Serious A92 crash in Angus on 28 December 2020 at 16:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A92 in Angus at 16:40 on Monday 28 December 2020. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Dec 2020
- Monday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and car
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.63118, longitude -2.54839, in the DD11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020991012929
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 66 metres away, was a fatal crash on 31 May 2001.
Fatal
Honda crash on the A92 in Angus, 31 May 2001
66 m awayRef 2001930001762
Serious
Minibus crash on the A92 in Angus, 28 January 1993
67 m awayRef 199393930516E
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A92 in Angus, 23 January 1995
67 m awayRef 199593950386E
Slight
Van crash on the A92 in Angus, 20 May 1981
67 m awayRef 19819381E0506
Serious
Car crash on the A92 in Angus, 4 January 1981
67 m awayRef 19819381E0011
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Angus, 24 April 1980
67 m awayRef 19809380E0443
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- 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 2020991012929 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 2020.