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Serious A926 crash in Angus on 16 February 2001 at 13:15 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A car and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A926 in Angus at 13:15 on Friday 16 February 2001. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was seriously injured and the 45-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat and a 6-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Feb 2001
Friday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.66853, longitude -2.9855, in the DD8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001930000786
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
926
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a fatal crash on 29 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2001930000786 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 2001.