UPDATED: Drivers warned to take care as ice causes series of crashes (From Bournemouth Echo)
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UPDATED: Drivers warned to take care as ice causes series of crashes
10:30am Thursday 29th November 2012 in News
Picture: Corin Messer
DRIVERS are being warned to take extra care on the roads after ice caused a series of crashes across Dorset this morning.
Police issued a warning for the Sherborne, Corfe Castle and Swanage areas, despite gritters being sent out across the district last night.
A Met Office severe weather warning for ice is in force until 11am this morning, with temperatures this evening forecast to drop to -2C in Bournemouth and -1C elsewhere in Dorset.
Warning signs are in place on the A350 and gritters have been sent out to the A351 at Corfe Castle after two accidents this morning.
Water running off Randalls Hill and freezing is thought to be the cause of an accident that partially blocked the road between the A350 Blandford Road North and Huntick Road at 8.17am.
A vehicle skidded off the road and went through a hedge, however the driver was able to drive off. The other vehicle involved was a blue Fiat Pinto registered to a Wimborne woman.
The drivers were said to be uninjured and the local authority was called to put out warning signs.
A gritter was called to the A351 at Afflington near Corfe Castle after a moped driver slid off the machine and suffered a slight injury.
Water had frozen on the road after running off the hills and the accident took place at 7.41am.
In Hinton Wood Avenue in Highcliffe, a car smashed into a telegraph pole splitting it in two.
The road was closed in both directions because the pole was leaning into the road and described as dangerous.
Emergency services were called at 7.54am and discovered one vehicle had been involved in the collision.
Comments(9)
ILOVEBOURNEMOUTH
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10:20am Thu 29 Nov 12
speedy231278
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10:40am Thu 29 Nov 12
So, presumably had the gritters been sent out BEFORE it froze last night, the accidents may well have been prevented....
Imaximus
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11:01am Thu 29 Nov 12
ILOVEBOURNEMOUTH wrote:An accident infers that no one is to blame....which is why police now refer to them as RTC and not RTA. If people need to be warned about driving in icy conditions then perhaps they shouldnt be driving at all. We all had to defrost our cars this morning so its not as if we didnt know it was icy.
^clever? it's called an ACCIDENT for a reason...
speedy231278
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11:03am Thu 29 Nov 12
Imaximus
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11:12am Thu 29 Nov 12
speedy231278 wrote:I dont actually see where I wrote that someone collides with something on purpose. What i am suggesting is that somewhere along the line someone is to blame. it could be that roads were not gritted or the driver wasnt paying attention at that moment. you and I drove to work this morning without any incident and countless cars travelled that road before this "incident". We dont even know if it was caused by ice on the road?
So are you suggesting that if someone knows it is icy, takes care when driving, but is unfortunate enough to have an 'incident' then they've had an 'on purpose' rather than an 'accident'? I can't see why anyone would purposely crash their car on ice, therefore surely the incident is still an accident?
Arthur Maureen
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11:48am Thu 29 Nov 12
ben111
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12:06pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Arthur Maureen wrote:I second that with a topping of IMAX
I blame.... the surf reef yeah!
Imaximus
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12:09pm Thu 29 Nov 12
ben111 wrote:Hey stop nicking my lines :-)
Arthur Maureen wrote:I second that with a topping of IMAX
I blame.... the surf reef yeah!
rudolph_hucker says...
9:06am Thu 29 Nov 12