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B956 crash in Angus on 30 September 2001 at 01:20 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B956 in Angus at 01:20 on Sunday 30 September 2001. A 20-year-old male pedestrian and a 28-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 2001
Sunday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.67379, longitude -3.00196, in the DD8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirriemuir. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirriemuir and Dean, Angus, DD8 4ED area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001930002629
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
956
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
B
Second road number
956

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 serious injury crash on 6 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2001930002629 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.