A90 crash in Dundee City on 21 May 2022 at 12:29 involving a Ford Fiesta
A lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A90 in Dundee City at 12:29 on Saturday 21 May 2022. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2022
- Saturday, 12:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.47289, longitude -3.05222, in the DD2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lochee, Dundee City, DD2 4SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991179876
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 12 August 1981
24 m awayRef 19819381C1339
Slight
Car crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 6 May 1989
24 m awayRef 19899389C0752
Slight
Kawasaki VN crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 21 September 2025
32 m awayRef 2025991657894
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 2 November 2003
34 m awayRef 2003930004480
Serious
Honda Prelude crash on the A90 in Dundee City, 4 November 2005
96 m awayRef 2005930004044
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Dundee City, 8 March 2002
96 m awayRef 2002930002317
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022991179876 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 2022.