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Serious A90 crash in Fife on 17 May 2004 at 14:00 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80, an ERF lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A90 in Fife at 14:00 on Monday 17 May 2004. The 40-year-old male driver of the Audi 80 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 2004
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Audi 80 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03234, longitude -3.40848, in the KY11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, Fife, KY11 1LQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004940401700
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    10,824 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)

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 2004940401700 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.