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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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Back when a ram-raid hit Wetherspoon pub Lord Arthur Lee in Fareham
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24922718.back-ram-raid-hit-wetherspoon-...
I think my favourite aspect of this is how it all happened at 10.20 am
Fresh calls for relief road after lorry hits George Inn in Leeds
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24922718.back-ram-raid-hit-wetherspoon-...
under what logic do you get from bad driver behaviour to still more roads? (See also: Portswood Broadway/ buggy hit in DatP)
Dawlish driver suffered seizure before smashing into wall
He was only 20 minutes away from the motorway
A motorist who smashed into a wall after suffering a seizure at the wheel has vowed never to drive again. Mark Garwood crashed into the boundary of a residential property in Dawlish.
A check on the police national computer revealed his licence had previously been revoked due to his epilepsy and he should not have been driving. Garwood told a court he thought he was safe and legal to drive but the crash had made him think again.
The judge accepted it was not a deliberate decision to breach the rules
and fined him £160.
Deputy district judge Peter Donnison said: "I find you are genuinely remorseful and this arose more out of oversight than a deliberate decision to breach the rules. You recognise the error you made on that night."
The judge did not disqualify Garwood and added three penalty points. His licence is still revoked.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-driver-suffered-seizur...
Minehead Town Council warns toilet block to be closed again for safety issue work
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/minehead-town-council-warns-toilet-block-to-...
Minehead Summerland Road car park toilet repairs to finish by end of February
The Summerland Road Car Park toilets suffered significant structural damage when a car crashed into the building last October, resulting in a temporary closure.
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/minehead-summerland-road-car-park-toilet-rep...
Driver in a Citroen travelling at 70mph crashes into the front of a house in Canterbury Road, Faversham at 5.30am on Sunday.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/miracle-anyone-walked-away-f...
Meanwhile a Mini driver gets stuck in sand dunes at Newborough, Anglesey, where wind-blown sand had built up near the exit of the car park (though knowing the site well, I don't know why they didn't just go out the same way they came in).
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/trips-breaks/car-left-stranded-gian...
Dorset trains: Crash between Wool and Weymouth stations
The crash happened between the Wool and Weymouth line on Friday evening, February 14 and left the fencing and equipment ruined.
Dorset Police said a white Mercedes had crashed into the level crossing barrier in Lewell Road, near Crossways.
Earlier, a man driving the Mercedes stopped to assist after coming across two men by a silver Ford Focus.
It appeared their vehicle had either broken down or been involved in a collision.
Police said the two men then removed the Mercedes driver from his car and attempted to drive off in the vehicle, before colliding with a barrier at a level crossing.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24938067.dorset-trains-crash-wool...
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Recap: Deansway crash sees car hit into wall in Worcester
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24943188.recap-deansway-crash-sees-...
Driver and passenger flee after smashing parked car into wall in Cheltenham
They ran off after causing catastrophic damage with a Mazda Tamura
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/driver-passen...
Person trapped after car crashes into wall
Police, paramedics and firefighters were sent
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/person-trapped-after-c...
Driver crashes car into school gates in Cambridge
The driver was allegedly almost four times the legal limit when police tested his breath
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/driver-crashes-car-...
Salisbury Shopmobility to reopen after car crashed into wall
25th February
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24959480.salisbury-shopmobility-...
The initial account of this was so driverless and even car-less, I didn't post it.
‘Structural damage’ forces Salisbury Shopmobility to close
20th February
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24951831.structural-damage-force...
Audi becomes wedged at top beauty spot in New Forest
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24972574.audi-becomes-wedged-top-...
A363 Bradford on Avon: 'Five cars' crash near golf club
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24971128.a363-bradford-avon-five-c...
but don't worry it's not the drivers' fault as it's water run-off across the road
Car smashes into chippy
Cadent Gas is at the scene after the crash caused a gas leak
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/car-smashes-into-chi...
Road remains closed after car crashes and flips into garden
The damaged car remains in a front garden covered by blue tarpaulin
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/road-remains-closed-...
Driver crashed into garden wall with two children in car
A police spokesman said the incident was "not being dealt with as a police matter"
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/driver-crashed-garde...
Car crashes outside Poundland in Abingdon town centre
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24978238.car-crashes-outside-poundland...
Someone in the comments speculates that it's an unmarked police car, which would go some way to explaining why it's in a pedestrian precinct. Picture is from Google, being the nearest I could get to the scene.
Morrisons supermarket car park cordoned off after car crash
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25002751.morrisons-supermarket-car-park-...
Emergency services responded to reports that a car had been driven into Nationwide on Castle Street at 2pm.
There are no reported injuries but the driver is being supported by the ambulance service.
From Facebook, so John from Melksham says "hope everyone is ok"
Today at around noon, a vehicle was driven into the pool area of Club Fit on North State Road in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Thankfully no one was injured. While we do encourage car pooling, this is not what we had in mind. Have a safe weekend.
Car crashes into lifting bridge
Lifting bridge reopened after car incident
A lifting bridge in Dorset has been reopened following an earlier closure to traffic.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council posted on X, external that Poole Bridge at Poole Quay was damaged after a car hit it on Wednesday evening.
Police said the the crash happened at about 18:16 GMT.
The local authority said repair works had been carried out during the morning and the bridge has now reopened.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c757x4ldwqeo?
driverless, car-less...
Oxfordshire leisure centre emergency closure after 'crash'
Staff at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Cherwell Drive, Banbury announced it's [SIC] closure in the morning.
In a notice online, a spokesperson for the centre said: "Spiceball Leisure Centre will remain closed until at least tomorrow lunchtime (Monday, March 17), when we will be in a better position to know if the centre can reopen.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25011836.oxfordshire-leisure-centre-em...
The headline in the rabidly anti cycling guardian was similar.
I agree, you have to get to the fourth paragraph before there is any indication that another human being was involved in the incident.
Did you make that screenshot, and then save it, upload it, and think "that's exactly what I was going for?"
That's art.
Wrong thread - this is the car crashes into building thread, not the car crashes into tree one.
Looks to me like they crashed into a "give way" sign
How can that possibly not be a deliberate decision?
Judges are just making a mockery of the laws around driving if they will accept people driving whilst being disqualified and being a clear danger to other people.
(By the way, your link is a bit mangled - should be https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-driver-suffered-seizure-before-9938537)
Pfff! Garstang was way ahead with this radical new redevelopment technique. Last April, car and Gents totalled- now re-opened
Car crash in The Butts in Worcester but driver not a scene
A Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "One crew from Worcester Fire Station was called at 2.41am on February 18 to an RTC into a building at The Butts, Worcester.
"A car had left the road, mounted the pavement and hit the corner of a building.
"Fire Service personnel made the vehicle safe and left the incident with police."
No arrests have been made.
A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: "A call was received around 4:20am this morning (18 February) with a report of a road traffic collision at The Butts, Worcester.
"Officers arrived at the scene to find one car had collided with a property.
"The occupants of the vehicle had left the area before officers arrived and enquiries are now on going."
It was the second car to crash into a wall in Worcester on the same day as another one hit a wall on Deansway less than five hours later.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24948012.car-crash-butts-worcester-...
"Catastrophic damage". To a wall. One wonders what adjective they would have reached for if it had been a person.
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