B3212 crash in Exeter on 5 November 2017 at 09:08 involving a Volvo V70
A Volvo V70 and a Peugeot were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 09:08 on Sunday 5 November 2017. The 57-year-old female driver of the Peugeot and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V70 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2017
- Sunday, 09:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V70 and Peugeot
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71346, longitude -3.55096, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alphington, Exeter, EX2 9PJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500246365
- 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
- 3212
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1990.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 14 February 1990
26 m awayRef 199050D210317
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 26 October 2024
26 m awayRef 2024501508924
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 24 April 2005
27 m awayRef 200550D21F247
Serious
Peugeot Partner crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 5 July 2017
28 m awayRef 2017500210819
Serious
Lexmoto LXR crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 3 November 2025
31 m awayRef 2025501663189
Serious
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 24 September 1984
33 m awayRef 198450D211719
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)
- 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 2017500246365 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 2017.