A92 crash in Fife on 13 December 2016 at 20:10 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry, an Audi A3 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A92 in Fife at 20:10 on Tuesday 13 December 2016. The 19-year-old female driver of the Audi A3, a 22-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- MAN and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.39635, longitude -2.97201, in the DD6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016941601013
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2015.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A92 in Fife, 26 December 2015
15 m awayRef 2015941600063
Slight
Lorry crash on the A914 in Fife, 10 August 1988
38 m awayRef 1988948803408
Fatal
Car crash on the A914 in Fife, 10 August 1988
39 m awayRef 1988948803342
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A92 in Fife, 21 November 2001
47 m awayRef 2001940104272
Serious
Car crash on the A914 in Fife, 2 June 1989
78 m awayRef 1989948902418
Slight
Car crash on the A914 in Fife, 16 February 1979
91 m awayRef 1979947900618
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016941601013 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 2016.