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Serious A376 crash in Exeter on 26 December 2019 at 16:58 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto crashed on the A376 in Exeter at 16:58 on Thursday 26 December 2019. The 18-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2019
Thursday, 16:58
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71337, longitude -3.46412, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clyst Valley, East Devon, EX5 1QX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019500920211
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
376
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
5

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2019500920211 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 2019.