Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 29 August 2001 at 15:00 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara, a Nissan Micra and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 15:00 on Wednesday 29 August 2001. The 47-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra were 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
- 29 Aug 2001
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Vitara and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71265, longitude -3.5372, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Thomas, Exeter, EX2 9BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150D215337
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1997.
Slight
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 30 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199750D214437
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 25 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200150D212485
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 27 July 1980
10 m awayRef 198050J650736
Serious
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 19 November 1982
10 m awayRef 198250D212103
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 18 May 1984
10 m awayRef 198450D210780
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A377 in Exeter, 4 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200150D216722
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 200150D215337 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 2001.