Serious C road crash in Dundee City DD2 on 14 April 2017 at 17:10 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Vauxhall Agila were involved in a crash on a C road in Dundee City at 17:10 on Friday 14 April 2017. The 63-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Agila and a 76-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Apr 2017
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Vauxhall Agila
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.45741, longitude -3.02971, in the DD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Dundee City, DD2 1UF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017930000147
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2011.
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City, 29 July 2011
43 m awayRef 2011930002169
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City, 19 February 2001
62 m awayRef 2001930000845
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City, 8 December 2000
62 m awayRef 2000930003701
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Dundee City, 1 August 2001
62 m awayRef 2001930002089
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dundee City, 5 June 2001
62 m awayRef 2001930001784
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A85 in Dundee City, 6 September 1980
63 m awayRef 19809380C1594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2017930000147 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 2017.