Serious A966 crash in the Orkney Islands on 22 December 1998 at 10:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A966 in the Orkney Islands at 10:45 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 57-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 22 Dec 1998; Tuesday, 10:45
Vehicles: 1; Ford Escort
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199891K006366
Council area: Orkney Islands
Police force: Northern

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 966
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, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
57 years
Engine capacity
1,392 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
11 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199891K006366 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.