B3183 crash in Exeter on 1 May 2012 at 07:50 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 07:50 on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The 48-year-old female driver of the Skoda Octavia and the 30-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2012
- Tuesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72233, longitude -3.48161, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Loyes, Exeter, EX1 3HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250DE2H007
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3183
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2018.
Slight
Aprilia RS4 crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 5 September 2018
1 m awayRef 2018500329715
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 22 October 2005
8 m awayRef 200550D21N762
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 28 April 1982
8 m awayRef 198250D210694
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 20 January 1986
8 m awayRef 198650D210112
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 20 August 1986
8 m awayRef 198650D211550
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 30 December 2012
9 m awayRef 201250DE2H024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 201250DE2H007 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 2012.