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Serious unclassified road crash in Exeter EX2 on 14 May 2018 at 19:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Exeter at 19:00 on Monday 14 May 2018. An 88-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 May 2018
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71756, longitude -3.49217, in the EX2 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018500296825
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2018500296825 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.