Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 17 March 1985 at 19:25 involving a car
A car crashed on an unclassified road in Exeter at 19:25 on Sunday 17 March 1985. A 22-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Mar 1985
- Sunday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71887, longitude -3.52092, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550D210426
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198550D210426 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 1985.