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A923 crash in Angus on 22 October 1997 at 10:45 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and an MG MGB were involved in a crash on the A923 in Angus at 10:45 on Wednesday 22 October 1997. The 68-year-old male driver of the Renault 5, a 64-year-old male passenger in the MG MGB and the 60-year-old female driver of the MG MGB were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and MG MGB
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.5575, longitude -3.14368, in the PH12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793975103E
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
923
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG MGB

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG MGB)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG MGB)

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 199793975103E 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.