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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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David9694 | 1 month ago
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Domin-oh-oops: Driver crashes car through Domino’s store

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/driver-car-ploughs-dominos-store/

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David9694 | 1 month ago
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Barbourne crash: car stuck on wall by doctor's surgery

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24622584.barbourne-crash-car-stuck-...

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stonojnr | 1 month ago
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hawkinspeter | 1 month ago
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David9694 | 1 month ago
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Live updates after car crashes into Well Street doctor's surgery

'The door has been smashed to bits'

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/live-updates-af...

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Hirsute | 4 weeks ago
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Don't recall this gem

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Hirsute | 3 weeks ago
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"We don't know final amount of damage but at the moment it's at least £150,000-plus and it will probably be more."

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24635869.clacton-family-still-not-ho...

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This is why cyclists must have insurance.

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David9694 | 3 weeks ago
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Car crashes into side of Winchester city centre church

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24642034.car-crashes-side-winc...

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hawkinspeter | 3 weeks ago
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Police officers were called to Fisher Close at around 5.30pm on Monday, October 7, with Cambridgeshire Constabulary stating the car involved was a silver BMW 3 series. A 28-year-old man from Ramsey was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drink or drugs and possession of cannabis, Cambridgeshire Live reports.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/bmw-ploughs-house-man-28-9623633

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David9694 | 3 weeks ago
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Bitterne Road West garden damaged in Southampton crash

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24646218.bitterne-road-west-garden-leve...

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Simon E | 3 weeks ago
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3 cars crashed and at least one caught fire under a railway bridge on the A4126 Spring Road in Wolverhampton at 11.15am today. Although the article doesn't say as much, it looks like at least one car crashed into the bridge [street view].

Trains between Wolverhampton and Birmingham have been cancelled and a bus replacement service between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury. National Rail are warning of problems until at least 5pm.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/transport/2024/10/12/car-crash-and-f...

Soulton Road in Wem was closed on Friday afternoon due to a car that had "collided with a push bike and a lamppost".

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/2024/10/...

On the afternoon of 4 October the Star reports that "A stretch of hedgerow was engulfed with flames during a car fire" near Preston Brockhurst. Did someone's barbecue get out of control, with the poor car an innocent passer-by? Hmmmm...

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/north-shropshire/wem/2024...

Edit to add (Sunday):  at 1.50pm on Saturday Police and Fire Service were called to Griffins Wood Close in Lightmoor, Telford where a car had reversed into a house. "Inspection carried out and advice given to occupier" but no word on whether the fuckwit driver was charged.

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Jogle | 3 weeks ago
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Man jailed over funeral home car crash murder bid

My takeaway from this is that he needs a better brief. This is the sort of sentence that someone should get when they use their car as a weapon but we all know that it doesn't happen. If he hadn't admitted it, I think he probably could have got away with a one year ban (for drink driving) and a suspended sentence (for careless driving).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5e9dqxzy5o

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Tom_77 | 3 weeks ago
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Japan heritage worker backs car into oldest toilet at Kyoto temple

A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan's cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country's oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple.

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Jogle | 3 weeks ago
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Newquay pub wall smashed to bits in hit and run crash

Finally an article that acknowledges that there was a driver. Unfortunately they have no idea who that driver is.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/newquay-pub-wall-smashed...

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David9694 | 2 weeks ago
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Woman seriously injured as car crashes into house in Exeter

A house was left structurally unsafe after car collided with it

"The force is not appealing for information from anyone who witnessed the crash, or who has dashcam footage of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to get in contact with police via 101."

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/woman-seriously-injured-car-cr...

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andystow | 2 weeks ago
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Wow! This is a place I go to a few times a year, but it's right across the parking lot from the pub I go to weekly.

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David9694 | 2 weeks ago
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Person injured after crash at Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/person-taken-to-hospital-af...

Range Rover plunges into Great Stour river near Ashford town centre

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/huge-emergency-response-as-car...

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David9694 | 2 weeks ago
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Car rammed into Argos in suspected attempted burglary

Police are asking witnesses to come forward

The force said it received a report at about 5.25am on Sunday 20 October 2024 that a light-blue Seat Salsa car had collided with the wall of the Argos store at the Peel Centre on Babylon Hill in Yeovil. The offenders fled the scene shortly afterwards.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/car-rammed-argos-suspe...

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David9694 | 2 weeks ago
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Live: Car crashes into building at Tiverton park

​BREAKING: Police have put a cordon in place

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-car-crashes-building-tive...

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the little onion | 1 week ago
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Not quite a building, but a car (no driver mentioned) takes out a bus shelter

 

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24677719.bus-stop-near-thorn...

 

Note - this bus stop is adjacent to the (in)famous Leeds-Bradford cycle "super"highway, which is a whopping 75cm wide at this point.

Not so much a case of a "floating bus-stop", as a "flying through the air bus-stop"

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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Repeat offender jailed after drink driving crash

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezj5lqxpzo

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David9694 | 6 days ago
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Hirsute | 5 days ago
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Dramatic CCTV images have shown the moment a drunk driver crashed into the gates of the prime minister's official country estate.

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In bollards we trust

https://news.sky.com/story/dramatic-cctv-shows-car-smash-into-prime-mini...

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Hirsute | 4 days ago
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Stop cyclists speeding in Regents Park

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"This is why you see those signs that say you shouldn't lock your bike to the railings..."

LOL

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David9694 | 4 days ago
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Live: Car crashes into Sainsbury's petrol station kiosk at The Willows

The forecourt is cordoned off

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-car-crashes-sainsburys-pe...

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David9694 | 3 days ago
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Offerton Lane Bridge crash will cost Canal and River Trust

Bridge strikes which have caused significant damage and impacted the bridge's structure have happened [in no particular order] on the following dates: 

March 7 2011
June 5 2014
February 25 2022 
June 7 2023
October 30 2024 

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24693673.offerton-lane-bridge-crash...

The owners of the lorry what done it have fessed up/ it was witnessed. 

There's a stream of consciousness comment I'll share here:

...that its a miss hap its not marshalls of eveshams fault yes it was one of there lorry's and one of there drivers he wont of been upto weight if only got pallets on probably trying to supply for a bonfire over the weekend trying to be helpful

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David9694 | 3 days ago
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Witness in shock after car crashes into Frinton restaurant

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24695763.witness-shock-car-crashes-f...

Shanti's restaurant in Frinton damaged after crash

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24694856.shantis-restaurant-kirby-cr...

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David9694 | 3 days ago
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An otherwise run-of-the-mill car hits barriers story given a bit of a boost by the advert attached to it: Jeremy Clarkson advert smashed by car at Coop supermarket

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24694864.jeremy-clarkson-advert-smashe...

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chrisonabike | 2 days ago
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Sadly it's not a building that a vehicle crashed into this time:

BBC wrote:

Streets in central Edinburgh were sealed off on Saturday evening in a major police operation after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3mxvvr7vro

EDIT totally out of place in this thread, apparently was a bus. Still no driver involved though...

BBC wrote:

Social media restraint plea as Edinburgh pedestrian killed by bus

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