B961 crash in Angus on 27 July 2005 at 13:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B961 in Angus at 13:15 on Wednesday 27 July 2005. The 85-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 79-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2005
- Wednesday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50332, longitude -2.84929, in the DD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005930002843
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 961
- 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
- C
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on a C road in Angus, 27 June 2022
5 m awayRef 2022991192642
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the B961 in Angus, 7 February 2023
5 m awayRef 2023991273235
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B961 in Angus, 6 September 2021
7 m awayRef 2021991084426
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B961 in Angus, 3 February 2011
10 m awayRef 2011930000441
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 2 October 2005
14 m awayRef 2005930003679
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A961 in Angus, 9 January 1998
20 m awayRef 199893980140E
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,491 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2005930002843 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 2005.