Near-tip displacement fields of a creep crack which exhibited moderate deflection from its initially mode I condition have been measured using the stereoimaging technique. From the measured displacement fields, near-tip strains and crack opening displacements (CODs) are obtained and compared with existing asymptotic solutions for stationary, deflected cracks. The comparison reveals that the near-tip strain field and CODs of a stationary deflected creep crack in stainless steel (creep exponent of 8) are of the Riedel-Rice type. The degree of mode mixity is also adequately predicted for the deflected crack. The results for stainless steel are compared with previous results for a glass-ceramic (creep exponent of 1.5), to assess the range of applicability of the RR field. Discrepancies between theory and experiment are discussed in terms of the dominant creep mechanism, which is dislocation creep for the stainless steel and grain boundary sliding for the glass-ceramic.