Serious A937 crash in Angus on 28 February 2017 at 13:00 involving a Citroen Xsara
Four vehicles, including a Citroen Xsara and a Vauxhall Mokka, were involved in a crash on the A937 in Angus at 13:00 on Tuesday 28 February 2017. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Feb 2017
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen Xsara and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.76001, longitude -2.5054, in the DD10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017930000083
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 937
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2015.
Slight
Tractor crash on the A937 in Angus, 21 August 2015
27 m awayRef 2015930000460
Serious
Skoda Superb crash on the A937 in Angus, 18 July 2014
70 m awayRef 2014930000350
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A937 in Angus, 17 January 1993
71 m awayRef 199393930386E
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A937 in Angus, 22 October 1995
105 m awayRef 199593955159E
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A937 in Angus, 9 January 1998
123 m awayRef 199893980137E
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the A937 in Angus, 22 February 2009
136 m awayRef 2009930001110
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Agricultural vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017930000083 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 2017.