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A377 crash in Exeter on 7 December 1996 at 16:20 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 16:20 on Saturday 7 December 1996. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Orion and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1996
Saturday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70947, longitude -3.53817, 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
199650D213821
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
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
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 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

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

    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 199650D213821 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.