Serious A909 crash in Fife on 18 September 2020 at 11:50 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A909 in Fife at 11:50 on Friday 18 September 2020. The 66-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 64-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Sep 2020
- Friday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12264, longitude -3.3523, in the KY4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990982344
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 909
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2004.
Slight
Honda crash on the A909 in Fife, 1 August 2004
76 m awayRef 2004940402660
Slight
Car crash on the A909 in Fife, 9 September 2005
131 m awayRef 2005940502001
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A909 in Fife, 28 July 2021
173 m awayRef 2021991072428
Serious
Car crash on the A909 in Fife, 3 May 1980
184 m awayRef 1980948001733
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A909 in Fife, 13 March 1995
226 m awayRef 1995949500764
Slight
Car crash on the A909 in Fife, 8 January 1990
226 m awayRef 1990949000051
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 66, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 64, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2020990982344 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 2020.