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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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I got drawn into the next story along: Driver 'appalled' after injured deer shot by police on M5
so much so that that had no other choice than to illegally use their phone to take a rubbish picture
So because drivers (consistently) can't look where they're going, the pedestrian path gets closed??
You would have thought the big red X and flashing lights that turned on as he approached might have been a clue...
The mirror got it right! https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/drivers-nightmare-car-lands-top-27...
More like this road's not big enough for a bike lane and cars because of flooding
Polluting and unhealthy. We desperately need people to switch to driving their electric car to the garage for e-cigarettes.
Well, it needs repairs !!
Plus the risk of ksi looks a bit high.
Hopefully the new barriers will protect Peds whilst making sure a car is a write off.
but Id have been tempted to stick temporary barriers down the middle of the road to provide a safe route for pedestrians, with some temporary traffic lights, and thus give the crazy motorists who keep hitting the bridge the option of one lane only to get through, as maybe it will teach them to be more careful.
and I thought theyd fixed this bridge by putting a gigantic metal beam ahead of the bridge so you hit that instead, how are people still crashing into bits of it ?
I expect the flooding had something to do with it?
Such a strange decision, plenty of space for two groups to use this space safely.
Group a (pedestrians prove to have no problems with the infrastructure.
Group B (drivers) prove unable to drive through ample space, causing damage and putting the other group at risk.
Why are pedestrians banned from this facility instead of drivers? After all drivers can travel to the next crossing in much less time.
How the AF did they manage to get their car up there???
Turns out the tyre extinguishers were just trying to help prevent this by stopping the cars floating about.
It is only the footpath that is closed to pedestrians, they still have the right to walk on the roadway, perhaps some locals would like to go for a walk backwards and forwards under the bridge until someone realises how stupid it was to close the footpath!
It looks like the carpark is above the level of the caravans, so they drove through the bush and onto the top of the caravans
It's bad enough cycling it, I wouldnt walk on that road, or under the bridge, it's like the road runs parallel to the railway line and then right angles to pass under it both sides, so theres no sight line of whats within the confines of the under bridge bit, and because people are still in A14 driving mode or preparing to join A14, they tend to go in quickly and drift out of their lane.
That makes sense; I'd missed that...
Car crashes through wall and hangs over garden in Torquay
A car has been left hanging over the edge of a garden in Torquay after crashing through the wall of a car port and landing head first into a hedge below.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-crashes-through-wall-hangs...
Shock after Blackburn Road, Egerton four vehicle crash
As the lorry driver appears about 30 seconds in, I'm guessing it's not a medical episode.
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/20112997.shock-blackburn-road-egert...
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/gallery/door-door-delivery-goes-far-7049377
This wouldn't happen if they had hi viz......oh
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/two-psni-officers...
Of course, I hope the police officers are ok
Car overturns in Manor Road, Bournemouth
"Crews from Springbourne and Westbourne were mobilised and on arrival found a single vehicle which had rolled onto it’s side after the driver had a medical episode."
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20120035.car-overturns-manor-road...
Road near Horton Inn closed after crash
"Crews from Cranborne and Verwood were mobilised to the incident and on arrival found a single vehicle on its roof with one person trapped.
"Crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to release the casualty from the vehicle and handed over to paramedics.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/20119475.road-near-horton-inn-clo...
https://twitter.com/MerPolTraffic/status/1523302390904295424
Car crashes into garden of Boris Johnson's £1.2m house in Camberwell
https://news.sky.com/story/car-crashes-into-garden-of-boris-johnsons-1-2...
https://twitter.com/lxtwin/status/1524384439098294273
Self-fail !
Okay, this isn't car crashing into a building, but a lorry being wedged:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-traffic-live-tesco-lorry-7072849
Nine hours!
I like this description of it:
I'm so tempted to go find it and tell the driver "You can't park that there!"
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/20145139.man-injured-driver-hits-cyclis...
Interesting umm sign on the bonnet !
He didn't buy an SUV lest the tyre extinguishers got him, so...
M20 driver with sofas 'hanging out' of vehicle stopped by police
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Car flips onto roof in late-night crash on Scots country road
Something needs to be done about these cars which spontaneously flip over
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fife-crash-car-flips-ro...
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