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B3181 crash in Exeter on 24 May 2000 at 16:15 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3181 in Exeter at 16:15 on Wednesday 24 May 2000. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 2000
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73072, longitude -3.4821, 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
200050D212554
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3181
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 25 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, 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 200050D212554 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 2000.