Woman dies in crash with four taken to hospital as driver arrested
A 48-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene in Cluny, Fife
Police are appealing for information after a fatal crash in Fife caused the death of 48-year-old woman.
Three other passengers were taken to hospital for treatment, where one remains in a serious condition.
The incident happened at around 11.10pm on Friday 19 December, on the B981 between Cluny and the roundabout at Chapel junction.
It involved a black Nissan Qashqai and a white Volkswagen Polo.
Emergency services attended and the driver of the Polo, a 48-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Qashqai, a 33-year-old woman, was arrested in connection with a road traffic offence. She was also taken to hospital for treatment.
The road was closed to allow enquiries to be carried out and was reopened around 6.30am this morning.
Sergeant Louise Birrell said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the woman who died at this extremely difficult time.
“Enquiries into the crash are ongoing, and I am appealing to anyone who was in the area and witnessed anything around the time to contact officers.
“I’d also ask that those with private CCTV or dash-cam footage which may assist to please review this to see if it has captured anything of significance.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 3935 of 19 December, 2025.