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C road crash in Dundee City DD3 on 17 March 2018 at 23:10 involving a Peugeot 308

A Peugeot 308 and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on a C road in Dundee City at 23:10 on Saturday 17 March 2018. The 51-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Mar 2018
Saturday, 23:10
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 308 and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48771, longitude -2.98635, 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 0EB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018930000102
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
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
Snowing with 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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018930000102 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 2018.