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Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX1 on 22 October 2001 at 10:15 involving a Leyland DAF FA 65 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 65 lorry, a Fiat Marea and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 10:15 on Monday 22 October 2001. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volvo 740 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 2001
Monday, 10:15
Vehicles
3
Leyland DAF FA 65 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7209, longitude -3.49794, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Priory, Exeter, EX2 5HU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150D218284
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 65

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 740)

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 200150D218284 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.