A377 crash in Exeter on 2 May 2012 at 22:18 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 22:18 on Wednesday 2 May 2012. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Mazda MX-5 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2012
- Wednesday, 22:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70542, longitude -3.53824, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. 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
- 201250DE2R013
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2012.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 19 January 2012
4 m awayRef 201250DE2R001
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A377 in Exeter, 17 February 2012
4 m awayRef 201250DE2R006
Slight
Volvo crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 16 October 2003
7 m awayRef 200350D21Q153
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 27 April 2004
7 m awayRef 200450D21F387
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 13 August 2010
7 m awayRef 201050DE2R028
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A377 in Exeter, 3 August 2019
7 m awayRef 2019500871480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
- 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 201250DE2R013 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.