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B3182 crash in Exeter on 23 May 1990 at 16:30 involving a Ford Transit bus

A Ford Transit bus crashed on the B3182 in Exeter at 16:30 on Wednesday 23 May 1990. A 5-year-old male passenger, a 3-year-old female passenger and a 61-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 1990
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68423, longitude -3.466, in the EX3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Topsham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D210942
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3182
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 4 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199050D210942 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.