B3183 crash in Exeter on 2 July 1985 at 18:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 18:40 on Tuesday 2 July 1985. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 54-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 1985
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72502, longitude -3.52508, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550D211230
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 24 August 1987
At the same spotRef 198750D211284
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 4 July 1981
10 m awayRef 198150J670628
Serious
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 28 November 1983
10 m awayRef 198350D212293
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 26 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198550D210895
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 24 February 1989
10 m awayRef 198950D210295
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 14 June 1990
10 m awayRef 199050D211178
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198550D211230 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.