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Unclassified road crash in Fife KY7 on 17 May 2008 at 19:05 involving a Volvo V40

A Volvo V40 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Fife at 19:05 on Saturday 17 May 2008. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2008
Saturday, 19:05
Vehicles
1
Volvo V40
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20589, longitude -3.18188, in the KY7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch, Fife, KY7 5TL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008940801140
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
20%
Estimated chance it was slight
80%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo V40)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2008940801140 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.