A915 crash in Fife on 5 December 2019 at 10:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
Two Mercedes Sprinter vans were involved in a crash on the A915 in Fife at 10:15 on Thursday 5 December 2019. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 24-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1493, longitude -3.12127, in the KY1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019940910763
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 915
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2016.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A915 in Fife, 20 November 2016
1 m awayRef 2016941600936
Serious
Car crash on the A915 in Fife, 24 March 1989
5 m awayRef 1989948901341
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A915 in Fife, 8 February 2020
6 m awayRef 2020990930747
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A915 in Fife, 12 June 2004
9 m awayRef 2004940402038
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A915 in Fife, 10 October 2016
11 m awayRef 2016941600805
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A915 in Fife, 27 December 1997
16 m awayRef 1997949704027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- 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 2019940910763 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.