Serious A911 crash in Fife on 2 April 2007 at 21:30 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series, a Toyota Avensis and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A911 in Fife at 21:30 on Monday 2 April 2007. The 75-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2007
- Monday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 400 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19618, longitude -3.15354, in the KY7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenrothes Central and Thornton, Fife, KY7 5JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007940700764
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 911
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 92
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1991.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A92 in Fife, 3 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199194GL0809A
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Fife, 13 January 1989
10 m awayRef 1989948900390
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A911 in Fife, 20 March 1998
10 m awayRef 1998949800934
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A92 in Fife, 31 October 2000
10 m awayRef 2000940003920
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A911 in Fife, 30 August 2013
11 m awayRef 2013941301456
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A911 in Fife, 26 January 2005
14 m awayRef 2005940500196
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 2007940700764 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 2007.