A379 crash in Exeter on 21 March 2011 at 11:34 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A379 in Exeter at 11:34 on Monday 21 March 2011. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 44-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2011
- Monday, 11:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and lorry
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70823, longitude -3.47876, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Loyes, Exeter, EX2 7QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150DE2V008
- 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
- 379
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2023.
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Fiat 500 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 24 July 2025
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Skoda Octavia crash on the A379 in Exeter, 2 September 2015
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201150DE2V008 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.