A923 crash in Dundee City on 26 July 2014 at 20:35 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A923 in Dundee City at 20:35 on Saturday 26 July 2014. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.47592, longitude -3.01525, in the DD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lochee, Dundee City, DD2 4UW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014930000368
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2011.
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 9 November 2011
9 m awayRef 2011930003434
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 29 March 2013
12 m awayRef 2013930000436
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 7 September 2020
16 m awayRef 2020990978775
Serious
Iveco crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 17 April 2017
28 m awayRef 2017930000143
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 17 November 2011
35 m awayRef 2011930003248
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 25 November 1994
41 m awayRef 199493945954C
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Insignia)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014930000368 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 2014.