A91 crash in Fife on 20 April 2022 at 15:30 involving a Volvo XC40
A Volvo XC40 and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A91 in Fife at 15:30 on Wednesday 20 April 2022. The 73-year-old female driver of the Volvo XC40, the 62-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2022
- Wednesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC40 and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.28479, longitude -3.25991, in the KY14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991168239
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 91
- 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
- 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2007.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A91 in Fife, 2 August 2007
41 m awayRef 2007940701744
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A91 in Fife, 4 May 1992
55 m awayRef 199294TD0124B
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A91 in Fife, 28 May 1999
75 m awayRef 1999949901170
Serious
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 26 October 1984
103 m awayRef 1984948404169
Slight
Car crash on the A91 in Fife, 26 January 1979
118 m awayRef 1979947900406
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Fife, 22 July 1987
133 m awayRef 1987948702737
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC40)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022991168239 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 2022.