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Serious A915 crash in Fife on 23 January 2004 at 19:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A915 in Fife at 19:20 on Friday 23 January 2004. The 68-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 2004
Friday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.18249, longitude -3.05647, in the KY8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages, Fife, KY8 2EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004940400271
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
915
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
930

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2004940400271 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 2004.