M90 crash in Fife on 14 January 2024 at 17:45 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the M90 in Fife at 17:45 on Sunday 14 January 2024. The 73-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jan 2024
- Sunday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and Citroen C1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1174, longitude -3.39397, in the KY12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991398282
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 December 2023.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the M90 in Fife, 12 December 2023
12 m awayRef 2023991387429
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M90 in Fife, 23 November 1991
25 m awayRef 199194TD0339A
Slight
Car crash on the M90 in Fife, 27 April 1987
46 m awayRef 1987948701628
Slight
Car crash on the M90 in Fife, 24 April 1987
53 m awayRef 1987948701472
Slight
Car crash on the M90 in Fife, 4 September 1988
53 m awayRef 1988948803741
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the M90 in Fife, 6 May 2002
54 m awayRef 2002940201777
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024991398282 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 2024.