A932 crash in Angus on 7 September 2016 at 18:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW S 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A932 in Angus at 18:15 on Wednesday 7 September 2016. The 43-year-old male rider of the BMW S 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW S 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.64447, longitude -2.88204, in the DD8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Forfar. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forfar and District, Angus, DD8 2EL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016930000538
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 932
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A932 in Angus, 6 June 2003
28 m awayRef 2003930002599
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A932 in Angus, 5 December 2016
28 m awayRef 2016930000633
Slight
Honda FES125 crash on the A932 in Angus, 25 October 2013
36 m awayRef 2013930001561
Serious
Minibus crash on the A932 in Angus, 14 October 1983
36 m awayRef 19839383E1161
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Angus, 23 September 2000
36 m awayRef 2000930000317
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A932 in Angus, 16 May 1990
36 m awayRef 199093900203E
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW S 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW S 1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016930000538 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 2016.