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Serious B978 crash in Angus on 16 February 1992 at 17:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault Trafic minibus were involved in a crash on the B978 in Angus at 17:00 on Sunday 16 February 1992. There were seventeen casualties: eight people were seriously injured and nine were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Feb 1992
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault Trafic
Casualties
17
8 seriously injured, 9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.5374, longitude -2.85038, in the DD5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199293921038E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
978
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (17)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 14: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 15: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 16: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

  • Casualty 17: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Trafic)

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 199293921038E 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 1992.