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Fatal A961 crash in the Orkney Islands on 5 February 1998 at 15:50 involving a Honda Prelude

A Honda Prelude hit a pedestrian on the A961 in the Orkney Islands at 15:50 on Thursday 5 February 1998. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Feb 1998
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
1
Honda Prelude
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.88623, longitude -2.92119, in the KW17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Orkney Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891K000598
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
961
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 531 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,824 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199891K000598 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Orkney Islands road accident statistics for 1998.