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A935 crash in Angus on 10 May 1980 at 00:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A935 in Angus at 00:20 on Saturday 10 May 1980. The 19-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1980
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.72207, longitude -2.61271, in the DD9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19809380E0482
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
935
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 19809380E0482 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.