Classic car breaks down, no five star crash rating

Bigus

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311122/A2-crash-picture-MG-owner-killed-car-broke-dual-carriageway-hit-lorry-waited-help.html
Unfortunate but very real scenario .
MG owner killed when his car broke down on dual carriageway and was hit by a lorry as he waited for help
Unnamed 44-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of crash
Driver had broken down on hard shoulder when a truck hit his vehicle
Incident led to A2 in Kent being closed for five hours
By MARTIN ROBINSON
PUBLISHED: 14:35 GMT, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:48 GMT, 18 April 2013
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A sports car driver who had broken down has died after a tipper lorry collided with his vehicle as it stood stricken on the side of the road.
The 44-year-old's MGB vehicle had stopped at the side of the A2 in Kent when a Scania tipper lorry hit it, police said today.
The middle-aged man, who has not yet been named, was declared dead at the scene.


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Wibbs

Very sad, but judging by the horrific damage inflicted in this case I can't see any brand new five star rated car stand up to impact pressures much better TBH.

Mr Benevolent

Lesson learned: If you break down on a motorway/dual carraigeway, get out of the car and get off the road. This has happened many times and it's a very dangerous situation.

keithsfleet

They do say if you break down to exit the vehicle and stand up on the bank/away from the road.

Very sad altogether.

Silvera

Very sad.

Pics like this should be shown to all the stupid Irish drivers who park on the hard shoulder for no good reason (i.e. to make phone calls, eat, read the paper(!), etc)

Mr Benevolent

Silvera wrote: »

Very sad.

Pics like this should be shown to all the stupid Irish drivers who park on the hard shoulder for no good reason (i.e. to make phone calls, eat, read the paper(!), etc)

More importantly, those who drive on the hard shoulder. I saw a comment on AH recently by someone who thought the hard shoulder was for overtaking.

245

There wasn't even a full hard shoulder there - very unfortunate.

kasper

probably a well looked after car the spare wheel tyre is brand new it still has the sticker on it

John Larkin

That tipper lorry stopped 175m past the wreckage of the car. The speed limit for that lorry is 50mph on the A2 dual carriageway. The typical stopping distance for a lorry from 50mph is 66m. There is a clear line of sight of about 150m before the position of the car wreckage --- that's about five or six seconds of clear sight of the stopped car. That lorry driver has a lot to explain.

Red Kev

John Larkin wrote: »

That tipper lorry stopped 175m past the wreckage of the car. The speed limit for that lorry is 50mph on the A2 dual carriageway. The typical stopping distance for a lorry from 50mph is 66m. There is a clear line of sight of about 150m before the position of the car wreckage --- that's about five or six seconds of clear sight of the stopped car. That lorry driver has a lot to explain.

It's a 4 axle truck whichhas a max weight of 32 ton, it's stopping distance including reaction time is more like 120m or more, probably more from shock and seeing that the accident has already happened the driver probably didn't hit the brakes at max strength.

Driver was probably also driving behind another truck thus limiting their visibility to less than 50m or 2-3 secs. It's unfortunate, and yes the truck drivers fault but I doubt it's a clear cut as you make out.

As a number of posters have said you should get out of any vehicle and wait well off the hard shoulder, something that is drilled into drivers during compulsory training on the continent but totally ignored here. I've seen cars having broken down and been left on the hard shoulder for days or weeks and nobody moved them, not the council, NRA, Gardai. Nobody.

Type 17

UK statistic: 20% of people killed on motorways are stopped on the hard shoulder at the time…

Do-more

Silvera wrote: »

Very sad.

Pics like this should be shown to all the stupid Irish drivers who park on the hard shoulder for no good reason (i.e. to make phone calls, eat, read the paper(!), etc)

Almost everyday this week I have heard people who are ringing in to radio programs saying that they were stopped at the side of the M50, M4 or whatever, many had kids in the car, I shudder every time.

Silvera

Do-more wrote: »

Almost everyday this week I have heard people who are ringing in to radio programs saying that they were stopped at the side of the M50, M4 or whatever, many had kids in the car, I shudder every time.

Exactly. I see this regularly on the M11 and M7 too. Drivers who do this have little idea of the danger they are creating for themselves - and others - by doing so.

bugsntinas

feel sorry for the drivers family.i said to the wife when i read this on the text on tv that the truck probably drove over the car and it don't look like i was wrong.the a2 is a very good road to drive on if your paying attention but as said it don't have much of a hard shoulder in places.

Capri

See the effects of accidents here - stay safe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38XtyTgcDu8

w124man

Do-more wrote: »

Almost everyday this week I have heard people who are ringing in to radio programs saying that they were stopped at the side of the M50, M4 or whatever, many had kids in the car, I shudder every time.

And when they have finished they start off and pull out into the fast flowing traffic in first or second gear. Its madness!