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A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 22 April 2019 at 14:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 14:55 on Monday 22 April 2019. The 49-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 2019
Monday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 59.88318, longitude -1.3023, in the ZE3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Shetland Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201991SNL2438
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 115 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 201991SNL2438 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 2019.