C road crash in Exeter EX4 on 1 October 2000 at 14:39 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Exeter at 14:39 on Sunday 1 October 2000. The 65-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2000
- Sunday, 14:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Rover 400 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7387, longitude -3.51226, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050D215230
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
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The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2020.
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Serious
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Slight
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Serious
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Serious
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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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
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 200050D215230 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.