B945 crash in Fife on 11 August 2004 at 08:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat Seicento were involved in a crash on the B945 in Fife at 08:05 on Wednesday 11 August 2004. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 53-year-old female driver of the Fiat Seicento were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2004
- Wednesday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Fiat Seicento
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.42425, longitude -2.88839, in the DD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004940402790
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 945
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1991.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B945 in Fife, 14 March 1991
30 m awayRef 199194TA0043A
Slight
Car crash on the B945 in Fife, 29 April 1990
40 m awayRef 1990949001858
Serious
Car crash on the A92 in Fife, 23 November 1982
70 m awayRef 1982948204561
Serious
Car crash on the B945 in Fife, 17 April 1982
170 m awayRef 1982948201430
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the B945 in Fife, 11 December 1996
277 m awayRef 1996949603695
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B945 in Fife, 4 October 2002
280 m awayRef 2002940203700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Seicento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Seicento)
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 2004940402790 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.