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Serious A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 21 February 1997 at 13:00 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto crashed on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 13:00 on Friday 21 February 1997. The 33-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1997
Friday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.98179, longitude -1.27432, in the ZE2 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199791L000957
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
970
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 90 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

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 199791L000957 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shetland Islands road accident statistics for 1997.