Serious B3181 crash in Exeter on 11 December 2017 at 16:49 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B3181 in Exeter at 16:49 on Monday 11 December 2017. A 32-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Berlingo was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Dec 2017
- Monday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73227, longitude -3.48143, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500251472
- 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
- 3181
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 2015.
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 19 May 2015
7 m awayRef 201550DE2H014
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 4 February 2014
8 m awayRef 201450DE2E005
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 8 August 2012
8 m awayRef 201250DE2E013
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 6 October 2012
13 m awayRef 201250DE2E019
Slight
MG 4 crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 8 August 2025
14 m awayRef 2025501628277
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 29 August 2000
17 m awayRef 200050D214521
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017500251472 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.