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Car flips - please post your local news stories
And there are points, which you can claim for your story. The person with the most points wins a table for four at The Farmer's Dog (second prize : two tablesđ«ą).
The scoring system will probably evolve, in fact suggestions for additional points can be made, but for starters:
Score one point for each of:
Clear picture of car on its roof or side
30 mph limit /residential road
Audi, BMW or "super-car"
Article doesn't mention a driver
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Teenager arrested after car flips over in crash on Rainham High Street near Otterham Quay Lane
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/boy-16-arrested-after-car-flips...
The dangers of driving tired have become abundantly clear to this Devizes motorist, who fell asleep driving home after a busy new years'
Driver rescued from overturned vehicle after Wiltshire crash
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24827313.driver-rescued-overturned...
A road in a Suffolk town centre is blocked after a car overturned in a crash.
Emergency services were called to Upper East Street in Sudbury at about 11.50am on Tuesday.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24825991.upper-east-street-sudbury-blocked-c...
I was watching the TV the other night and saw some wrong'un flip a van. There were even a load of little 'uns in the back
Flipping cars again https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24831955.car-flips-roof-crash-robin-d...
Video shows aftermath of BMW M5 crash into four other cars in Overy Street Car Park, between The Rose pub and Wickes in Dartford
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/bmw-flips-onto-roof-and-damag...
Person trapped after campervan flips in Devon crash
Multiple emergency services were called to the scene
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/person-trapped-after-campervan...
there you are just driving along listening to music, and your car flips into a ditch.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24852353.haverhill-teens-video-car-overturns...
Another rallying imitator
Show-off teen flipped car at 110mph on A53 leaving passenger seriously injured
James Crockford's driving was described 'like a rally driver without the experience'
The defendant - who had no licence and the car was insured, untaxed with no MOT - admitted driving at 100mph and believes he hit a verge.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/show-teen-flipp...
Three taken to hospital after car overturns in Tivoli Road, Margate
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/three-in-hospital-after-car-sma...
I wasn't entirely sure which of the threads to post this on, but as the car is upside down I've gone for this one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k5214vn6pt
Bonus video, and a police driver: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yr0z9r1ro
Police, firefighters and paramedics at Staffordshire smash as 4x4 left in ditch
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-firefigh...
(Driverless) Essex crash sees person trapped as car flips on side
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24927107.canvey-island-car-flipping-...
Dramatic Huddersfield crash as van flips onto the kerb
The van was thrown onto the kerb of Wakefield Road
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/dramatic-hudders...
Car flips after crash on Honicknowle Lane in Plymouth
Emergency services were at the scene
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-car-flips-after-crash-995...
Six-year-old's lucky escape as car flips in three-vehicle M6 crash
The child was not in a proper seat and banged their head
The photo garnered a strong reaction on social media from those who couldn't believe the child hadn't been in a car seat. One wrote: "It baffles me when a parent would put their childâs life at risk like that by even putting them in a car without any car seat!
or maybe not drive in a way that leads to your car overturning?
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/six-year-olds-l...
Mystery over upturned campervan in Brittany
Police in western France are investigating how a campervan ended up in an unusual position by the side of a road.
Officers were shocked to find the abandoned vehicle with the bonnet in a ditch and the back against overhead power lines near the city of Saint-Malo on Saturday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20evr9jnjo
Young driver reported after flipping car in Wiltshire high street
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/young-driver-flipping-car-high-street/
Car overturns in âvery scaryâ crash on Chippenham roundabout
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/car-overturns-scary-crash-chippenham/
Car hits stone wall and overturns in smash outside Wiltshire pub
A black estate car reportedly mounted the kerb, struck a stone wall and flipped onto its roof outside The White Hart pub.
A spokesperson for Atworth Parish Council said the the driver âmust have been doing more than 30mphâ.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/car-stone-wall-overturns-wiltshire-pub/
A338: Van flips over in crash on busy road
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24981719.a338-van-flips-crash-bus...
40 mph zone
Teen boy arrested after flipping car in countryside near Swindonâ
Following the smash, officers arrested the teenager on suspicion of careless driving, failing to stop, driving without insurance and without a licence.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/teen-boy-arrested-flipping-car/
Car overturns in Euston Road Portsmouth road in a single vehicle collision
Emergency services attended the scene to assist. Euston Road is a 20 miles per hour road which turns off from the top of the Eastern Road and has multiple speed bumps.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/
Driver hospitalised after flipping car onto roof in Swindon street
Emergency services raced to Whitworth Road at around 3.20am on Thursday (13 March) following reports of the single-vehicle road traffic collision.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/driver-flipping-car-roof-swindon-street/
City junction near the Boundary labelled dangerous by locals
Folk living and working near a city junction, who saw a car flipped on its side, say speeding and running red lights is making the area "accident-prone".
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25021154.city-junction-near-boundary-labell...
well,
"I just want to spread awareness about driving on that road in the ice."
Speed has nothing to do with it.
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How is it even possible to turn a car over on the road out of Ranton? This is a road I use often and is quite straight after the "climb" out of Ranton; thus, I have no idea how they did this..... going too fast/not taking care of what they are doing/driving like a prat?
A street view showing how straight the road is... https://maps.app.goo.gl/3yyweGKwDBxBbem46
She was dismissed so that's something perhaps uncommon for the police... No driving ban though, it was just careless (even though she'd lied about the cause - presumably the courts just ascribed that to "trying to keep job").
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