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B3179 crash in East Devon on 28 January 2001 at 18:14 involving a Citroen Xsara

A Citroen Xsara and a car were involved in a crash on the B3179 in East Devon at 18:14 on Sunday 28 January 2001. A 30-year-old female passenger in the car and the 31-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2001
Sunday, 18:14
Vehicles
2
Citroen Xsara and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68922, longitude -3.44271, in the EX3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clyst Valley, East Devon, EX3 0RB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150D210551
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3179
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200150D210551 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 2001.