B3123 crash in Exeter on 7 September 2015 at 08:45 involving a Ford Transit goods vehicle
A Ford Transit goods vehicle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3123 in Exeter at 08:45 on Monday 7 September 2015. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit goods vehicle and the 50-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2015
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70304, longitude -3.52543, 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 8PW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550DE2T021
- 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
- 3123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 2013.
Serious
Triumph Bonneville crash on the B3123 in Exeter, 27 March 2013
5 m awayRef 201350DE2T006
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B3123 in Exeter, 26 September 2017
9 m awayRef 2017500229497
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B3123 in Exeter, 14 September 2023
10 m awayRef 2023501352614
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 21 August 2000
14 m awayRef 200050D214392
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 31 January 1981
24 m awayRef 198150J650077
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 3 April 2001
27 m awayRef 200150D211953
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 903 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201550DE2T021 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.