Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX1 on 16 January 2002 at 19:10 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 19:10 on Wednesday 16 January 2002. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73207, longitude -3.46797, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250D210271
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Exeter, 27 August 1980
14 m awayRef 198050J660855
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on a C road in Exeter, 7 June 1990
30 m awayRef 199050D211048
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Devon, 7 November 1987
30 m awayRef 198750D211818
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Exeter, 9 December 1997
30 m awayRef 199750D214637
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Exeter, 28 March 1991
130 m awayRef 199150D210621
Serious
Mercedes crash on a C road in Exeter, 8 September 1994
130 m awayRef 199450D212164
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200250D210271 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 2002.