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A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 8 July 2020 at 17:30 involving a Volkswagen Caddy

A car, a Volkswagen Caddy and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 17:30 on Wednesday 8 July 2020. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Caddy and the 18-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen UP were 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
8 Jul 2020
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Caddy and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.06025, longitude -1.2221, 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
2020990963116
Council area
Shetland Islands
Police force
Police Scotland
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
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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen UP)

    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 2020990963116 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 2020.