B946 crash in Fife on 19 February 2008 at 16:45 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Fiat Ducato van were involved in a crash on the B946 in Fife at 16:45 on Tuesday 19 February 2008. The 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Feb 2008
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Fiat Ducato
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.45146, longitude -2.88999, in the DD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tayport.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008940800450
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 946
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1979.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B946 in Fife, 14 June 1979
At the same spotRef 1979947902414
Serious
Car crash on the B946 in Fife, 18 July 1985
50 m awayRef 1985948502889
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B946 in Fife, 26 April 1986
57 m awayRef 1986948601560
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the B946 in Fife, 15 October 2013
61 m awayRef 2013941301765
Slight
Car crash on the B946 in Fife, 16 May 1988
72 m awayRef 1988948801998
Serious
Car crash on the B946 in Fife, 3 September 1985
91 m awayRef 1985948503508
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Ducato
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 2008940800450 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 2008.