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Serious A968 crash in the Shetland Islands on 9 April 1998 at 08:00 involving a Daihatsu Fourtrak

A Daihatsu Fourtrak crashed on the A968 in the Shetland Islands at 08:00 on Thursday 9 April 1998. The 53-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 1998
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.66741, longitude -1.06864, in the ZE2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891L001589
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
968
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
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

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 199891L001589 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 1998.