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B9149 crash in Fife on 12 September 2010 at 01:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the B9149 in Fife at 01:30 on Sunday 12 September 2010. The 38-year-old female driver of the Saab 9-3 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 2010
Sunday, 01:30
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Saab 9-3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12679, longitude -3.29239, in the KY5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty, Fife, KY5 9HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010941001803
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9149
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)

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 2010941001803 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 2010.