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Unclassified road crash in the Shetland Islands ZE1 on 15 January 2012 at 21:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the Shetland Islands at 21:00 on Sunday 15 January 2012. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2012
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.15354, longitude -1.14259, in the ZE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lerwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lerwick North and Bressay, Shetland Islands, ZE1 0LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201291NL00385
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201291NL00385 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 2012.