A377 crash in Exeter on 17 January 2011 at 17:05 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Mitsubishi Asx were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 17:05 on Monday 17 January 2011. The 46-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 36-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Asx and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Asx were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2011
- Monday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Mitsubishi Asx
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70122, longitude -3.54348, in the EX2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alphington, Exeter, EX2 8SH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150DE2S001
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Exeter, 23 October 1987
2 m awayRef 198750D211737
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 21 November 1986
2 m awayRef 198650D212170
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A377 in Exeter, 20 September 2017
3 m awayRef 2017500228483
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A377 in Exeter, 2 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025501590084
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A377 in Exeter, 20 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501593613
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A377 in Exeter, 2 February 2013
5 m awayRef 201350DE2S002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Asx
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Asx)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Asx)
- 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 201150DE2S001 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.