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Serious B3183 crash in Exeter on 20 December 1995 at 23:40 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 23:40 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Uno was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7258, longitude -3.52737, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550D212779
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3183
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

    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 199550D212779 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 1995.