Serious B9128 crash in Angus on 5 October 2001 at 14:05 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B9128 in Angus at 14:05 on Friday 5 October 2001. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Oct 2001
- Friday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.59533, longitude -2.79305, in the DD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001930002687
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 978
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2018.
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B978 in Angus, 11 November 2018
21 m awayRef 2018930000005
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B9128 in Angus, 21 May 2021
24 m awayRef 2021991047805
Slight
Car crash on the B978 in Angus, 13 June 2008
94 m awayRef 2008930002864
Slight
Tractor crash on the B978 in Angus, 22 January 2002
100 m awayRef 2002930000969
Slight
Car crash on the B9128 in Angus, 6 December 2001
316 m awayRef 2001930003732
Slight
Daihatsu Sportrak crash on the B9128 in Angus, 22 February 1998
316 m awayRef 199893980825E
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 86, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2001930002687 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.