[David9694]

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-store-westbourne/

‘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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[ktache]

All the way through. Shows

All the way through. Shows determination.

[Hirsute]

A car crashed through a

A car crashed through a supermarket “double wall” in a small Essex town, and one resident says it was “unbelievable”.

A driver at the Asda in Church Road, Tiptree, crashed through a brick wall last Wednesday morning shortly before 10am.

[David9694]

wtjs wrote:

wtjs wrote:

Stealth Weather, Stealth Water and Stealth Leaves, but they forgot the excuse that it was already getting dark at 3pm

and I don’t suppose the garage had lights 

[wtjs]

Stealth Weather, Stealth
Stealth Weather, Stealth Water and Stealth Leaves, but they forgot the excuse that it was already getting dark at 3pm

[David9694]

Pagham homes evacuated after

Pagham homes evacuated after car crashes into gas substation

Six flats and one house have been evacuated, WSFRS said. Residents have been transferred to Pagham Church Hall.

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/emergency-incident/pagham-homes-evacuated-after-car-crashes-into-gas-substation-5414011

[David9694]

Woman hits garage after

Woman hits garage after ‘losing control’ of car during ‘grim’ weather

‘The weather was grim, standing water and lots of leaves.’

A black Mazda left the road, smashing into a garage. The vehicle returned to the carriageway, rolling along the road before it came to a stop.

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/woman-garage-control-grim-weather/

[Hirsute]

Crash after police pursuit
Crash after police pursuit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckg1k6ej5lyo

Already disqualified.

[David9694]

Hirsute wrote:

One for 

https://road.cc/content/forum/drivers-and-their-problems-296315

Ah, scope and jurisdiction of CCIB.  Came here to post the below story – but first:

The main arguments around car crashes into tree are:

it’s not a building, but it is a visible, fixed, solid object – i.e. it is predictable – heaven help us unpredictable and squishy vulnerable road users 

The article is classic “#driverless”

it’s a 30 mph housing estate; maybe it’s all Storm Claudia’s fault? 

I tend not to feature stories where there’s been injury to the car occupants

I don’t regularly Google for news stories, but it doesn’t disappoint when I do a round-up every now and again. 

A good bystander comment helps: 2 tonnes of scrap car parts dumped on a road: “definitely a tip-up lorry of some sort” is classic Police Chief Wiggum territory.  “It was like a bomb going off” – like you know what that is – is another old familiar. 

A good photo, e.g. the Range Rover sticking out of Tesco’s points-up the absurdity of all this. A car that’s left the road and gone into water could be good too.  

And I’m going to retire to Cornwall or Wales, learn the cornet so I can play a selection from  https://www.yorkshirecorpsofdrums.com/Bugle%20Calls.html as someone’s “fun” car succumbs to the incoming tide. I’m sure the guy who already does that somewhere could use the help. Even “Defaulters” sounds quite jaunty. See also https://www.yorkshirecorpsofdrums.com/images/Cyclists.jpg

Someone’s got to the job of fishing that out of the River Nairn, perhaps emperil themselves to look for the occupants – one of the many things the driver lobby is silent about. 

Clearly we have to draw a line somewhere on the column  – with 30,000 KSIs every year (averaging 80 a day) that’s quite a lot of local news stories, to say nothing of the countless non-injury incidents the £11.7 bn motor insurance industry deals with (the article doesn’t separate out theft and fire claims). £1.9 bn on vehicle repairs. 

https://www.abi.org.uk/news/news-articles/2025/2/motor-claims-hit-record-11.7-billion-in-2024/  There’s a fair bit to like in their 10 point wish list https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/files/subject/public/motor/2024/motor-insurance-affordability-roadmap.pdf

Car crashes into tree in Swindon as two people rushed to hospital

What caused the crash is unclear at this stage.

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/car-crashes-tree-swindon-hospital/

Sounds like they bounced off the tree on the left of the mouth of Harlech Close and into to the greenery on other side: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NKc3KHLobA5oAA5X7?g_st=ipc

[David9694]

Hirsute wrote:

Tesco express closes 

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/25621391.colchester-tesco-shop-evacuated-car-crashes-wall/?ref=cprfa

Hard to understand how they got there, as if on the main road, they’d have had to be in the bus lane or jumped over the reservation. Coming along the side road seems even more unclear.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/V3Hi72RxLGqSvwaM8

my guess would be a bit of WhatsApp gap going on here – driver didn’t spot stationary traffic ahead and veered left into Tesco’s to avoid a rear-end shunt.  

[wtjs]

got wires crossed regarding
got wires crossed regarding the type of car, thought wtjs was responding to Hirsute’s Range Rover in the Tesco story
Presumably, the Shyster Defence lawyer will be introducing the Medical Episode dodge soon, to avoid being accused of negligence.

[Hirsute]

One for 

One for 

https://road.cc/content/forum/drivers-and-their-problems-296315

[NotNigel]

You’d have thought with the

You’d have thought with the person suffering said medical episode that they would have been taken to the hospital as a precaution…

And is there some link with the types of cars these people are driving and ‘medical episodes’ they suffer..?

edit:  got wires crossed regarding the type of car, thought wtjs was responding to Hirsute’s Range Rover in the Tesco story.

 

[HLaB]

Not quite a building but

Not quite a building but

“Car goes into River Nairn after crashing off Highlands road – BBC News”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly15veeqr2o

[wtjs]

In the same way that motor

In the same way that motor vehicle collisions should not be reported as ‘accidents’, ‘medical episodes’ should be described as ‘claimed’

[wtjs]

Fingerpost: Car crashes into

Fingerpost: Car crashes into shop as driver suffers ‘medical episode’

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said that the driver crashed into the shop following a “medical episode”.The driver is also reported to have suffered minor injuries in the collision, but did not need to be taken to hospital.

Residents reported spotting the emergency services and an air ambulance attempting to land in nearby fields, which is believed to have been called as a precaution.

Looks like the full set: bogus medical episode excuse for motor vehicle collision now being deployed routinely, and immensely wasteful use of air and road ambulance resources for an offending driver who just went off home.

[Author]

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