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Fatal A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 14 April 2000 at 19:55 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 19:55 on Friday 14 April 2000. The 36-year-old male rider was killed and a 22-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Apr 2000
Friday, 19:55
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.14916, longitude -1.16071, in the ZE1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200091NL01695
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 200091NL01695 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.