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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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- brooksby 22 min 9 sec ago
What fresh devilry is this??? - perhaps they had a design for some handlebars, and another design for some forks, and somewhere along the line the...
- brooksby 25 min 48 sec ago
And finally: I wonder how many of the "more than 3,000" signatures on that petition are actually locals, who live or work there (and are not just...
- Matthew Acton-Varian 35 min 28 sec ago
Lucky too - if they misjudge their cut and hit the battery... you'll be scraping their charred remains from the windows of next door.
- Doug_D 2 hours 1 min ago
Another book suggestion - I can highly recommend "Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection" - a beautifully presented...
- chrisonabike 3 hours 14 min ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- mdavidford 3 hours 52 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 4 hours 17 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
- mdavidford 4 hours 24 min ago
Don't know what you mean. I thought my suggestion was entirely practical.
- Rapha Nadal 4 hours 59 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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The Ed Winchester15 hrs ago
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Probably went to chase the cyclist, lost them and can't now remember where it happened.
Odd that it appeared that the brakes failed on the bus, too.
Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea
These crashes have consequences - pre-school enacts plan B
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23507326.east-cliff-pre-school-re...
If they had been wearing motoring helmets they could have used them as boyancy aids.
self preservation society indeed
Car gets stuck on the edge of Fisherman’s Dock at Poole Quay
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23491069.car-gets-stuck-edge-fish...
Portsmouth snowflakes close for 3 months, meantime in Norfolk it's "cheers" and business as usual
Framingham Earl: Railway Tavern pub car crash 'like an explosion'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64660922
Car crashes into couple's house for fourth time
"The driver had ploughed into an earth bank, and all the earth, soil and rubble was thrown through the window into the house, it's completely demolished our fence and defaced the front of our house."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxe8evyddyko
PS If you're new to this thread, part of why it is named the way it is is journalistic gems like this:
"A man has been left with potentially life-changing injuries after the car he was driving crashed into a house."
Cue list of excuses from drivers as to why this was anyone's fault but his.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckr3312g27ro
Woman's house in Essex hit by three cars in eight months
A homeowner has said she lives in constant anxiety after three cars hit her house in the space of eight months.
Michelle Evans has been constantly repairing damage inside and outside her home in Fiddlers Hamlet, in Epping, Essex.
She said: "All the residents here can't take any more. Someone's going to die. It's just too frightening."
Woman's house in Essex hit by three cars in eight months
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-63745191
Van wasn't wearing Hi-Vis.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23370818.teenager-arrested-bmw-cr...
Llandudno - Arriva double-decker bus strikes a stone wall on St Margaret's Drive just a few months after repairs had been made to the same wall that was hit by an runaway dumper last June.
Looking at street view, the driver must have mounted the pavement, perhaps to avoid an oncoming vehicle (it's a straight road).
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/double-decker-bus-badl...
Man frees himself from two vehicle crash at A27 BP petrol station forecourt
This madness needs to be stopped! How long do we have to put up with self driving cars crashing and trapping innocent people?
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-03-08/man-frees-himself-from-two-...
spare a thought this morning for all the Banwells up and down the land and not least those further along the A371
this, unusually, is the village pubbie : “We have had our pub sign hit, the lamp hit off." He added: “They literally just crash into the building.” He said: “We can’t open in the day because there’s too many lorries and cars on the pavements, so people are too afraid to use the pavement.”
“It’s ridiculous we have got an A road going through a small village.
“I don’t know another village that’s as bad as this. We get abuse from the drivers.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/build-bypass-says-vill...
'Ford' crashes into building after hitting another car https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23380672.essex-ford-crashes-building-halstea...
Blimey, drivers have their own page here - slightly amusing that a "car crash" episode of The Chase (no, it's a quiz show) is in there:
CAR CRASHES
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/car-crashes
Car crashes into garden on Blackburn estate causing extensive damage.
Quite a number of impressions in the ground left by this one - anyone want to suggest how many?
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23385044.car-crashes-garden-b...
Call for action on Belfast road after car crashes into front garden
Alliance representatives have called for traffic measures on Knockbracken Road
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/call-action-belfast-road...
Car crashes into Wivenhoe Cemetery wall causing significant damage before mysteriously 'vanishing'
Another self-driving car wreaking havoc, but this one has mysteriously vanished after doing it. Or maybe, just maybe, someone has driven it away to another place?
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/car-crashes-wivenhoe-cemetery...
Car crashes through wall of Indian restaurant in Chichester
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23394236.car-crashes-wall-indian-restaur...
A car flipped onto its roof on the A470 near Llanrwst in a single vehicle incident shortly after 5pm on Thursday (see photo).
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/car-flips-roof-followi...
Also on Thursday there were 3 crashes on the M54 near Telford. A car overturned, leading to a 4-mile tailback. This was after two separate collisions within minutes of each other between junctions 6 and 7.
Telford, 9.20 am on Tuesday: "The fire service had to cut a person free from a van after it crashed into a garden wall." [article]
Police, ambulance and fire fighters were called out at 3am this morning (Saturday) in Shifnal. "Vehicle had hit a tree and rolled onto roof. No persons trapped." [article]
Special one for road.cc staff - car wedged on side outside the Francis Hotel in Bath.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65008705
Apparently the car "left the road" mysteriously and somehow got itself stuck. Luckily a "young adult male" was able to be rescued...
More at Somerset live.
Clearly an "accessibility" issue - if they'd have made the stairs wider the car would no doubt have freed itself...
A video on twitter (via the World Bollard Association) shows an SUV skidding into a cafe window in Texas while 2 chaps were sat there recording a podcast.
https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1632710048378941440
Car ploughs through front window of Scots supermarket
As always #NoDriverInvolved
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/car-ploughs-through-fro...
Tamworth Morrisons crash drama as car smashes into wall
It must be the day for cars and supermarkets
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tamworth-morrisons-c...
Drink-driver starts the weekend early by crashing into tree at 4pm on Friday afternoon in Market Drayton.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/03/25/man-arrested-on-sus...
Perhaps he was trying to emulate the driver of a black Wankpanzer that flipped near Much Wenlock around 6pm on Thursday.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/much-wenlock/2...
This was just 2 hours after a black Mazda soft-top sports car (i.e. a hairdresser's car) hit a bridge a short distance away on the same road.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/2023/03/...
Street view of the scene of the Mazda crash - 30 mph, straight through a crossroads. Maybe the driver had swerved to avoid something (or perhaps I'm giving them too much credit).
Driver arrested after crashing van in to house for drink/drug driving offence, local councillor demands the road be made safer as a result...
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23413101.driver-arrested-crashing-van-long-m...
Eastbourne: fire crews at scene after car crashes into house
It good to see that new self-driving cars are letting us know that they're inexperienced
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23412332.eastbourne-fire-crews-scene-car...
Moment car crashes into living room, causing £30,000 of damage in Cambridgeshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65106417
Live: Truro road closed after car crashes into Wig and Pen pub
A car has smashed through the outside wall of the pub
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/live-truro-road-closed-a...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-65132205
Self driving car fancied a pint
When I see stories like this I rejoice that E bikes are limited to 15.5 mph and the marvellous protection afforded to me by helmets and hi viz.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/south-molton-crash-cars-aquapl...
The torque in reverse is amazing
https://twitter.com/EnemyCoastAhead/status/1642172925146021888
"He was going in reverse so his speed was -80mph, a full 100mph below the speed limit."
a cheeky no buildings harmed post
Exeter Cowick Street crash with bumper ripped off Audi as it smashes into Mercedes
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-cowick-street-crash-bum...
follow up: Woman, 53, arrested in Exeter on suspicion of drink-driving after crash
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/woman-53-arrested-exeter-suspi...
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