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Unclassified road crash in Angus DD11 on 26 July 1996 at 19:45 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Angus at 19:45 on Friday 26 July 1996. The 20-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1996
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.55782, longitude -2.57914, in the DD11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Arbroath.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199693963415E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 199693963415E 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.