Serious B9071 crash in the Shetland Islands on 15 January 2000 at 11:45 involving a Toyota Landcruiser
A Toyota Landcruiser hit a pedestrian on the B9071 in the Shetland Islands at 11:45 on Saturday 15 January 2000. A 44-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 15 Jan 2000
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Landcruiser
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.18743, longitude -1.43381, in the ZE2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200091NL00238
- Council area
- Shetland Islands
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9071
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3.9 km away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 22 June 2004
3.9 km awayRef 200491NL04148
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 1 August 2016
5.4 km awayRef 201691NL03088
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 2 July 2000
5.5 km awayRef 200091NL03079
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A970 in the Shetland Islands, 22 June 1996
5.6 km awayRef 199691L003528
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 19 September 1986
5.8 km awayRef 1986910020171
Fatal
Peugeot Partner crash on the B9071 in the Shetland Islands, 6 January 2010
6.1 km awayRef 201091NL00060
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,980 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Landcruiser)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 200091NL00238 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 2000.