B930 crash in Fife on 26 June 2017 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes Cla Class were involved in a crash on the B930 in Fife at 12:00 on Monday 26 June 2017. The 63-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Cla Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2017
- Monday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes Cla Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17328, longitude -3.04303, in the KY8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages, Fife, KY8 1DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017941700400
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 930
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 955
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 1994.
Serious
MG Maestro crash on the A955 in Fife, 8 March 1994
8 m awayRef 1994949400758
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B930 in Fife, 13 May 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991178353
Slight
Volkswagen Urban crash on the A955 in Fife, 28 May 2014
16 m awayRef 2014941400878
Serious
Kia Carens crash on the A955 in Fife, 20 August 2009
18 m awayRef 2009940901752
Fatal
Subaru Impreza crash on the A955 in Fife, 10 April 2004
18 m awayRef 2004940401291
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A955 in Fife, 5 October 2001
18 m awayRef 2001940103524
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Cla Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017941700400 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 2017.