Serious B921 crash in Fife on 16 February 2019 at 19:35 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B921 in Fife at 19:35 on Saturday 16 February 2019. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Feb 2019
- Saturday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17664, longitude -3.22459, in the KY5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019941900079
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Fife
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 921
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 922
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2016.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B921 in Fife, 26 May 2016
2 m awayRef 2016941600413
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B921 in Fife, 24 March 2017
2 m awayRef 2017941700249
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B921 in Fife, 29 April 2009
3 m awayRef 2009940900897
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B921 in Fife, 28 February 2019
3 m awayRef 2019940009619
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B921 in Fife, 7 February 2002
3 m awayRef 2002940200542
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B921 in Fife, 3 October 2002
3 m awayRef 2002940203683
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2019941900079 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.