Serious A3015 crash in Exeter on 1 October 2021 at 09:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 108 were involved in a crash on the A3015 in Exeter at 09:10 on Friday 1 October 2021. A 63-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 108 was seriously injured and the 56-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Oct 2021
- Friday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 108
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71555, longitude -3.48123, 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, EX2 7QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501099588
- 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
- 3015
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2015.
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 26 March 2015
4 m awayRef 201550DE2Q009
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 29 June 2018
14 m awayRef 2018500309660
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 19 January 2017
23 m awayRef 2017500155356
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 5 January 2012
25 m awayRef 201250DE2Q002
Slight
Zastava Yugo crash on the B3181 in Exeter, 27 December 1996
26 m awayRef 199650D214097
Slight
Kawasaki ER500 crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 10 April 2007
50 m awayRef 200750D21E220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 108
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 108)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021501099588 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 2021.