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A961 crash in the Orkney Islands on 28 October 2014 at 15:00 involving a Skoda Fabia

A car and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on the A961 in the Orkney Islands at 15:00 on Tuesday 28 October 2014. A 57-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Fabia was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2014
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.88943, longitude -2.89531, 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
201491NK05151
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
961
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 201491NK05151 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 2014.