Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 13 August 2007 at 11:49 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 11:49 on Monday 13 August 2007. The 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was 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
- 13 Aug 2007
- Monday, 11:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Suzuki GSXR 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71644, longitude -3.52287, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St David's, Exeter, EX2 8DY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750D21J567
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2010.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 9 September 2010
10 m awayRef 201050DE2N014
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3182 in Exeter, 24 April 1995
14 m awayRef 199550D210924
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B3182 in Exeter, 28 December 1993
14 m awayRef 199350D213275
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B3182 in Exeter, 16 July 1993
22 m awayRef 199350D211712
Serious
Car crash on the B3182 in Exeter, 6 November 1984
22 m awayRef 198450D212001
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 29 April 2003
30 m awayRef 200350D21D858
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,151 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR 600)
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 200750D21J567 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 2007.