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Fatal A927 crash in Angus on 3 October 1982 at 23:25 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A927 in Angus at 23:25 on Sunday 3 October 1982. A 31-year-old male passenger on vehicle 1 was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Oct 1982
Sunday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
4
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52559, longitude -3.09557, in the DD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19829382C1603
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
927
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 19829382C1603 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 1982.