Serious A911 crash in Fife on 26 December 2020 at 11:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo, a Vauxhall Astra and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A911 in Fife at 11:30 on Saturday 26 December 2020. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Dec 2020
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19533, longitude -3.10256, in the KY7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020991010996
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 911
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 911
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1993.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A911 in Fife, 2 April 1993
1 m awayRef 199394GL0276C
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A911 in Fife, 9 August 1997
1 m awayRef 1997949702276
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A911 in Fife, 26 November 2023
5 m awayRef 2023991379180
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A911 in Fife, 28 May 2021
6 m awayRef 2021991050064
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A911 in Fife, 14 August 2015
9 m awayRef 2015941500625
Serious
Citroen ZX crash on the A911 in Fife, 16 August 2008
9 m awayRef 2008940801829
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW X3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020991010996 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.