Lucky escape for couple who ploughed through Ashley Heath crash barrier

1:14pm Tuesday 5th February 2013 in News By Julie Magee

Miracle escape after car ploughs though crash barrier Miracle escape after car ploughs though crash barrier

AN ELDERLY couple had a lucky escape this morning after their car ploughed through a crash barrier on a busy roundabout and ended up down an embankment, just yards from the busy A31.

The couple needed treatment for minor injuries following the single vehicle collision on the Ashley Heath flyover at 10.49 am.

Police and paramedics were called after the driver of a silver Nissan Almera, registered to a Poole woman, left the northbound carriageway

One lane of the A31 below was closed off while the car was recovered. A Dorset police spokesman said there had been no serious injuries.

 

 

Comments(18)

LordLilliput says...
3:28pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Very fortunate for sure - but I think that a 'miricle' probably needs a bit more mysticism than careless driving..?? I had an accident in my car once and it too could have been a lot worse than it actually was. I wonder if I experienced a miracle without actually realising it at the time? Food for thought..

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funkyferret says...
4:03pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Reckon their underwear wouldn't have had a miraculous escape though.

(Seriously, I do hope they are OK, but how do you miss that roundabout?)

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Hickery says...
4:19pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Isn't the purpose of a crash barrier to prevent a car from crashing through and down the embankment?

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Old Colonial says...
5:03pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Hickery wrote:
Isn't the purpose of a crash barrier to prevent a car from crashing through and down the embankment?
That's the miracle! They went straight through it, and judging from the photos the car disappeared as well.

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GAHmusic says...
6:03pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Too many Dukes of Hazzard repeats at the day centre I expect

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GAHmusic says...
6:05pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Hickery wrote:
Isn't the purpose of a crash barrier to prevent a car from crashing through and down the embankment?
It looks from the pic that the chevron sign acted as a ramp, yeeehaa

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LordLilliput says...
6:15pm Tue 5 Feb 13

GAHmusic wrote:
Hickery wrote:
Isn't the purpose of a crash barrier to prevent a car from crashing through and down the embankment?
It looks from the pic that the chevron sign acted as a ramp, yeeehaa
Hahaha..

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ragj195 says...
6:24pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Apparently they've already installed a speed camera halfway down that bank!

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B.F.G says...
8:50pm Tue 5 Feb 13

That barrier could have been a bus load of kids, time to get these old duffers tested 6 monthly to make sure they are fit to drive.

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Derf says...
9:06pm Tue 5 Feb 13

B.F.G wrote:
That barrier could have been a bus load of kids, time to get these old duffers tested 6 monthly to make sure they are fit to drive.
Why would a bus loads of kids be used to stop traffic falling off a roundabout?

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paul.p says...
11:08pm Tue 5 Feb 13

Those Barriers are as much use as an Ashtray on a Motorbike, If it can't stop a Nissan I'd hate to see a 40 tonner having a go...

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yesitsmeagain says...
5:54am Wed 6 Feb 13

Hope they are both ok , i wonder if this car involved is an automatic?

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retry69 says...
7:15am Wed 6 Feb 13

B.F.G wrote:
That barrier could have been a bus load of kids, time to get these old duffers tested 6 monthly to make sure they are fit to drive.
Flogging a dead horse,evrey time i mention yearly re-tests for the 50 year olds and over i am met with such verbal abuse (probably from that age group) but there has been a significant increase in the past 12 months of reported incidents that seem to have been caused by a "senior moment".Obviously hope the couple recover completely but re-tests would certainly help to increase safety on our roads and decrease the amount of vehicles using them as half of those tested would probably never be capable of passing one again

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retry69 says...
11:44am Wed 6 Feb 13

yesitsmeagain wrote:
Hope they are both ok , i wonder if this car involved is an automatic?
A very good point and i know why you made it

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Rodney Trotter says...
1:59pm Wed 6 Feb 13

In Spain you have a full fitness test every five years to keep your driving licence, if you don’t pass your off the road! That’s unless you slip the doctor a fifty at the time. (I’m not joking)

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djkent says...
3:35pm Wed 6 Feb 13

shouldnt be on the road could of hurt other inocent drivers go and get a bus

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GAHmusic says...
5:36pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Rodney Trotter wrote:
In Spain you have a full fitness test every five years to keep your driving licence, if you don’t pass your off the road! That’s unless you slip the doctor a fifty at the time. (I’m not joking)
So how come they have one of the highest death rates on the roads in europe and as anyone who has driven or been driven around will tell you some of the worst and scariest drivers I've ever seen?

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retry69 says...
5:48pm Wed 6 Feb 13

GAHmusic wrote:
Rodney Trotter wrote:
In Spain you have a full fitness test every five years to keep your driving licence, if you don’t pass your off the road! That’s unless you slip the doctor a fifty at the time. (I’m not joking)
So how come they have one of the highest death rates on the roads in europe and as anyone who has driven or been driven around will tell you some of the worst and scariest drivers I've ever seen?
It does say a fitness test not a sit a driving re-test so providing you are healthy it seems ok to drive until you drop,they may account for high death rate

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