M90 crash in Fife on 27 December 2025 at 16:15 involving a Hyundai i40
A Hyundai i40 and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the M90 in Fife at 16:15 on Saturday 27 December 2025. The 46-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i40, a 44-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i40 and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i40 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2025
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i40 and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01676, longitude -3.40539, in the KY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rosyth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, Fife, KY11 1HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Fife
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991688852
- Council area
- Fife
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 90
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2022.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M90 in Fife, 18 May 2022
51 m awayRef 2022991178774
Slight
Car crash on the B981 in Fife, 23 September 1989
54 m awayRef 1989948904280
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the M90 in Fife, 1 November 2017
65 m awayRef 2017941700674
Slight
Van crash on the B981 in Fife, 9 July 1989
68 m awayRef 1989948903003
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M90 in Fife, 17 January 2009
74 m awayRef 2009940900114
Slight
Car crash on the A90 in Fife, 23 May 1986
93 m awayRef 1986948602043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
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 age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i40)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i40)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i40)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025991688852 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 2025.