Collisions on the A377

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007649/A

 Version Date: 20/02/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Source

Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH

Data Processing:

Qlikview Road Traffic Collisions Report

Filtered on Date: 01/01/2020 - 23/01/2025

All collisions within requested timeframe uploaded to Blue8 mapping software. Data mapped and exported to Excel

Caveats/Limitations

There is a possibility that data from mid-January 2018 onwards is incomplete due to problems with the Collisions data we have been receiving.                                                                                                                                                         

Please note, that from 1st January 2008 -Damage only Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) will not be recorded unless there is a clear and specified purpose for doing so, specifically:

- Section 170 RTA 1988 not complied with (fail to stop)

- Police vehicle involved

- Other emergency services vehicle responding to an incident are involved

- The collision is one that provides a realistic prospect of securing a conviction against one of the drivers (Threshold Test aspect of the Full Code Test for Crown Prosecutors')

- Single vehicle loss of control

Also note that from March 2010 -

Non-injury road traffic collisions will not be recorded or investigated unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

(a)  A driver has failed to comply fully with the statutory requirements of the Road Traffic Act, e.g. fail to stop; exchange details

(b)  Allegations have been made at the scene and/or the attending officer considers that there is sufficient corroborated evidence about the manner of driving to prove an offence.

(c) An offence is apparent - i.e. the driver has been arrested for excess alcohol.                                                                                                                                      

How many injury road traffic collisions have there been on the A377 Alphington Road, at its junction with the B3123 Church Road, Exeter since 1st January 2020.

Of these collisions, how many were attributed to drivers failing to comply with traffic lights and how many were due only to excessive speed.

• Disobeyed automatic traffic signal – 3
• Exceeding speed limit – 0

Over 60% of road traffic collisions are reported by the public using an online reporting form. Not all of the collisions will have been attended by an officer at the scene. The lack of a causation factor recorded does not mean that excess speed or red-light transgression was not a feature in the collision.