M40 tipper over M42 jct

Driver looks ok wagon has gone over spilling sand all over carriage way tractor unit is a write off embedded in to centre bridge parapet
Foster brothers white white blue stripe

Must have been the wind. Can’t see why else it’d go over. Tipper drivers are renowned for their careful and calm approach to driving.

Contraflow:
Must have been the wind. Can’t see why else it’d go over. Tipper drivers are renowned for their careful and calm approach to driving.

Strong enough to snap the King ping as well

apparently it was was a freak but brief phenonenom known as… hurricane aggregate on trip money.known to target tippers within a 90 mile radius of any quarry :slight_smile:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-co … e-35785599

Always knew tipper drivers were good.
Brought his own soak up for his fuel spill .


One very lucky driver.

Minor injuries :open_mouth:

Glad he’s ok but how do these things happen same as the one yesterday on the 25 no one else involved.

red7jase:
Minor injuries :open_mouth:

Glad he’s ok but how do these things happen same as the one yesterday on the 25 no one else involved.

When i rolled the newspapers reported a injury to my arm, which most people would assume nothing major. I ended up in hospital for 2 weeks with that.

Front tyre blow out?

mrginge:

red7jase:
Minor injuries :open_mouth:

Glad he’s ok but how do these things happen same as the one yesterday on the 25 no one else involved.

When i rolled the newspapers reported a injury to my arm, which most people would assume nothing major. I ended up in hospital for 2 weeks with that.

Good job you use your left hand eh :wink:

Sometimes, but not saying it is in this case, but it has been know for drivers to use the vehicle to commit Hari-kiri with bridges and bridge supports having been used in the past.
One was on the viaduct on Doncaster bypass just after jct 36 northbound quite a few years ago, driver left note for his soon to be ex partner before starting his very early morning shift from the Midlands, this was before the mobile phone was invented so his wife had no way to stop what was going to happen.
Not all accidents are accidents, just something else for TNUKCSI to ponder over in their investigations.

One of our drivers was just behind him as it happened and said it looked like the tipper swerved to avoid a car.

Captain Caveman 76:
One of our drivers was just behind him as it happened and said it looked like the tipper swerved to avoid a car.

sorry,not good enough…everybody else want’s to blame the tipper driver :unamused:

Captain Caveman 76:
One of our drivers was just behind him as it happened and said it looked like the tipper swerved to avoid a car.

Probably another OH ■■■■ ! I want r/h lane M42 S driver :imp:

dailymail.co.uk/news/article … ridge.html

SWEDISH BLUE:
Warwickshire police summon drivers who photographed HGV M40 crash | Daily Mail Online

Bunch of moaning zbs.

Radar19:

SWEDISH BLUE:
Warwickshire police summon drivers who photographed HGV M40 crash | Daily Mail Online

Bunch of moaning zbs.

They expected highways to wave a magic wand and make the tipper disappear :unamused:

These 80 people being given summonses; If you’re stuck there with the engine off what offence are you committing? Fair enough if these 80 were people driving past on the opposite carriageway.

I don’t know what actually occoured there but it is a junction that I was always wary of when driving a truck. You come off the M40 from the Warwick direction on an uphill drag to access the M42 North from the right hand side of the Motorway and traffic coming from the Bromsgrove direction was usually travelling at full speed and you had to juggle for position until everyone found the lane they wanted to be in! Surprised that there are not more mishaps there really, it only takes somebody to panic, brake, and disaster isn’t far away.

Pete.