B942 crash in Fife on 21 November 2001 at 16:30 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo, a Toyota Camry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B942 in Fife at 16:30 on Wednesday 21 November 2001. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2001
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.22279, longitude -2.79857, in the KY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001940104233
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 942
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2001.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B942 in Fife, 19 June 2001
30 m awayRef 2001940102190
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B942 in Fife, 16 June 1997
51 m awayRef 1997949701685
Slight
Scania crash on the B942 in Fife, 18 June 2025
86 m awayRef 2025991604331
Serious
Car crash on the B942 in Fife, 27 April 1982
89 m awayRef 1982948201592
Serious
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the B942 in Fife, 6 May 2001
91 m awayRef 2001940101626
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B942 in Fife, 7 May 1991
102 m awayRef 199194AN0059A
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Camry
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,974 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- 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 2001940104233 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.