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Serious unclassified road crash in Angus DD3 on 27 May 1997 at 00:01 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro crashed on an unclassified road in Angus at 00:01 on Tuesday 27 May 1997. An 18-year-old male passenger and the 18-year-old male driver 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
Serious
Date
27 May 1997
Tuesday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50765, longitude -2.98457, in the DD3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793972357E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 2 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

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 199793972357E 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.