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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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- Daclu Trelub 54 min 59 sec ago
How does Mr Lucy tell you he's a bit of an arsehole without telling you he's a bit of an arsehole?
- Daclu Trelub 58 min 39 sec ago
Of course they are, and not so different. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09B662CDN?crid=34M42BETAMFT0&th=1 The bugger's got four versions up now!
- squidgy 1 hour 15 min ago
At least the van driver was nowhere near the stationary cyclist.
- OldRidgeback 1 hour 18 min ago
The BMX racers are also no longer being supported. Kye Whyte said he's lost his GT sponsorship. It also looks like GT will no longer make BMX bikes.
- hawkinspeter 2 hours 7 min ago
The people causing traffic jams complaining about the traffic jams
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Lisa Townsend very much views her police role through a political lens....
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Museum thread, but hey. I had one of these, before I saw this review. And it's spot on. The review, not the bike. I put up with it for a couple...
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Herefordshire grandmother's fear after car crash in garden
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24383873.herefordshire-grandmothers-f...
Drone photos reveal scale of lorry’s canal crash in rural Wiltshire
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/drone-photos-lorry-crash-burbage/
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/lorry-careers-canal-wiltshire-road-closed/
Happy 2.5k, thread.
Most of the reports are "Car crashes into ..." whereas we know the vehicle is innocent. They should say "Driver steers their car into ..."
It's a bit like "Cyclist fractures their arm when hit by a car" - the cause (and blame) gets transferred by the traditions of our language.
GP fears house in Old Dover Road, Canterbury, could collapse into road after being struck three times in 18 months
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/the-whole-house-could-colla...
(standard set of "why did you buy it then?" comments.)
Eastleigh bin store still unfixed after crash two weeks ago
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24398765.eastleigh-bin-store-still-unfi...
Car crashes into Hereford's Belmont Medical Centre
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24400120.car-crashes-herefords-belmon...
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24401843.belmont-medical-centre-updat...
Our soltice ride took us through a tiny village in Nottinghamshire only to find a road closed by an act of god
The consequence of this single vehicle 'accident'
saw us having to divert along the Granthan canal path and to make up time folk totally smashed it and smashed me at around 125miles I blew up, goodness knows how I managed the 35miles home. I'm blaming the sun burn and not the pace lol 
Accident closes village road (granthammatters.co.uk)
https://granthammatters.co.uk/accident-closes-village-road/
Car crashes into building on Milford Street - updates
The red Honda Jazz hit a white 2023 Mercedes before reversing at speed into the estate agent's building.
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24406831.car-crashes-building-mi...
Woman arrested after car smashes into special school causing 'structural damage'
A woman in her 40s was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving
One concerned parent shared: "My child goes to this school, and the phone call I got from him crying scared as anything, I don't wish that on any off you, this is a special school with kids with special needs think what impact this has had on them."
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/woman-arreste...
Police and ambulance crews called after car crashes into house in Chequer Tree Farm Road, Mersham
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/emergency-services-called-afte...
Van plunges into river from slipway
There were reports of a person in the water and then the van was found fully submerged
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/van-plunges-river-slipwa...
Two seriously injured as car crashes into bar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nglg8ydp2o
Homeowner calls for safety improvements at junction near Mersham as car smashes into house
(follow-up story)
A worried homeowner fears someone could be killed after a car ploughed into her property for the second time in less than six months.
Grandmother-of-three Jenny Garrard was upstairs in her four-bed house near Mersham, Ashford, on Wednesday afternoon when she heard an "explosion".
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/cars-keep-smashing-into-my-hou...
Must be an old one but
should have used them
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Police search for occupants who fled after car hit Bradford house
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2024-05-21/cctv-shows-moment-occupants...
Driver arrested after car crashes into house
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx02py4j1x8o
Man injured and property damaged after taxi crashes into house in Cardiff
Photos from the scene show part of the brick work of the property collapsing after the crash
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-injured-property-damag...
Egerton villager action call after car crashes into house
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24205665.egerton-villager-cal...
Police issue statement after car crashes into house in Derbyshire town
No one was injured following the incident
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/police-issue-statement-...
Car crashes into historic Stoke-on-Trent pub
Emergency services rushed to the scene in the early hours (picture)
Just before 12.30am this morning (Thursday 13 June), we got a call to Shelton New Road following reports of a blue BMW colliding with a derelict pub.
https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/staffordshire/news/car-crashes-histor...
So excited to find this I am posting from work, this one made the anti-cyclist Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/04/listed-derbyshir...
And trying really hard to not see todays result, managed so far...
Of course, quietish news day...
" Are these those “floating bus stops” that I keep hearing about? If so, yes I agree with that fake “blind” charity, these things are bloody dangerous "
Not quite a building but who woulda thought it:
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24435787.oxford-bmw-car-stuck-botley-r...
Driver taken to hospital after BMW ploughs into front of house in Williton
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/driver-taken-to-hospital-after-bmw-ploughs-i...
All we know about car crash into Morrisons in Romsey
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24444001.morrisons-shopfront-destroyed-...
Totton pensioners devastated after car crashes into front wall
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24444007.totton-pensioners-devastated-c...
Male reverses into a brick wall during road rage incident
Attempted victim circled in yellow
https://x.com/ES_News_/status/1813122974335066470
there was significant damage to the building which affected a ground floor and first floor flat. Both affected residents have been moved into guest rooms at nearby sheltered housing scheme and offered food vouchers.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24461923.leigh-car-ploughed-side-she...
Car crashed into war memorial
An occasional route of mine is past the church at West Wellow where Florence Nighingale is buried - I stopped there this week, noticing this memorial stone on the grass bank leading up to the church.
I haven't quite managed to piece this one together from online sources.
The church is a peaceful spot up a track off a narrow country road - I don't think whatever happened in 1984 happened here as the memorial is shown on the 1950s map in its current location (and not at the church) - see NLS link. The warmemorialsonline site seems to be saying that the church was the original site, though. Can't quite reconcile that with the wording atop the old plaque in the picture. Most online information about the church focuses on the Florence Nightingale aspect.
The Hampshiresarmemorials image shows it much closer to the road than now and the Wiltshire OPC account talks it being moved, maybe moved back a few feet, in 2007. Anyway, cars.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.7&lat=50.97559&lon=-1.57876&lay...
https://hampshirewarmemorials.com/HantsIndexesWW2/places/places_w/West%2...
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/101315
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/1025
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/West%20Wellow/West%20Wellow%20-%20...
Live: Crab van crushes road closure sign and smashes into wall
Pictures from the scene show the front of the van smashed up
"We serve anyone, Madam"
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/live-crab-van-crushes-ro...
Going a bit off-topic here:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/train-crashes-falls-homes-garage-214700501.html
The CSX locomotive reportedly jumped the rail at about 8:15 a.m. Monday, striking a garage behind the home located at 3272 Seneca Ave. Emergency response crews from CSX, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Niagara Falls police and fire departments remained on the scene throughout the day as they worked to remove the train engine and to clean up diesel fuel that spilled onto the property and into the nearby street.
It's not the first time the same property was involved in a similar situation. In the 1970s, a train hit the garage behind the same house.
Lorry crash in Westbury A350 damaged family houses
Before crashing, the lorry travelled on the pavement for an estimated 80 feet leaving tyre marks. Ambulance, police and fire crews all attended.
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24471931.lorry-crash-westbury-a350...
Car crashes into betting shop in Wiltshire high street
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24477366.car-crashes-betting-shop-...
What are the chances?? It would seem the white car pictured was shunted by another driver under, the influence.
Car crashes into Wat Tyler pub in Dartford High Street
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/car-crashes-into-historic-tow...
Man suffers significant injuries after crashing into wall in Westbury
A car is understood to have ploughed into a wall near Jefferies Car Centre on Headquarters Road.
A man, aged in his 30s, was taken by land ambulance to the Major Trauma Centre at Southmead Hospital in Bristol for further treatment.
The man sustained significant injuries, described as “potentially life changing” by Wiltshire Police.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/man-significant-injuries-crash-wall/
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24486357.driver-seriously-injured-...
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