B3183 crash in Exeter on 5 August 2015 at 08:35 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the B3183 in Exeter at 08:35 on Wednesday 5 August 2015. The 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2015
- Wednesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71999, longitude -3.49181, 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, EX1 3HB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550DE2H016
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 27 July 1986
4 m awayRef 198650D211316
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 27 March 1989
8 m awayRef 198950D210424
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 21 September 2010
8 m awayRef 201050DE2H020
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 29 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016500153445
Slight
Car crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 21 April 1997
10 m awayRef 199750D211242
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 13 July 2022
10 m awayRef 2022501218576
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 201550DE2H016 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 2015.