A PENSIONER almost caused a head-on crash by driving on the wrong side of a dual carriageway in Dunfermline.

The driver of a vehicle coming in the opposite direction had to brake heavily to avoid a collision.

Charles Stahly, 78, of Martin Crescent, Ballingry, submitted a guilty plea through his solicitor at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He admitted that on January 18, in Sanderling Way, Dunfermline, he drove a car carelessly, drove on the wrong side of a dual carriageway into the path of an oncoming car, causing its driver to brake heavily to avoid a head-on collision.

Sheriff Charles MacNair deferred sentence until May 31 for Stahly to appear personally.