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A986 crash in the Orkney Islands on 12 May 2001 at 22:35 involving a Peugeot 106

A Peugeot 106 crashed on the A986 in the Orkney Islands at 22:35 on Saturday 12 May 2001. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 May 2001
Saturday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 106
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.02221, longitude -3.15752, in the KW17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Orkney Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200191NK02465
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
986
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

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 200191NK02465 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 2001.