A911 crash in Fife on 19 August 2019 at 17:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on the A911 in Fife at 17:30 on Monday 19 August 2019. The 55-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and the 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2019
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20525, longitude -3.19136, in the KY6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glenrothes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch, Fife, KY7 5TL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019940869723
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 911
- Road type
- Single 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 31 July 2019.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A911 in Fife, 31 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019940863862
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on an unclassified road in Fife, 16 March 2000
5 m awayRef 2000940001042
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A91 in Fife, 2 June 2003
5 m awayRef 2003940301985
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A911 in Fife, 18 March 2009
40 m awayRef 2009940900598
Serious
Car crash on the A911 in Fife, 21 November 1986
60 m awayRef 1986948604613
Slight
Car crash on the A911 in Fife, 11 April 1983
101 m awayRef 1983948301580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019940869723 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 2019.