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Serious A929 crash in Angus on 21 January 1991 at 10:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A929 in Angus at 10:00 on Monday 21 January 1991. A 49-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Iveco-Ford lorry, the 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 43-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jan 1991
Monday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.62767, longitude -2.91598, in the DD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199193910587E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
929
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 106 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, hit by vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 199193910587E 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 1991.