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A92 crash in Angus on 9 February 1980 at 22:15 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A92 in Angus at 22:15 on Saturday 9 February 1980. The 29-year-old male driver of the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Feb 1980
Saturday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.69923, longitude -2.4964, in the DD10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19809380E0144
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
92
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

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 19809380E0144 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Angus road accident statistics for 1980.