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Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX1 on 3 June 1998 at 08:40 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 08:40 on Wednesday 3 June 1998. A 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Orion 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
3 Jun 1998
Wednesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Omega and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72353, longitude -3.50775, in the EX1 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
199850D213041
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, 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 199850D213041 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 1998.