B3212 crash in Exeter on 12 December 1997 at 21:30 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Vauxhall Astravan were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 21:30 on Friday 12 December 1997. The 25-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 and the 22-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astravan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 1997
- Friday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Vauxhall Astravan
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71524, longitude -3.54389, in the EX4 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
- 199750D214670
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 12 October 1982
At the same spotRef 198250D211924
Serious
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 1 January 1985
At the same spotRef 198550D210003
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 16 October 1980
At the same spotRef 198050J651030
Slight
Van crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 7 June 1980
At the same spotRef 198050J650541
Serious
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 25 October 1982
At the same spotRef 198250D211919
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 24 January 2022
7 m awayRef 2022501191184
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astravan)
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 199750D214670 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 1997.