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Fatal A963 crash in the Orkney Islands on 19 May 2021 at 16:06 involving a Smart Forfour

A Smart Forfour and an Audi S3 were involved in a crash on the A963 in the Orkney Islands at 16:06 on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The 87-year-old male driver of the Smart Forfour was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 May 2021
Wednesday, 16:06
Vehicles
2
Smart Forfour and Audi S3
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.98213, longitude -2.96256, in the KW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkwall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkwall East, Orkney Islands, KW15 1JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Orkney Islands

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991047050
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
963
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi S3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Forfour)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2021991047050 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 2021.