Serious B3183 crash in Exeter on 9 December 2013 at 06:48 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 06:48 on Monday 9 December 2013. The 64-year-old male rider of the Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Dec 2013
- Monday, 06:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Peugeot Speedfight
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72152, longitude -3.50684, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown and St Leonard's, Exeter, EX1 2ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350DE2K020
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2015.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 19 November 2015
3 m awayRef 201550DE2K019
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 17 January 2002
4 m awayRef 200250D210272
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 16 August 2017
4 m awayRef 2017500217408
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 22 June 1988
4 m awayRef 198850D210993
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 28 July 2008
4 m awayRef 200850DE2K016
Slight
Mitsubishi Carisma crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 25 February 2010
4 m awayRef 201050DE2K003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Speedfight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 64, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Peugeot Speedfight)
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 201350DE2K020 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.