B937 crash in Fife on 30 March 2004 at 16:50 involving a Honda VFR800A motorcycle
A Honda VFR800A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B937 in Fife at 16:50 on Tuesday 30 March 2004. The 46-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800A motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2004
- Tuesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda VFR800A and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.30988, longitude -3.16941, in the KY15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004940401142
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 937
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 41%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 59%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2002.
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the B914 in Fife, 23 April 2002
64 m awayRef 2002940201622
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B937 in Fife, 19 April 2025
554 m awayRef 2025991579861
Serious
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 21 September 1985
677 m awayRef 1985948503688
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 28 March 1987
738 m awayRef 1987948701183
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A91 in Fife, 20 March 1999
741 m awayRef 1999949901316
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 6 January 1983
747 m awayRef 1983948300055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda VFR800A
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR800A)
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 2004940401142 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.