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Fatal A90 crash in Angus on 2 February 1996 at 15:35 involving an Audi 100

Four vehicles, including an Audi 100 and a Nissan Sunny, were involved in a crash on the A90 in Angus at 15:35 on Friday 2 February 1996. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Audi 100 and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Audi 100 were killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Feb 1996
Friday, 15:35
Vehicles
4
Audi 100 and 3 others
Casualties
5
2 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.64287, longitude -2.92613, in the DD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199693960595E
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,226 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

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 199693960595E 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 1996.