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Serious A972 crash in Dundee City on 17 December 1991 at 17:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Morris Ital were involved in a crash on the A972 in Dundee City at 17:10 on Tuesday 17 December 1991. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1991
Tuesday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Morris Ital
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48236, longitude -3.00177, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199193916601C
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
972
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
960

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 27 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Morris Ital

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199193916601C 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.