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A970 crash in the Shetland Islands on 13 July 2022 at 21:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A970 in the Shetland Islands at 21:20 on Wednesday 13 July 2022. The 19-year-old female driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jul 2022
Wednesday, 21:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 60.19104, longitude -1.23207, 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
2022991198396
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
A
Second road number
971

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
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2022991198396 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 2022.