Fatal unclassified road crash in Angus DD8 on 28 August 2010 at 16:55 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
A motorcycle and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Angus at 16:55 on Saturday 28 August 2010. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 28 Aug 2010
- Saturday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Land Rover Range Rover
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.71398, longitude -2.93997, in the DD8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010930002526
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 389 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2010.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on a C road in Angus, 8 February 2010
389 m awayRef 2010930000637
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 12 October 2025
422 m awayRef 2025991680734
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in Angus, 7 November 1985
456 m awayRef 19859385E1236
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Angus, 5 June 1986
492 m awayRef 19869386E0626
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 21 July 1979
537 m awayRef 19799379E0744
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 2 March 2007
591 m awayRef 2007930001441
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover
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
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2010930002526 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 2010.