Serious B961 crash in Angus on 18 October 1995 at 17:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B961 in Angus at 17:50 on Wednesday 18 October 1995. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was 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
- 18 Oct 1995
- Wednesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.51543, longitude -2.90676, in the DD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199593955244C
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 961
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 145 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2022.
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on a C road in Angus, 21 June 2022
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Serious
Car crash on the B978 in Angus, 4 September 1999
200 m awayRef 1999930000410
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Angus, 2 January 1988
224 m awayRef 19889388C0040
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 8 January 1987
400 m awayRef 19879387C0033
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 23 August 1996
600 m awayRef 199693963703E
Serious
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 16 February 1980
707 m awayRef 19809380C0352
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199593955244C 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 1995.