A92 crash in Angus on 4 January 2018 at 15:35 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a Volkswagen Caddy van were involved in a crash on the A92 in Angus at 15:35 on Thursday 4 January 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and Volkswagen Caddy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.57376, longitude -2.57568, in the DD11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Arbroath. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arbroath East and Lunan, Angus, DD11 5JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018930000042
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2011.
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the A92 in Angus, 21 October 2011
7 m awayRef 2011930003098
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A92 in Angus, 11 January 2008
24 m awayRef 2008930001039
Slight
Suzuki Baleno crash on the A92 in Angus, 4 June 2003
39 m awayRef 2003930002519
Serious
Suzuki GSX 750 crash on the A92 in Angus, 17 April 2003
39 m awayRef 2003930002152
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A92 in Angus, 15 June 1984
39 m awayRef 19849384E0680
Serious
Car crash on the A92 in Angus, 22 October 1979
39 m awayRef 19799379E1117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018930000042 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 2018.