A90 crash in Angus on 3 January 2013 at 09:00 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A car and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A90 in Angus at 09:00 on Thursday 3 January 2013. The 45-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jan 2013
- Thursday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.5293, longitude -2.94448, in the DD4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013930000131
- Council area
- Angus
- 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
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2024.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A90 in Angus, 8 May 2024
2 m awayRef 2024991440291
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A90 in Angus, 12 November 2004
2 m awayRef 2004930004818
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A90 in Angus, 27 July 2024
3 m awayRef 2024991472758
Slight
Volvo C 30 crash on the A90 in Angus, 4 May 2015
4 m awayRef 2015930000274
Serious
Mazda CX-5 crash on the A90 in Angus, 15 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991590544
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A90 in Angus, 14 December 2017
4 m awayRef 2017930000464
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2013930000131 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 2013.