Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 2 July 2015 at 12:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 12:45 on Thursday 2 July 2015. The 67-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 43-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2015
- Thursday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71995, longitude -3.51021, in the EX2 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550DE2O020
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
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The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2011.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201550DE2O020 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.