B3183 crash in Exeter on 12 February 1982 at 12:30 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 12:30 on Friday 12 February 1982. A 2-year-old male passenger in the car and the 24-year-old female driver of the van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 1982
- Friday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7296, longitude -3.53883, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250D210239
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3183
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2009.
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 22 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200950DE2F021
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 28 June 2006
At the same spotRef 200650D21H664
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 6 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025501665656
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 4 January 2016
9 m awayRef 201650DE2I001
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A377 in Exeter, 4 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200150D213317
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 18 October 1982
10 m awayRef 198250D211870
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 198250D210239 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1982.