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C road crash in Dundee City DD3 on 12 November 1991 at 16:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Nissan D21 van were involved in a crash on a C road in Dundee City at 16:45 on Tuesday 12 November 1991. The 18-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 1991
Tuesday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Nissan D21
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4922, longitude -3.00691, in the DD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199193915965C
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, 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 slight injury crash on 25 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan D21

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,952 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199193915965C in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 1991.