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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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- Velo-drone 54 min 41 sec ago
Police Scotland have given me this as a reason for not proceeding with a report before.
- brooksby 1 hour 1 min ago
Out of interest: if you are travelling north/south through Worcester, what is the councils recommendation as a cycling route, if you can't use High...
- Velo-drone 1 hour 1 min ago
Is that response from the Met? I do get a different response from other forces, including City of London
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If you crash into a pizza store and overturn your car would the term for that be a "carzone"?
- Backladder 1 hour 36 min ago
Don't you go messing with our accident hotspots!
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This, although a) is ultimately pointless but also very satisfying.
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It's a shame you didn't read the instructions
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Self driving cars not realising a junction is there.
Cars crash into Aylesbury garden off 'scary' unlit HS2 bypass - BBC News
Not local to me. Very sadly an eight year old girl is dead. At her school.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/06/car-crashes-into-primary...
"Oh look another Land Rover driven by a dangerously stupid person."
https://twitter.com/gazza_d/status/1677588629240131584
The wankpanzer strikes again, this time in Sheffield. A short video by BBC Yorkshire with a cheerfully light-hearted caption. Thankfully no-one appears to have been injured.
Car crashes into...itself? Dramatic Devon crash as car flips onto its roof on busy main road
The road through Chudleigh was closed in both directions this evening after a car overturned onto its roof
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police told DevonLive: “At 6.12pm this evening, calls were made to police about a single vehicle road traffic collision where a car ended up on its roof."
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dramatic-devon-crash-car-flips...
Car crashes into wall at Eastbourne Church
A car has crashed into the wall at a historic church in Eastbourne today (Saturday, July 8)
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/transport/car-crashes-into-wall-at-...
Three people injured after car crashes into house in Arlesey High Street
Incident involved five vehicles
https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/people/three-people-injured-afte...
Wetherspoon issue update after car crashed into Bristol pub
Avon and Somerset Police confirmed a man has been released on police bail after being arrested in connection
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/wetherspoon-issue-update...
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/two-pedestrians-injured-ca...
Car crashes into pub - a roundup
LIVE: Car crashes into Golden Hind pub and road blocked as police on scene
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/live-plymouth-golden...
Car crashes into Kidderminster pub wall https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23178831.car-crashes-kidderminster-...
Police investigation after car crashes into wall outside Peterborough's Bluebell Pub
https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/police-investigation-after-car-...
Bentley Continental gtc crashes into The Kings Arms pub in Bexleyheath (picture)
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/bexley-and-bromley/news/200k-bentley-smashe...
Driver hits The Head of the River pub
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20589118.driver-hits-head-river-pub/
White Hart pub Braintree damaged after car crashes
https://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/23397949.white-hart-pub-b...
Shock as car crashes into pub after police pursuit
It’s not the first time The House in the Tree on the edge of Cheltenham has been hit
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/shock-car-cra...
Cyclist failing to stop at cycle path crossing causes BMW driver to crash!
(only joking, it was a drunk driver of course! But not bad reporting from the local rag and I had never appreciated that a traffic calming feature could double as a trap for drunk drivers. We also now know what the bar is for Thames Valley Police to take swift action!)
Man taken to hospital after car crashes into wall at Crediton flats
"The car appears to have failed to take the corner from East Street into Charlotte Street, demolishing a wall and saved from tipping over into a garden and footway by a granite pillar."
https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/999/man-taken-to-hospital-after-car...
More vehicle related incidents from the Shropshire Star.
- a scaffold lorry hit 3 cars and ended up on its side on the A49 south of Ludlow on Friday afternoon. 2 fire applicances, police and paramedics were all in attendance. [article]
- Heavy rain was "partly to blame" for 2 single-vehicle incidents on the A41 near Whitchurch on Saturday afternoon. [article]
- Four fire crews were sent out to a 2-car crash near Ratlinghope at 10.40pm on Friday.
- Ellesmere firefighters were called out at 12.30am on Saturday to a vehicle had flipped over onto its side in Northwood.
Speed checks in Edgmond near Newport on Sunday resulted in 9 drivers being reported for driving at excessive speed. [tweet]
- police, fire and ambulance crews were called out to a hatchback that had left the road and hit a tree just after midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning on the A458 near Much Wenlock. The driver "escaped with minor injuries".
- firefighters were called to a 2-car blaze in Telford at 02:20 this morning (Monday).
- 43 year old Daniel O'Driscoll had 8x the legal limit of Cocaine in his blood after being stopped in Welshpool in March. He was banned for 12 months. Meanwhile 31 year old Gurpreet Dhillon of Dalby Close, Telford was given a 3 year ban for cannabis in his blood which he claimed was ingested accidentally as he thought were homemade "protein brownies" in July 2019 (he had also been banned before). [article]
- Craig Lynas of Briarwood, Brookside, Telford, a "prolific criminal" with 192 offences on his record has avoided prison after being caught driving while disqualified an EIGHTH time. His 1-series BMW was uninsured and a roadside test proved positive for cocaine and cannabis. He had 48 previous convictions for 192 offences - 136 of which are driving matters. Banned for 3 years (as if it will make any difference). [article]
Local to me: they're not only driving themselves, they're now shooting at pedestrians!
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-police-vehic...
Screenshot in case non-US readers have trouble accessing.
Woman who's had three cars crash into her home this year calls for council to intervene
The council, she says, have told her nothing can be done because there haven't been any fatal injury collisions and the damage done so far has been to property.
Essex Highways said they are taking the incidents "seriously" and have started working to make the area safer.
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-11-25/woman-who-keeps-having-cars-c...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WPDvuTR8hHJiDBqy5?g_st=ic
car crashes into shop - a roundup
Car crashes into front of Aylesbury charity shop
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64598944
Two arrested after car crashes into Sedgley shop front
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66212257
Clacton: Car crashes into Home Bargains shop entrance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65701492
Car crashes into Acton fish and chip shop
https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/car-crashes-into-acton-fish-and-chip-shop/
Car crashes into front of Papa John’s in Twydall, Gillingham
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/car-crashes-through-papa-john-s...
Car crashes into shop in Knaresborough
https://thestrayferret.co.uk/car-crashes-into-shop-in-knaresborough/
Pick-up truck crashes into barber shop in Burslem
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66113646
Three people injured after car ploughs into Blacks outdoor store in Tunbridge Wells (picture)
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/three-injured-after-ca...
Tell me again about that e-scooter battery catching on fire
Firefighters called to car fire near David Lloyd Ringwood
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23668039.firefighters-called-car...
Firefighters called to car fire near Salisbury train station
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23671063.firefighters-called-car...
Not exactly a building where it ended up - will a football ground do?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66273898
Cheddar - I don't distinguish here between Tories and Brexit here - this is an example of how there is less money around and fairly minor costs, that in happier times were waived or absorbed are being passed on, a much harder line being taken. There is no reason why we have to accept the idea of everything getting steadily worse. Let's hope Festive Night comes back in 2024.
More relevant to this thread, it's just another example of the many costs that arise from cars that others have to meet or curtail their activities. One that will be played out up and down the land - it will of course get blamed on red tape, bureaucracy, etc.
Discussed before, the Royal British Legion seem to have settled an insurance claim where a Marshall was hit by a driver and my guess is the Cheddar event (below) is affected by the fallout.
This case, from 2018, is the one I think has brought all this about:
Appeal to help Army veteran hit by car at Remembrance Sunday parade
A Justgiving appeal to raise £10,000 has been launched to help Ade Stowell who was knocked down by a car in Studley
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fundraiser-army-vete...
Royal British Legion guidance
https://counties.britishlegion.org.uk/media/6540234/200821-remembrance-p...
3. On the day of the Parade, TRBL and its volunteers must not engage in the deployment, management or removal of any TTMO. This includes, for example, placing barriers, directing traffic or driving vehicles that are involved in the TTMO.
There are other candidates for what caused this and of course drivers continue to be drivers around war memorials and remembrance events:
Marshal struck by car during Remembrance Sunday parade
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/marshal-struck-car-duri...
Remembrance parade in Lower Gornal marred by crash
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11590264.remembrance-parade-in-lowe...
Forest of Dean road closed as four hurt in war memorial car crash https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/news/forest-of-dean-road-closed-as...
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/bmw-hits-glou...
Man, 85, dies after Remembrance Day crash in Pendle
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17226401.man-85-dies-remembra...
Blackburn ex-squaddie’s drink drive crash shame on Remembrance Day https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23199364.blackburn-ex-squaddi...
So anyway: Cars steal Cheddar festive night 2023
"The event, which has been running for over 20 years, sees crowds of thousands pack into Cliff Street for the festive extravaganza. The road is closed and shops open late. Stalls set up in the Cliff Street car park for the evening.
The tightening regulations mean the parish council needs to find additional volunteers to steward and marshall the road closures. Marshalls will also have to undergo training.
The costs of the event are also expected to increase. As well as the cost of the training, from next year Cheddar Parish Council will have to cover the costs of the administration of the road closures."
Village's festive night cancelled amid tightening safety regulations
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/villages-festive-night-cancelled...
Bl00dy Automotous Cars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-66277571
Small Plane Crashes into Roof of Texas Home
I know that this thread is about cars, but I thought that we also all needed to be aware of crashing autonomous planes. According to the article, this one had three passengers but no pilot.
https://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/98507-small-plane-crashes-int...
Lucky escape after car ploughs into front of Caldwells estate agents in High Street, Lymington
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/lucky-escape-after-car-ploughs...
Road set to close 'all weekend' after car smashes into city flats
The crash happened at the junction of Lifford Road and Pershore Road just after 6am today and has caused heavy traffic in the area all day
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/major-birmingham-roa...
Bugger. Perhaps he was trying to execute a doughnut? 🧥
There's discussion on this over on the Live Blog https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-6-july-2023-302361#block-...
I didn't think I'd be posting in this thread again so soon.
- police and fire crew called out to a car that a car that had "come to rest in a garden" on Ludlow Road in Bridgnorth at about 7pm on Monday evening. [article]
- "no injuries or arrests" after crash involving car and school bus at around 9.50am in Broseley this morning (Tuesday). "An image being shared by parents appeared to show the silver Ford on its side in front of the bus." [article]
No-one to blame, just one of those normal everyday occurrences, I guess... <shrug>
Automated defense system !
Why don't they just close the road to cars until they can make it safe?
Perhaps she was just living her adventure™.
The comments thread on the Fli Distribution article are reminiscent of a Li-ion battery fire. Goes on for days, will probably look like it's run its course and then flare up again before the road.cc staff brigade remove it.
But but entitled MAMILS and their planned road closures for half a day to play on their bikes though...
(Bonus points to you for the "hits building" and "trapped in their homes" mash-up!)
And now it's two dead. Why are these death machines allowed?
In whatever comes her way.
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