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Fatal A92 crash in Fife on 25 February 2001 at 03:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the A92 in Fife at 03:30 on Sunday 25 February 2001. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 35-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Feb 2001
Sunday, 03:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.09289, longitude -3.36182, in the KY4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001940100748
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
92
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 2001940100748 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.