B981 crash in Fife on 29 August 2013 at 08:00 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4, a Seat Leon and a car were involved in a crash on the B981 in Fife at 08:00 on Thursday 29 August 2013. The 44-year-old female driver of the Seat Leon was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2013
- Thursday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- London Taxis Int. TX4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13472, longitude -3.13933, in the KY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkcaldy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkcaldy East, Fife, KY1 3LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013941301447
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 981
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Fife, 19 October 2012
5 m awayRef 2012941201724
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B981 in Fife, 7 March 2001
5 m awayRef 2001940100906
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B981 in Fife, 28 June 2012
5 m awayRef 2012941201090
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B981 in Fife, 20 December 2012
5 m awayRef 2012941202137
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B981 in Fife, 17 November 2015
8 m awayRef 2015941500894
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B981 in Fife, 9 November 2015
8 m awayRef 2015941500877
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
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 2013941301447 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 2013.