B9074 crash in the Shetland Islands on 12 July 2003 at 08:50 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a car were involved in a crash on the B9074 in the Shetland Islands at 08:50 on Saturday 12 July 2003. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2003
- Saturday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.90845, longitude -1.27193, in the ZE2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200391NL03428
- Council area
- Shetland Islands
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9074
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2004.
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 15 January 2004
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands, 16 January 1999
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A971 in the Shetland Islands, 20 September 2004
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
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 200391NL03428 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 2003.