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A923 crash in Angus on 27 October 2002 at 14:40 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A923 in Angus at 14:40 on Sunday 27 October 2002. The 73-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Vitara were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2002
Sunday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Vitara and vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.49279, longitude -3.05078, in the DD2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002930005730
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
No

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    9,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2002930005730 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 2002.