B3183 crash in Exeter on 2 May 2013 at 16:40 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy, a Vauxhall Tigra and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 16:40 on Thursday 2 May 2013. The 36-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2013
- Thursday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Caddy and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72764, longitude -3.53311, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St David's, Exeter, EX1 1GH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350DE2F007
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2002.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 23 January 2002
7 m awayRef 200250D210913
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 22 January 1993
12 m awayRef 199350D210166
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 14 May 1994
12 m awayRef 199450D211137
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 29 July 1983
13 m awayRef 198350D211425
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 21 March 1985
17 m awayRef 198550D210484
Slight
Austin Ambassador crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 26 October 1991
21 m awayRef 199150D211941
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Tigra)
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 201350DE2F007 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 2013.