M4 Accident

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Details of the accident this morning on the M4

Very lucky that this incident didn’t happena few hours earlier.It could have so easily been a much different scenario.Still not very nice for the drivers concerned.
Does it really take the Police so long to investigate though?
I know they have to be fully aware of all the facts,but still seems long time.

Glad no-one was killed - hope seriously injured get better soon.

Hmmm… an ‘accident’ = no-one to blame :exclamation:

not good, glad no one was killed in that,

on a lighter note anyone notice the sign stating the obvious on the video?

it looks like the fridge box has came straight off the trailer…
has anybody else notice that. very lucky nobody killed.

Which one of the trucks caused it?.

After watching South news,it appears that the white volvo,dairy lee spread i think,has crossed cent res and collided with the coach,an asda and a couple of cars,and the tesco has just missed it.Thats what it looked like from the air.
Coach driver is serious,but lucky to be alive looking at the front of it.

DABenji:
on a lighter note anyone notice the sign stating the obvious on the video?

that’s like the ones you see near Bristol - 40 limit when you’ve been in a 2mph queue for the last mile :unamused: :unamused:

so what are your presumtions that made the trailer according to witneses that say they saw the trailer cross the central reservation…i ask this because of an earlier post last week regarding cold tyres that made the trailer swing out.

cold tyres
Hard braking
faulty fifth wheel
surley not coupling up correctly as the trailer would have fallen off earlier

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so what are your presumtions that made the trailer according to witneses that say they saw the trailer cross the central reservation…i ask this because of an earlier post last week regarding cold tyres that made the trailer swing out.

cold tyres
Hard braking
faulty fifth wheel
surley not coupling up correctly as the trailer would have fallen off earlier

if you look the fridge box has come off the jack knifed volvo who still the trailer attached.

can’t blame a tipper driver for this one…

164480:
can’t blame a tipper driver for this one…

Why not :open_mouth: , he could have cut the other truck up :confused:

speedyguy:

164480:
can’t blame a tipper driver for this one…

Why not :open_mouth: , he could have cut the other truck up :confused:

no it can’t have been were not sad we don’t work weekends & bank holidays.

one of the drivers fell asleep

164480:
no it can’t have been were not sad we don’t work weekends & bank holidays.

Not with the same name on the tacho’s :open_mouth: , oh well i suppose 18 years in construction you see a few things. :slight_smile: