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Serious A963 crash in the Orkney Islands on 25 November 2022 at 16:30 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van hit a pedestrian on the A963 in the Orkney Islands at 16:30 on Friday 25 November 2022. An 84-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 2022
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.98222, longitude -2.9624, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022991247017
Council area
Orkney Islands
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2022991247017 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 2022.