Serious A915 crash in Fife on 5 June 2011 at 13:00 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A915 in Fife at 13:00 on Sunday 5 June 2011. The 78-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 was seriously injured and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jun 2011
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.21657, longitude -2.94179, in the KY8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011941101042
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 915
- 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
- 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, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 April 2013.
Serious
Iveco crash on the B915 in Fife, 30 April 2013
24 m awayRef 2013941300732
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A915 in Fife, 10 May 1993
41 m awayRef 199394TD0133C
Slight
Lorry crash on the A915 in Fife, 5 January 1984
41 m awayRef 1984948400045
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A915 in Fife, 17 January 1991
50 m awayRef 199194LL0007A
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A915 in Fife, 14 March 2005
51 m awayRef 2005940500578
Slight
Van crash on the A915 in Fife, 29 June 1987
110 m awayRef 1987948702455
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2011941101042 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 2011.