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B920 crash in Fife on 16 February 2012 at 19:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B920 in Fife at 19:15 on Thursday 16 February 2012. A 5-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 2012
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12715, longitude -3.3093, in the KY5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lochgelly. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty, Fife, KY5 9NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012941200299
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
920
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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, street lights lit
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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    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 2012941200299 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 2012.