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Serious C road crash in Fife KY5 on 26 February 2001 at 07:00 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on a C road in Fife at 07:00 on Monday 26 February 2001. A 52-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 59-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2001
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13755, longitude -3.25928, in the KY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cardenden.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001940100768
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, lighting unknown
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    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 2001940100768 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.