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After the suspected drink-driver above, here's one suspected to have been under the influence of drugs, and who in that state killed a toddler:
Drug-driving has become an increasingly common factor, and you see it mentioned in crash reports all the time.
One of the adults accompanying the child is also in critical condition.
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I study a lot of crashes, but it's been a long time since I've found one so upsetting as this one.
It makes me absolutely sick.
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A bad crash in Stamford Hill, one person in a life-threatening condition:
The Standard has CCTV footage, which I haven't watched, but as ever, don't watch if you don't like people getting hit.
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/stamford-hill-car-mounts-pavement-6714358
It was here:
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Another article on it with a witness appeal:
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime/police-appeal-after-stamford-hill-collision-6734704
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An unusual crash in New York, with nine injuries, serious in the driver's case.
https://invidious.kavin.rocks/watch?v=5_LbEgROkG0
I imagine that if this had not been an articulated bus, it could have been much worse. It seems that with the rear end still up on the overpass, the effect of the crash was less serious for those in the front end.
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Here's a tragic, sudden, and completely unnecessary death of a pedestrian who was killed by a driver while crossing at the north end of Battersea Bridge (junction of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea Embankment, Battersea Bridge, and Beaufort Street). RIP Jack Ryan.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/jack-ryan-battersea-bridge-london-death-b899999.html
(I have no idea if this was a factor in the death, but the longstanding problem with this junction is the complete absence of proper pedestrian crossings. There are only narrow strips marked out without a pedestrian signal phase. It looks as if it hasn't been touched for decades, which is strange, as this is such a glaringly obvious problem. I wonder what the blockage is. Obviously, it shouldn't take a death to cause action, but unfortunately that's often what happens.)
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So, yeah, now it seems that action will be taken. It's not even a difficult scheme, but the sort that's been installed at hundreds of other London junctions.
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Motorway pile-ups are among the most horrible crashes. Here's one in Texas, with a currently-confirmed death toll of five, but it's possible that this may increase:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/11/texas-interstate-crash-fort-worth
Not a place you readily associate with winter storms and freezing rain, but of course it's a big state with a variety of climates, and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, temperatures can drop below zero in winter:
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TfL have announced that they plan to introduce three pedestrian crossings at the junction where ^^^ a pedestrian was killed recently. It seems that they don't plan to introduce a crossing on the Chelsea Embankment arm of the junction, and as usual they plan to ban at least one turn at the junction to 'enable' this (my guess is that there will eventually two banned turns, but I hope I'm wrong). Banned turns are always a bad idea and are only implemented by designers because of motor traffic capacity concerns.
I'm sure the death reminded TfL of this junction, and it's really quite amazing that it's still in the state it has been in for decades. As said in the article, it should have been modernised a long time ago. While the proposed scheme sounds like an improvement, based on these few details, they should definitely install crossings on all four arms.
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Similar to that toddler death up there there was a horrible incident recently near to me, the A10 near Waterbeach, Cambs, a collision between a van and a car caused the van to leave the road and strike a mother pushing a pram.
That car in the house up there reminds me of that junction in Walthamstow on Forest Road, opposite the Lord Palmerston, where I saw a local man (I know where he parks) in a BMW M3 floor it away from the lights, winding up power and losing traction, causing him to swerve up the road and nearly plough into a group of people on the school run. I hope he took pause after that.
I’ve never seen such poor, dangerous and inconsiderate driving in my entire life as I did in E17.
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Similar to that toddler death up there there was a horrible incident recently near to me, the A10 near Waterbeach, Cambs, a collision between a van and a car caused the van to leave the road and strike a mother pushing a pram.
That is unspeakably sad. Warning: Extremely upsetting:
https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/funeral-for-baby-killed-in-his-pram-7325746
RIP little Louis.
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Well, there is a 'motor vehicles crashing into buildings thread', but it's already been posted there.
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Here's a really horrible fatal crash in which someone was run over in a short cul-de-sac in Mitcham while the driver of the scaffolding lorry was apparently looking for somewhere to park:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mitcham-crash-lorry-linden-place-b924276.html
If you look where this is on the map, you wouldn't imagine that someone would be killed by a driver there:
The lorry stopped at the scene. Its driver and two other passengers were seen exiting the vehicle and crying at the roadside following the collision, witnesses said.
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“One male was arrested for the offence of driving while under the influence of drink or drugs.”
RIP unknown victim.
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The victim of the Mitcham crash has been named as Louis Alger. However, this reporting now suggests that the crash took place on London Road, not in Linden Place, which is much more likely. Linden Place was probably only given as the nearest junction to the crash site. RIP Louis Alger.
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A possible police chase may be related to this crash, in which one car occupant died:
An investigation has been launched into whether police were actively pursuing a car that crashed into a lamppost, killing one woman and injuring four others.
The 19-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday, was one of five women in a Vauxhall Astra which overturned in Streatham, south London, in the early hours of Sunday.
Two other women sustained serious injuries, while the other two suffered minor wounds, as the car crashed into a lamppost in Greyhound Lane at around 4.30am.
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It's most likely that she would have been running along the footway, which is unusually continuous along the A367. The driver may have mounted the footway, or it may have happened at a junction.
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Fatal crashes that kill pedestrians often go under the radar because compared to other 'newsworthy' crashes, they're relatively common--usually about 100 per year (down from about 200, I think, when I started paying attention), although this year it should be fewer. They are normally reported in local newspapers only and make larger papers when there's a distinctive angle that makes them particularly tragic. It's a shame, but that seems to be how newspapers work.
This is one such case, which happened in Cheam. A suspected drunk driver who didn't stop killed a young mother who leaves two daughters, with the crash witnessed by some of her friends:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/cheam-crash-first-picture-rhiannon-hall-a4573029.html