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Serious unclassified road crash in Dundee City DD2 on 2 December 1997 at 06:45 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Mazda 121 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City at 06:45 on Tuesday 2 December 1997. The 25-year-old female driver of the Mazda 121 was seriously injured and a 39-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 205 and the 23-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Mazda 121
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4642, longitude -3.02564, in the DD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793975866C
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
85

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 121

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 121)

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 199793975866C in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 1997.