Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX1 on 4 December 2017 at 17:50 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Honda CR-Z were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 17:50 on Monday 4 December 2017. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and the 23-year-old female driver of the Honda CR-Z were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2017
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Honda CR-Z
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7277, longitude -3.48307, in the EX1 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500250317
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 23 October 1981
2 m awayRef 198150J671095
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 20 November 2012
2 m awayRef 201250DE2H022
Serious
Car crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 14 November 1988
8 m awayRef 198850D211885
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 13 June 2022
12 m awayRef 2022501313165
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 1 March 2010
12 m awayRef 201050DE2H002
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 16 May 1986
12 m awayRef 198650D210885
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CR-Z
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CR-Z)
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 2017500250317 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.