A car park outside the Kingdom Shopping Centre in Glenrothes was sealed off on Friday after a car crashed into a lamp post.
Pictures from the scene showed several emergency vehicles outside the North Street entrance to the Fife shopping centre.
An eyewitness said a car had crashed into a lamppost, with police and ambulance crews on scene.
Police said a woman and a child were taken to hospital to be checked over following the incident shortly after 3:30pm.
The Scottish Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “Around 3.35pm on Friday, 19 November, officers were called to a report of a road crash involving one car in Lyon Way, Glenrothes.
“Officers attended and assisted.
“One woman and a child were to be taken to hospital to be checked over.”