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Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 7 February 2010 at 01:20 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Exeter at 01:20 on Sunday 7 February 2010. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 2010
Sunday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71568, longitude -3.53291, 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
201050DE2R005
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 201050DE2R005 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 2010.