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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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bad enough for an ambulance to attend. Compare and contrast:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/health/heart-attack-victims-bristol-l...
I'm not half the van I used to be.
Hmm, no easy access to vehicles anywhere near there so I wonder how long they were driving along the canal path before that happened. Still near the lost city and within the Tipton Triangle so all sorts of weirdness happens there.
Road past the Berkswell bridge today. It is barely high enough for an ordinary transit van. It is essentially a tunnel under the Birmingham New Street to Euston line and the road can't be lowered because of flooding. It has advanced warning signs and height measuring sensors s linked to automatic warning signs, and then it is plastered in high Viz. Still a driver always knows best, aye?
Edit: came across that this was a replacement for a level crossing installed in 2004, so is actually modern infrastructure - I vaguely remember it being built now I think back. I'm guessing there are quite a few 7' bridges around on that basis, must remember that when I've next got a bike rack on.
Lesser known cousin of the Bermuda Triangle?
The Bilston Triangle. Dozens of reports over years of Audis, Volvo XCs, BMWs and Range Rovers disappearing inexplicably. You couldn't make it up.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-63694291
The dumping of three cars in canals within a week could cost a charity around £30,000.
I don't doubt no. 7 is on there - it's a dastardly 7' bridge, single narrow lane, signal controlled and funneled in by downhill stretches from both sides. It's probably not higher because Berkswell is a properly sleepy village.
So it's true about the Bilston Triangle
Not car hits building but the perils of drink driving
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/traffic/tractor-and-car-crash-at-raf-mildenh...
Air ambulance called as car crashes into Grantham home
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/car-crashes-into-house-9276174/?e...
Rare £2.5m Ferrari Enzo badly damaged after smashing into Honda and skidding off road
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rare-25m-ferrari-enzo-badly-28124975
I normally only post articles where the word driver isn't mentioned. Sometimes it seems like the writers go out of their way to not mention a driver. This one is different; not only do they mention a driver, they blame them.
Driver flips car on busy Derbyshire dual-carriageway
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/driver-flips-car-busy-d...
Bus gets wedged after collision with Somerset railway bridge
The tyres had to be deflated to get it out
hey! there are some people pretty active in that part of the world that could help with the tyres. Is there some sort of Bat Signal that could be shone to summons them?
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bus-gets-wedged-after-...
Driver falls into hole in road after failing to notice it because he was high
One man has been arrested
here you go, Jogle, no car involved!
https://twitter.com/2wheelsgoodBrum/status/1576643722632044544
Somewhere near west midlands cycle hire (or maybe the Hyatt Hotel in Birmingham)
Andrew Toms Car Sales owner smashed into wall and failed to stop
Andrew Toms entered a guilty plea in court
Toms admitted being the driver of a white Mini which, on Southdown Road in Sticker on the day in question, was involved in an accident which caused damage to a property’s boundary wall and then he subsequently failed to stop.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/andrew-toms-car-sales-ow...
Driver hospitalised after A303 car blaze as vehicle collides with derelict building
Three fire crews from Mere, Tisbury and Shaftesbury attended the scene
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/driver-hospitalised-after...
The driver drove past a number of road closure signs and reportedly moved a barrier before sinking his car into the freshly poured concrete.
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/transport/driver-sinks-car-into-concrete-afte...
Crash in Poole pub car park caught on CCTV
The pub car park - I've long seen these a contradiction in terms. I would not want to have sold the alcohol to someone that led to someone else getting hurt. Glad the wall intervened this time.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23032933.crash-poole-pub-car-park...
Delays after car crashes into town centre bollards
As always #NoDriverInvolved
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/traffic/delays-after-car-crashes-into-bolla...
Householders worried about collisions in Malmesbury on Gloucester Road
A whole article about the problems with buildings being hit and trying to stop it happening but not a single mention of the only thing that can stop it happening; the drivers!
https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/23036278.multiple-collisions-ma...
Sheffield Children’s Hospital crash: Car leaves road and crashes into hospital
First they go for our houses, now self driving cars are going for our hospitals!
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-children...
Another of those feral cars:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/avon-ring-road-crash-ped...
Youth of today, I guess.
Driver killed and four hurt in crash
A man has died in a serious crash in Rowley Regis
Four others were hurt when the Mercedes crashed into a wall
Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cek2np79m9ko
TBF, they do admit there was a driver eventually when explaining who was the fatality.
CAR CRASHES INTO TREES IN FRESHWATER
This is getting worse; not only are self-driving cars crashing, they're now trapping innocent occupants inside!
https://www.iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-news/car-crashes-into-trees...
Car crashes into front of shop on main Nottingham road
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/car-crashes-front-sh...
"and that's why e-scooters should be banned", says no-one (so far) in the article comments. If ever this thread of ours had a point beyond the "share the road" gallows humour, maybe it's a story like this one.
Two women lark about on an e scooter late at night, hit a wall, fall over - The End. As Jenni remarks, no fire brigade cutting them free, no builder to shore up a hole, no tow truck, ambulance or police.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/best-friends-plough-esc...
Speeding hit-and-run driver sends car crashing head-on into Edgbaston's grade II listed church
The badly damaged blue vehicle was seen mangled in the side of St George's Church after a collision with a 'speeding hit-and-run driver
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/speeding-hit-run-dri...
SKODA CRASHES INTO PARKED CAR ON RYDE’S MARLBOROUGH ROAD
It's sounds like a dangerous road
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/skoda-crashes-into-parked-car-on-rydes-marl...
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