A90 crash in Dundee City on 28 November 2008 at 12:40 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Renault Modus were involved in a crash on the A90 in Dundee City at 12:40 on Friday 28 November 2008. The 64-year-old female driver of the Renault Modus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2008
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Renault Modus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48929, longitude -2.95064, in the DD4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East End, Dundee City, DD4 8BR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008930004738
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2024.
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 3 March 2024
11 m awayRef 2024991416468
Fatal
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 18 December 2013
29 m awayRef 2013930000016
Slight
Car crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 21 December 2011
40 m awayRef 20119300D0253
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the A929 in Dundee City, 21 August 2010
41 m awayRef 2010930002475
Serious
Car crash on the A929 in Dundee City, 19 February 1986
45 m awayRef 19869386C0328
Serious
Car crash on the A929 in Dundee City, 15 November 1984
45 m awayRef 19849384C1864
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Modus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Modus)
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 2008930004738 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 2008.