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Unclassified road crash in Dundee City DD3 on 21 October 2012 at 02:40 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City at 02:40 on Sunday 21 October 2012. The 30-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2012
Sunday, 02:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Kia Rio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4906, longitude -2.97812, in the DD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the Strathmartine, Dundee City, DD3 0EB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012930002392
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Rio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

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 2012930002392 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 2012.