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ZE2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 541 road traffic collisions in the ZE2 postcode district, Shetland Islands, from 1980 to 2025, and 812 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 31 were fatal and 124 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
541
2,397th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
812
1.50 per collision
Fatal collisions
31
33 people killed
Serious collisions
124
167 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for ZE2

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal315.7%
  • Serious12423%
  • Slight38671%

What the data shows

  • ZE2 had 93 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 187 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in ZE2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in ZE2, 6.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 54% of collisions in ZE2.

Where ZE2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,397th
Most casualties
2,381st
Most fatal collisions
1,815th
Most serious collisions
2,404th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (9.8%)
  • Tuesday83 (15%)
  • Wednesday72 (13%)
  • Thursday77 (14%)
  • Friday85 (16%)
  • Saturday89 (16%)
  • Sunday82 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight344 (64%)
  • Dark, no street lighting160 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (3.1%)
  • Dark, street lights lit13 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway508 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (3.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph32 (5.9%)
  • 40 mph10 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph19 (3.5%)
  • 60 mph478 (88%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds288 (53%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds43 (7.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds33 (6.1%)
  • Fine with high winds28 (5.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds28 (5.2%)
  • Fog or mist19 (3.5%)
  • Other29 (5.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant661 (81%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (6.5%)
  • Pedestrian27 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant18 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (1.7%)
  • Cyclist12 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

ZE2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in ZE2, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in ZE2 peaked at 36 in 1997; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202477
20231116
202269
202167
202067
20191417
2018914
20171217
20161930
20151520
20141216
20131117
20121520
20111829
20102142
20092447
20081619
20072431
20063143
20052647
20042530
20031828
20021524
20012136
20002228
19992643
19983555
19973659
19962230
199511
199400
199300
199200
199111
199011
198911
198800
198711
198624
198522
198422
198312
198200
198100
198035

Map of recent crashes in ZE2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in ZE2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in ZE2

The 24 most recent collisions in ZE2 happened between 4 July 2022 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in ZE2

The A970 has the most collisions in ZE2, 273 of 541 (50%), followed by the A971 (63).

Collisions in ZE2 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9702734251662
2ndA9716397115
3rdA9686287614
4thB9074182425
5thB9076162604
6thB9071121923

Council area for ZE2

ZE2 is in the Shetland Islands, where police recorded 866 collisions from 1979 to 2025. ZE2 accounts for 62% of them.