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A967 crash in the Orkney Islands on 13 December 2018 at 07:09 involving a Peugeot 206

A car and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A967 in the Orkney Islands at 07:09 on Thursday 13 December 2018. The 50-year-old male driver of the car and the 62-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2018
Thursday, 07:09
Vehicles
2
Car and Peugeot 206
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.04949, longitude -3.28125, in the KW16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Orkney Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201891SNK0503
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
967
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
9057

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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
26%
Estimated chance it was slight
74%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 April 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

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 201891SNK0503 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 2018.