A90 crash in Dundee City on 10 December 2012 at 22:30 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A90 in Dundee City at 22:30 on Monday 10 December 2012. The 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2012
- Monday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48211, longitude -2.9719, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930002598
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 13 July 1981
72 m awayRef 19819381C1173
Slight
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 18 February 1986
72 m awayRef 19869386C0316
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 17 April 2012
76 m awayRef 2012930001223
Slight
Van crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 21 June 1989
85 m awayRef 19899389C1022
Serious
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 2 May 1981
85 m awayRef 19819381C0781
Serious
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 8 December 1986
85 m awayRef 19869386C2051
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
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 2012930002598 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.