Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX5 on 25 July 2004 at 04:04 involving a Rover Metro
Five vehicles, including a Rover Metro and a Fiat Cinquecento, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 04:04 on Sunday 25 July 2004. A male passenger in the Rover Metro and a male passenger in the Rover Metro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2004
- Sunday, 04:04
- Vehicles
- 5
- Rover Metro and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.67413, longitude -3.40403, in the EX5 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200450D21J977
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 2019.
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Slight
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Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 9 August 1992
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Serious
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Slight
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 5: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)
- 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 200450D21J977 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 2004.