Serious B942 crash in Fife on 29 September 2012 at 13:45 involving a Honda CB600F motorcycle
A Honda CB600F motorcycle and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B942 in Fife at 13:45 on Saturday 29 September 2012. The 44-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Sep 2012
- Saturday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CB600F and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.21736, longitude -2.77765, in the KY10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012941201597
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 942
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 March 2001.
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B942 in Fife, 17 March 2001
20 m awayRef 2001940101024
Slight
Renault Extra crash on the B942 in Fife, 11 April 1995
20 m awayRef 1995949501107
Slight
Car crash on the B942 in Fife, 6 August 1989
20 m awayRef 1989948903435
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B942 in Fife, 1 August 2016
22 m awayRef 2016941600599
Slight
Car crash on the B942 in Fife, 27 September 1982
132 m awayRef 1982948203864
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the B942 in Fife, 5 June 2016
151 m awayRef 2016941600443
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600F)
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 2012941201597 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.