Serious B981 crash in Fife on 22 November 2019 at 15:00 involving a Mercedes C Class
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Nov 2019
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13387, longitude -3.14508, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019940901659
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2015.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B981 in Fife, 20 March 2015
4 m awayRef 2015941500237
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B981 in Fife, 16 February 2011
9 m awayRef 2011941100364
Fatal
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B981 in Fife, 27 November 2012
9 m awayRef 2012941201992
Serious
Volvo V70 crash on the B981 in Fife, 20 March 2025
13 m awayRef 2025991567276
Serious
Car crash on the A988 in Fife, 17 January 1989
20 m awayRef 1989948900152
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A988 in Fife, 22 March 1989
22 m awayRef 1989948901409
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2019940901659 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.