 1989948904283
Slight
Car crash on the B913 in Fife, 6 April 1987
45 m awayRef 1987948701373
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2001940100646 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 2001.