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A377 crash in Exeter on 13 September 1996 at 12:10 involving an MG Metro

A car and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 12:10 on Friday 13 September 1996. The 21-year-old female driver of the MG Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Sep 1996
Friday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Car and MG Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71118, longitude -3.53809, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650D212832
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 28 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

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 199650D212832 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.