Serious A92 crash in Angus on 20 December 1991 at 05:40 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny, a lorry and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A92 in Angus at 05:40 on Friday 20 December 1991. The 35-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Dec 1991
- Friday, 05:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Sunny and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50452, longitude -2.7944, in the DD7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199193917010E
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- 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
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2009.
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A92 in Angus, 30 December 2009
51 m awayRef 2009930000139
Serious
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A92 in Angus, 19 December 1994
100 m awayRef 199493946538E
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the A92 in Angus, 20 January 1997
100 m awayRef 199793970287E
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A92 in Angus, 2 September 2023
105 m awayRef 2023991348061
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A92 in Angus, 22 December 1992
141 m awayRef 199293926863E
Serious
Van crash on the A92 in Angus, 13 July 1989
141 m awayRef 19899389E0707
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,290 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Corolla)
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 199193917010E 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.