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Unclassified road crash in Fife KY8 on 18 December 2001 at 17:15 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and an Audi 90 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fife at 17:15 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. A 55-year-old male passenger in the Leyland bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Audi 90
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.2097, longitude -3.0477, in the KY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kennoway and Windygates. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leven, Kennoway and Largo, Fife, KY8 5HB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001940104652
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,226 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 2001940104652 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.