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Serious B960 crash in Dundee City on 28 November 2014 at 16:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A car, a Volkswagen Polo and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the B960 in Dundee City at 16:15 on Friday 28 November 2014. The 39-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 2014
Friday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48737, longitude -2.9953, 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 8QX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201493D000076
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
960
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: 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
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen C3

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 201493D000076 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.