A915 crash in Fife on 21 December 2012 at 10:00 involving a Honda Civic
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2012
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1824, longitude -3.05662, in the KY8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages, Fife, KY8 2EG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012941202148
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 930
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2012.
Slight
Car crash on the A915 in Fife, 16 April 2012
At the same spotRef 2012941200660
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A915 in Fife, 26 June 2000
10 m awayRef 2000940002363
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A915 in Fife, 13 January 2010
10 m awayRef 2010941000086
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on the A915 in Fife, 6 August 1998
14 m awayRef 1998949802078
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A915 in Fife, 22 February 1999
14 m awayRef 1999949900785
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A915 in Fife, 19 November 2012
14 m awayRef 2012941201954
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2012941202148 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.