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A933 crash in Angus on 17 January 1997 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A933 in Angus at 19:00 on Friday 17 January 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1997
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.70755, longitude -2.64188, in the DD9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793970241E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
933
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199793970241E 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 1997.