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Fatal A926 crash in Angus on 26 June 1981 at 23:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A926 in Angus at 23:55 on Friday 26 June 1981. The 20-year-old male driver was killed.

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
Fatal
Date
26 Jun 1981
Friday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.64054, longitude -3.10217, in the DD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19819381E0645
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
926
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, 217 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 19819381E0645 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 1981.