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Serious unclassified road crash in Angus DD7 on 21 December 1981 at 16:30 involving a van

A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Angus at 16:30 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 28-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1981
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Van and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50423, longitude -2.69367, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19819381E1372
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 100 metres away, was a fatal crash on 26 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19819381E1372 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.