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A377 crash in Exeter on 10 January 1996 at 12:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 12:00 on Wednesday 10 January 1996. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71882, longitude -3.53806, in the EX4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650D210415
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
377
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
32

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199650D210415 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 1996.