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Unclassified road crash in Fife KY1 on 7 December 2011 at 13:00 involving a Vauxhall Insignia

A Vauxhall Insignia, a Ford C-Max and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Fife at 13:00 on Wednesday 7 December 2011. The 52-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2011
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Insignia and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.11843, longitude -3.157, in the KY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkcaldy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkcaldy Central, Fife, KY1 1EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011941102265
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)

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 2011941102265 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.