Unclassified road crash in Dundee City DD3 on 31 January 2020 at 14:06 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two cars, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City at 14:06 on Friday 31 January 2020. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2020
- Friday, 14:06
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.46639, longitude -2.99586, in the DD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990925676
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2024.
Serious
Skoda Karoq crash on an unclassified road in Dundee City, 23 June 2024
18 m awayRef 2024991531308
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 2 March 2008
42 m awayRef 2008930001311
Slight
Bus crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 29 September 1979
43 m awayRef 19799379C1912
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Dundee City, 5 November 1998
43 m awayRef 199893985141C
Slight
Bus crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 6 June 1981
43 m awayRef 19819381C0961
Slight
Car crash on the A923 in Dundee City, 1 December 1979
43 m awayRef 19799379C2412
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020990925676 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 2020.