A377 crash in Exeter on 12 May 2011 at 14:36 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 14:36 on Thursday 12 May 2011. The 17-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 56-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were 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
- 12 May 2011
- Thursday, 14:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71217, longitude -3.5373, 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
- 201150DE2R012
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 377
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 2013.
Serious
Mitsubishi Space Star crash on the A377 in Exeter, 4 January 2013
3 m awayRef 201350DE2R002
Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A377 in Exeter, 23 April 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501581117
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 7 June 2019
4 m awayRef 2019500852057
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A377 in Exeter, 16 August 1985
4 m awayRef 198550D211572
Serious
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 20 November 1981
4 m awayRef 198150J651177
Slight
Van crash on the A377 in Exeter, 3 October 1984
4 m awayRef 198450D211751
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201150DE2R012 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 2011.