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A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 27 May 2015 at 07:20 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 07:20 on Wednesday 27 May 2015. A 49-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2015
Wednesday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Seat Ibiza and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.18596, longitude -1.22629, 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
201591NL02545
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
970
Road type
Dual 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201591NL02545 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 2015.