Two people were taken to hospital following a “shunt” on Arbroath’s Dundee Road around 2pm yesterday.
The collision involving a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta left three people injured.
One casualty sustained minor injuries and didn’t require hospital treatment.
Two others were taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee but their injuries are not thought life-threatening.
The road was closed from the McDonald’s roundabout to the rail bridge but reopened a short time later.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said six people were involved and most had managed to free themselves from the wreckage prior to their arrival.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We dispatched two ambulances to the incident.
“Two patients were taken to Ninewells Hospital.”
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “Police Scotland attended at a two-vehicle road traffic collision involving a silver Vauxhall Astra and a grey Ford Fiesta that happened at about 1.50pm on Dundee Road, near Red Lion Caravan Park, Arbroath.”