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A90 crash in Angus on 15 October 2002 at 15:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 60 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 60 lorry and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A90 in Angus at 15:00 on Tuesday 15 October 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 2002
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FA 60 and Renault Laguna
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52222, longitude -2.94432, in the DD4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Angus

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002930005853
Council area
Angus
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 60

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    6,240 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,188 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)

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 2002930005853 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.