Fatal A926 crash in Angus on 21 September 1994 at 19:30 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta crashed on the A926 in Angus at 19:30 on Wednesday 21 September 1994. A 32-year-old male passenger was killed and the 28-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Sep 1994
- Wednesday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Jetta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.63024, longitude -3.14751, in the PH12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199493944562E
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 926
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 1995.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the A926 in Angus, 1 January 1995
141 m awayRef 199593950057E
Serious
Van crash on the A926 in Angus, 18 December 1980
141 m awayRef 19809380E1403
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A926 in Angus, 20 February 2004
164 m awayRef 2004930001584
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A926 in Angus, 18 January 2003
177 m awayRef 2003930000921
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Angus, 11 April 2002
224 m awayRef 2002930003081
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 60 crash on the A926 in Angus, 4 January 1994
224 m awayRef 199493940088E
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,457 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
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 199493944562E 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.