Serious unclassified road crash in Exeter EX4 on 4 March 2018 at 07:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Volkswagen Golf and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 07:45 on Sunday 4 March 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Mar 2018
- Sunday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73384, longitude -3.55521, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500276332
- 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
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 2015.
Serious
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 11 July 2015
1 m awayRef 201550DE2A009
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 13 August 1996
64 m awayRef 199650D212430
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 18 October 2005
65 m awayRef 200550D21N571
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 3 September 2007
84 m awayRef 200750F44K961
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 5 October 2013
92 m awayRef 201350DE2A011
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 14 October 1990
96 m awayRef 199050D212186
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2018500276332 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 2018.