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Fatal unclassified road crash in Angus DD7 on 14 November 1980 at 16:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Angus at 16:45 on Friday 14 November 1980. An 88-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Nov 1980
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50228, longitude -2.72125, in the DD7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carnoustie.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19809380E1194
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19809380E1194 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.