A379 crash in Exeter on 17 June 2018 at 18:00 involving a Hyundai Getz
A Hyundai Getz and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A379 in Exeter at 18:00 on Sunday 17 June 2018. The 23-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz and the 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2018
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Getz and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70772, longitude -3.48059, in the EX2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Loyes, Exeter, EX2 7QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500306012
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2024.
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 3 March 2024
1 m awayRef 2024501416525
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 22 February 2023
2 m awayRef 2023501279825
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 17 July 2020
3 m awayRef 2020500966597
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 4 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019500858374
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 7 November 2018
4 m awayRef 2018500801365
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 9 September 2020
5 m awayRef 2020500985332
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Getz)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018500306012 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.