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A969 crash in the Shetland Islands on 11 July 2014 at 11:30 involving a Kia Carens

A Kia Carens hit a pedestrian on the A969 in the Shetland Islands at 11:30 on Friday 11 July 2014. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jul 2014
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Kia Carens
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.15356, longitude -1.14216, 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
201491NL03171
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
969
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Carens

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,582 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Kia Carens)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 201491NL03171 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 2014.