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B3178 crash in East Devon on 25 August 2000 at 13:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover Montego taxi were involved in a crash on the B3178 in East Devon at 13:55 on Friday 25 August 2000. The 48-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 2000
Friday, 13:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.62882, longitude -3.38048, in the EX8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050D314446
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3178
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
B
Second road number
3178

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 slight injury crash on 3 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

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 200050D314446 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2000.