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Serious A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 26 August 1999 at 20:40 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova, a Vauxhall Nova van and a Leyland DAF 400 minibus were involved in a crash on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 20:40 on Thursday 26 August 1999. The 17-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and the 59-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 1999
Thursday, 20:40
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Nova and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.89083, longitude -1.28518, in the ZE3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199991NL03462
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 114 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,367 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF 400

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199991NL03462 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 1999.