B9131 crash in Fife on 4 March 2008 at 11:40 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B9131 in Fife at 11:40 on Tuesday 4 March 2008. The 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were 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
- 4 Mar 2008
- Tuesday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.24189, longitude -2.71748, in the KY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008940800569
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9131
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B9131 in Fife, 22 September 1989
14 m awayRef 1989948904287
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B9131 in Fife, 14 July 2010
20 m awayRef 2010941001337
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B9131 in Fife, 5 September 2005
22 m awayRef 2005940501972
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the B9131 in Fife, 19 December 2001
30 m awayRef 2001940104653
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B9131 in Fife, 6 August 1983
95 m awayRef 1983948303236
Slight
Car crash on the B9131 in Fife, 25 May 1981
114 m awayRef 1981948102458
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2008940800569 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.