Major incident down this way today, a mobile crane has hit a petrol tanker on a roundabout, road close , exclusion area , chaos
How on earth do you manage to do that? Whoops, I’ve just speared a petrol tanker…
Silver_Surfer:
How on earth do you manage to do that? Whoops, I’ve just speared a petrol tanker…
It’s alqueda’s latest plan to cause chaos 
He was just teaching the locals why smoking endangers your health.
Call off CSI Trucknet - This is my patch and I’ve been dealing with the fallout of this all day.
The roundabout is badly designed, the lane the crane was using to exit it from is very narrow with a pedestrian barrier and signal heads on both sides. The tanker was sitting at lights in the opposing right hand lane. The crane (according to a colleague who’s a reserve firefighter) was ‘edging’ past but watching both his jib in front and the cut-in against the barrier. He took his attention off the jib for a second and this is the result - despite his wheels were already mounting the kerb on the n/s. Dunno if the tanker could’ve moved forward or whether he had a car blocking him - if not knowing the layout I’d have been tempted to pull forward seeing the crane approach and bugger the red light - wouldn’t you?! Both vehicles are pretty local.
I’ll post a pic of the damage on the tank after - but it is only the very rearmost compartment that’s been breached. Thankfully this one ony had diesel in - the front two compartments had petrol in 
. Still 4000 (apparently) litres of diesel on the road and in the stream beneath, which had to be contained, and resurfacing happening as we speak, road likely to be closed for rest of night. This is what can happen if attention is in the wrong place for a second - if it was petrol in that compartment christ knows what would have been the result.
sime17:
Call off CSI Trucknet - This is my patch and I’ve been dealing with the fallout of this all day.The roundabout is badly designed, the lane the crane was using to exit it from is very narrow with a pedestrian barrier and signal heads on both sides. The tanker was sitting at lights in the opposing right hand lane. The crane (according to a colleague who’s a reserve firefighter) was ‘edging’ past but watching both his jib in front and the cut-in against the barrier. He took his attention off the jib for a second and this is the result - despite his wheels were already mounting the kerb on the n/s. Dunno if the tanker could’ve moved forward or whether he had a car blocking him - if not knowing the layout I’d have been tempted to pull forward seeing the crane approach and bugger the red light - wouldn’t you?! Both vehicles are pretty local.
I’ll post a pic of the damage on the tank after - but it is only the very rearmost compartment that’s been breached. Thankfully this one ony had diesel in - the front two compartments had petrol in
I agree it is a crap bit of road, you would never make it in an artic if the 2nd lane was full, The crane driver was trying to squeeze through when he must have known he would never have done it without either hitting the tanker, barrier or signs, hes inches away from the barrier in that pic.
He might have got round if there were cars there and not a HGV.
You could have expected the driver of the tanker to move forward but they wont even do 40.0000000000000001mph so they would never move past a red light.
It is a very poor exit off the roundabout there , I’ve often breathed in when going through & off the exit & when sat at the lights with approaching coach or artic,
That copper looks like he’s sparking up a ■■■.
And amongst all that someone felt the need to put out a “wet floor” warning cone?? 
Montmerency:
And amongst all that someone felt the need to put out a “wet floor” warning cone??
Perhaps it’s an instruction rather than a warning? 
Montmerency:
And amongst all that someone felt the need to put out a “wet floor” warning cone??
They look to me like they’re from the McDonalds situated just to the left of the first picture ( the one that would have been flattened if the petrol had gone up! -also and the one that either had a rubbish day because of no punters being allowed near, or had a great day feeding the myriad of emergency service crew…)
What amazes me - if you look at the road in the first pic the spill powder is right up around the roundabout suggesting people drove through the fuel! Bugger that - unless sure of what it was I’d have been out of me motor and running the other way!
sime17:
Montmerency:
And amongst all that someone felt the need to put out a “wet floor” warning cone??They look to me like they’re from the McDonalds situated just to the left of the first picture ( the one that would have been flattened if the petrol had gone up! -also and the one that either had a rubbish day because of no punters being allowed near, or had a great day feeding the myriad of emergency service crew…)
What amazes me - if you look at the road in the first pic the spill powder is right up around the roundabout suggesting people drove through the fuel! Bugger that - unless sure of what it was I’d have been out of me motor and running the other way!
By the looks of the plate (Might be wrong), I think it is Petrol (3YE 1203)
I wonder if the travelling community offered assistance with the clean up 
Imagine if either driver was smoking… oops
Like I said, according to my fire brigade ‘contacts’ it was petrol in the untouched front two compartments, but diesel in the back 3(or more?) so it was diesel that was spilt, thank flip. Can’t rememver my ADR (it was a long time ago and it lapsed…) but do you have to show a plate for the highest hazard product on a mixed load? Saying that, I know diesel is just as bad if it goes up, just that it won’t ignite by spark.
sime17:
Like I said, according to my fire brigade ‘contacts’ it was petrol in the untouched front two compartments, but diesel in the back 3(or more?) so it was diesel that was spilt, thank flip. Can’t rememver my ADR (it was a long time ago and it lapsed…) but do you have to show a plate for the highest hazard product on a mixed load? Saying that, I know diesel is just as bad if it goes up, just that it won’t ignite by spark.
Always wondered about petrol and diesel loads… Makes sense to display the petrol plate if you have petrol on board
I did watch one go properly up just after it had pulled on to the jn 18 M4 roundabout. Wasn’t as Hollywood as I’d imagined. I don’t know if it was petrol or diesel but it was a good 10-15 years ago before diesel was quite as popular for cars as now.
Impatience pure & simple. If its that tight, you just wait don’t you, suppose its only truckers used to spending their lives waiting though.