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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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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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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"
Repeat offender jailed after drink driving crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezj5lqxpzo
Car crashes into water at Rockley Point, Poole
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24687386.car-crashes-water-rockle...
Dramatic CCTV images have shown the moment a drunk driver crashed into the gates of the prime minister's official country estate.
In bollards we trust
https://news.sky.com/story/dramatic-cctv-shows-car-smash-into-prime-mini...
Stop cyclists speeding in Regents Park
"This is why you see those signs that say you shouldn't lock your bike to the railings..."
LOL
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...
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
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...
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...
Sadly it's not a building that a vehicle crashed into this time:
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...
like rain on your wedding day...
Local papers getting worse, this doesnt even mention that it was a car that crashed into the wall and a parked car (which I suspect is the car in the picture) let alone there was a driver at fault
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24704029.walls-car-damaged-brunswick-...
Carnage on the school run as residents rush from homes to 'sound of scraping metal'
'I think there's probably a lot of kids that went to school in shock'
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/car...
Lorry destroys Chinese takeaway and damages pub in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury. The family at the takeaway are now homeless and have lost their business.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/11/family-running-chinese-ta...
Just a matter of hours later another HGV hits an overhead power line on a diversion route in the same village.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/11/another-incident-sees-lor...
Scrolling down today's Shropshire Star headline it seems that it is quite a couple of days of it...
A high powered BMW ploughed into a home in Ketley, Telford at around 10.30 am on Sunday, badly damaging a corner of the house. Hurrying to pay their respects a Remembrance parade, perhaps? Should be made to drive a restricted little 2-door car for a while.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/10/bmw-car-smashes-into-hous...
An update with more pics here.
Fire crews were sent to the A41 near Hinstock after a car hit a tree shortly before 1pm today.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2024/11/11/car-hits-tree-emergency-s...
Two cars hit a barrier in Lawley this morning, though details are suspiciously sparse:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/2024/11/11/cars-h...
FOR FUCK'S SAKE!
Car crashing into Colchester Co-op sees two hospitalised
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24719022.car-crashing-colchester-co-...
Correct bollard spacing is crucial.
#WorldBollardAssociation
Arrest after motorist crashes into shop in Sittingbourne High Street and Raja of Kent Indian Restaurant in High Halden, near Ashford
Following the incident, officers from the Kent Roads Policing Unit said on X: “This one clearly is not cut out for a life of crime. Having unsuccessfully rammed into a shop, the vehicle was sighted.
“A pursuit lasted only six seconds before he lost it on the first bend and got stuck.”
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/car-crashes-into-indian-restau...
Disappointed it wasn't a Honda
How is that even possible? It's a suburban street - traffic cannot proceed too quickly because of the road layout and parked cars; it's a modern car - packed full of safety features to allow the driver to maintain stability and control; the driver (not mentioned in the news item) will have earned their driving licence after instruction and rigorous testing; their skill validated by being covered by motor insurers.
How the FUCK do you do that?
He's reversed it in. Here's the location:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4398212,-2.0038656,3a,75y,316.13h,73.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7pD80IuaueHbtwMsSZFmng!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwMi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
She was just taking her car in for a service
Good grief - do they mean it might be £150,000-plus-plus?
Well, if it's not one thing, it's anattā
There has to be a certain level of desperation in the lives of unsuccessful Argos ram raiders.
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