A923 crash in Dundee City on 1 December 2011 at 16:40 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a car were involved in a crash on the A923 in Dundee City at 16:40 on Thursday 1 December 2011. An 8-year-old female passenger in the car, a 6-year-old male passenger in the car and the 29-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2011
- Thursday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48228, longitude -3.01867, in the DD2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Strathmartine, Dundee City, DD2 3SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011930000005
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 923
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 90
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 May 2025.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 21 May 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991593075
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 10 May 2007
14 m awayRef 2007930002153
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 12 December 2007
14 m awayRef 2007930000565
Serious
Toyota C-HR crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 6 April 2025
21 m awayRef 2025991574609
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 29 November 2016
21 m awayRef 2016930000624
Slight
Car crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 9 May 2008
22 m awayRef 2008930002350
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2011930000005 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 2011.