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A923 crash in Dundee City on 29 September 1979 at 18:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A923 in Dundee City at 18:20 on Saturday 29 September 1979. A 74-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 1979
Saturday, 18:20
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.46623, longitude -2.99648, in the DD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19799379C1912
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
923
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 19799379C1912 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 1979.