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Old Truck Accident Pics

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby robthedog » Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:04 pm

Little nibble on the crash barrier
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Suedehead » Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:10 pm

Dennis Javelin wrote:Not an old pic but then 24 hours is old if you are a Mayfly :lol: :lol: I passed this accident on the A1 @ Grantham yesterday.

Typical plod stood with his hands in his pockets
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby jcee2019 » Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:08 pm

GS OVERLAND wrote:Hi Dan
I had just left Bob Paul's house after collecting my TIR Docs and running money and was on a 'B' road heading towards the A20 and then on to Dover. It had been raining and the road was greasy, I was going round a right hand bend and I felt the truck slide a bit so I backed off the accelerator and rode it around the bend but I drifted a bit wide and my drive wheels went over an electrical duct which collapsed. The drive wheels went down it and tried to stop the truck dead. This resulted in the near-side drive axle springs being broken and the truck flipped over on its side. I was loaded with cable drums of fibre optic cable destined for Damascus Airport, which were a bit top heavy and the whole lot went over on my drivers side. At first I thought that I had hit a tree and broken my drivers mirror, but I soon realised what had really happened and as the truck came to a halt on its side I was catapulted through the windscreen on to the dirt.
It was about midnight and a fire truck was passing and came to my assistance. I was per occupied trying to rip off my front number plate which was Dutch and you may find it still in the field where I threw it.
I escaped with a cut to my forehead and right thumb and a bruised neck where I hit the drivers door pillar on my way out................... :shock: :shock:
An Ambulance soon came and whisked me off to Ashford hospital. after a few stitches I was released and Bob Paul took me back to the scene of the accident where I saw what was left of my old girl.
I got paid out by the insurance soon afterwards and after a short holiday in the Algarve I bought my "Scania Light" and loade for Kuwait.
I kept that truck until I packed it all in.
Rumor has it that I crashed because I had a drink with Bob Paul at his house ! But that isn't the case, I don't like Whiskey!!,
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby fodenway » Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:35 pm

A nasty accident from June 1970. The AEC had braked for traffic lights at Five Ways Corner, Croydon. The container slid forward, overturned the cab and completely crushed it, killing the driver instantly. The container was found to have been held on the flatbed by two light-gauge chains only.
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby robthedog » Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:54 pm

Front and rear ended on the M6
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby MaggieD » Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:09 pm

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Suedehead » Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:06 pm

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Just goes to prove that ropes and sheets are capable of securing a load :P
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Suedehead » Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:08 pm

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby albion1938 » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:47 pm

Suedehead wrote:
MaggieD wrote:
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Just goes to prove that ropes and sheets are capable of securing a load :P


They are. My late brother put a Dodge 4-wheeler on its side on a village green with a sheeted load of veg on, swerving to avoid some pillocks pushing a broken down Transit on an A road at night without lights. Wrote off the cab and twisted the chassis but the load didn't move.
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby robthedog » Sun Mar 20, 2022 12:15 pm

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Froggy55 » Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:30 am

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On the motorway near Heilbronn October, 10th 2020. The polish MAN rigid hit the back of an articulated truck, and its cab was torn off its chassis and pushed 3 metres backwards. Unfortunately, the driver died. My wife was delayed for 2 hours in the traffic jam which followed.
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Buzzer » Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:46 am

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby robthedog » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:09 pm

Slight mishap still a write off though
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Buzzer » Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:52 am

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby mushroomman » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:42 am

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Froggy55 » Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:39 am

Buzzer wrote:Buzzer


Strange. It looks it happened on a working site, but nevertheless the truck must have been driving fast to achieve such a result.
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:09 am

Froggy55 wrote:
Buzzer wrote:Buzzer


Strange. It looks it happened on a working site, but nevertheless the truck must have been driving fast to achieve such a result.


You can get up to a good speed on an unfinished stretch of motorway. I did it once in a Wolsely 1100 and hit a hidden narrow trench. There was a bang and the front sub-frame parted with the rear one. Lesson learnt! :lol:
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Suedehead » Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:56 am

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby fodenway » Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:15 am

A bit of a coming-together in the early fifties. this was outside my old junior school on Sackup Lane, Darton. The houses and the school wall are still there, but the school (and the lorries!) have gone. The ex-military truck straddling the wall belonged to Darton Urban District Council. I wonder how many of those schoolkids are still with us?
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Froggy55 » Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:35 am

And I also wonder haw these trucks managed to put such a mess at slow speed!
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:47 am

Froggy55 wrote:And I also wonder haw these trucks managed to put such a mess at slow speed!


Pre crumple-zone panels?
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby fodenway » Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:36 am

Froggy55 wrote:And I also wonder haw these trucks managed to put such a mess at slow speed!

The lane was a short-cut from the colliery to the main road, those drivers were on load bonus and used to go as fast as they could to earn more - just like the film "Helldrivers".
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Froggy55 » Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:16 am

Thanks. So they all ended in hell!
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Chris Webb » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:02 pm

Birdie4x4 wrote:This was in Bakewell, I would guess in the mid sixties, lost his brakes coming down the long incline from Moyash into Bakewell.
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Looks like one of Consolidated Land Services from Scunthorpe.There's a weight limit on that Monyash - Bakewell road now,has been for years.
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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

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Re: Old Truck Accident Pics

Postby Georgeh » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:16 pm

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Portugal .The load shifted .The driver didn't have a scratch! To be fair it wasn't his fault.They loaded those bales each side of the trailer & left a gap down the middle.& Hey Presto! He was a accompanied by a Portuguese Customs muppet. When the truck fell over the muppet went thru the windscreen & rolled headfirst over & over across the field. Only damaged his silly hat..


One of my dads old maggies, he had VOT 689T and VOT 690T, both on STS from new, this one wrote off and the other came back onto UK work. Thats Ian Elkins sat there, walked away from this rollover
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