Serious A92 crash in Angus on 20 October 2008 at 12:00 involving a Rover 25
Four vehicles, including a Rover 25 and an Audi A3, were involved in a crash on the A92 in Angus at 12:00 on Monday 20 October 2008. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Rover 25 was seriously injured and the 32-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 60-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Oct 2008
- Monday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 25 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.65405, longitude -2.52858, in the DD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008930004322
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1982.
Slight
Van crash on the A92 in Angus, 6 September 1982
22 m awayRef 19829382E0986
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Angus, 15 October 1984
22 m awayRef 19849384E1156
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A92 in Angus, 2 June 2011
78 m awayRef 2011930001839
Slight
Fiat Croma crash on the A92 in Angus, 29 July 1993
81 m awayRef 199393933772E
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A92 in Angus, 6 April 2015
133 m awayRef 2015930000235
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Angus, 21 July 1982
201 m awayRef 19829382E0791
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Citroen C4)
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 2008930004322 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 2008.