B3212 crash in Exeter on 14 February 1990 at 21:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 21:00 on Wednesday 14 February 1990. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 1990
- Wednesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7137, longitude -3.55092, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199050D210317
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2017.
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 5 November 2017
26 m awayRef 2017500246365
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 26 October 2024
48 m awayRef 2024501508924
Serious
Peugeot Partner crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 5 July 2017
49 m awayRef 2017500210819
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 19 December 1980
50 m awayRef 198050J651307
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 24 April 2005
51 m awayRef 200550D21F247
Serious
Lexmoto LXR crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 3 November 2025
51 m awayRef 2025501663189
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 199050D210317 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 1990.