A955 crash in Fife on 23 May 2012 at 09:20 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A955 in Fife at 09:20 on Wednesday 23 May 2012. The 55-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2012
- Wednesday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19253, longitude -3.0055, in the KY8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leven, Kennoway and Largo, Fife, KY8 4FU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012941200884
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 955
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2004.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A955 in Fife, 9 November 2004
10 m awayRef 2004940404020
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A955 in Fife, 7 June 2024
12 m awayRef 2024991453086
Slight
ERF crash on the A955 in Fife, 17 July 1996
20 m awayRef 1996949601993
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A955 in Fife, 25 January 2006
22 m awayRef 2006940600220
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A955 in Fife, 5 October 2023
29 m awayRef 2023991359901
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A955 in Fife, 10 April 1996
32 m awayRef 1996949600970
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
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 2012941200884 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.