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Fatal A933 crash in Angus on 18 March 1997 at 22:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A933 in Angus at 22:30 on Tuesday 18 March 1997. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was killed and three other people were 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
18 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.62386, longitude -2.66816, in the DD11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793971280E
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
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199793971280E 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.