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Serious A90 crash in Angus on 1 April 1994 at 23:55 involving an Opel Kadett

An Opel Kadett and a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry were involved in a crash on the A90 in Angus at 23:55 on Friday 1 April 1994. The 36-year-old male driver of the Opel Kadett was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Apr 1994
Friday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Opel Kadett and Leyland DAF FT 95
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.7297, longitude -2.69945, in the DD9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199493941955E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 30 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Kadett

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FT 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    11,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel Kadett)

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 199493941955E 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 1994.