B9149 crash in Fife on 2 December 2015 at 09:15 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the B9149 in Fife at 09:15 on Wednesday 2 December 2015. The 25-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen UP was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Volkswagen UP
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12522, longitude -3.2912, in the KY5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty, Fife, KY5 9HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015941501030
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9149
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2004.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1949 in Fife, 11 January 2004
85 m awayRef 2004940400103
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B9149 in Fife, 9 January 2006
90 m awayRef 2006940600053
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B9149 in Fife, 27 June 2007
103 m awayRef 2007940701482
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the B9149 in Fife, 11 November 2016
169 m awayRef 2016941600900
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Fife, 10 August 1989
171 m awayRef 1989948903438
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B9149 in Fife, 10 March 2008
179 m awayRef 2008940800636
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
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 2015941501030 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 2015.