'After The Crash' - RTE1 9:35pm, Wed 8th Feb

whiskeyman

Nope - not yet another economic review, but:

In 2016, 188 people tragically lost their lives on the roads in Ireland. In this hard-hitting documentary, we hear from the loved ones who grieve for them, giving viewers a first-person account of what it's like to lose someone on the road. With powerful testimony from parents, siblings, grandparents, children and grandchildren, this documentary goes behind the statistics and makes clear the enormous impact of each and every loss of life.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/afterthecrash.html

Will be interesting to see if there's any focus on the cause of any of these fatal crashes, or will it just be more about loss.

The programme the other night proved a huge talking point about the abysmal state of our health service... will this shine the light on the safety of our roads?

Kimbot

whiskeyman wrote: »

Nope - not yet another economic review, but:


http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/afterthecrash.html

Will be interesting to see if there's any focus on the cause of any of these fatal crashes, or will it just be more about loss.

The programme the other night proved a huge talking point about the abysmal state of our health service... will this shine the light on the safety of our roads?

12.35?? Is that time right?

barneygumble99

jonnycivic wrote: »

12.35?? Is that time right?

Think it's 21:35

Kimbot

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Think it's 21:35

Perfect, thanks. Its an interesting one so I shall look forward to giving it a watch.

biko

Title time changed

freshpopcorn

It will be a little bit of both.
They'll have the family talking about their loss and I read somewhere that it's talking about a crash that claimed the lives of two people who weren't wearing seat belts.

Azatadine

Tough watch.....

Autosport

Interesting alright.

JoeA3

My god that was hard to watch. The incredible pain and grief that those left behind go through. Beyond awful

Comhrá

A tough programme alright. I'd say that any of us who haven't had a crash or had a loved one injured or killed really haven't a clue what's involved.

I worked in an A&E in a previous life and I never forgot one Easter Sunday morning when two young lads were brought in dead in an ambulance after a crash on their way home from a night out.

I met their parents who drove into the hosp and saw them after they identified their dead sons. It haunted me for years and I didn't even know any of them personally.

illdoit2morrow

Watching on +1, tough watch alright.

Comhrá

It's a real pity that more of those fatal crashes don't have any published causes or accident reports made known. I feel there are loads of fatal crashes caused by careless things like using phones and texting, or changing music etc.

We always get the same old messages about 'never drink and drive' 'belt up' and 'speed kills' and so on. These warnings are so jaded by now that their impact is totally lost on people.

We need more information on how all these crashes happen, coroner's reports should be published regularly, same as when industrial accidents occur.

Then we might be a bit more informed and maybe a small number of drivers might take it on board. Road safety needs to be made much more high-profile on tv radio and papers.

freshpopcorn

Regarding the news reporting of a fatal crash.
I know somebody who witnessed a fatal crash(well they witnessed the driving before the crash).
When they witnessed the driving they called the Gardai and the Gardai had very little time to respond and their was a fatal crash. It was highly reported in the news at the time and their was even a thread on boards.
The person made a statement to the Gardai now I don't think a lot of witnesses came forward(I could be wrong about this) they were called to the inquest to give their statement and they heard the full story from all the witnesses(different story than was said online) their was a journalist their who'd be a regional reporter for a paper and they were expecting their name was might appear in the paper the next day as they were a witness. We checked every paper and regional papers that week and their was no online articles either. So, I guess when theirs only a fatality or two they just don't bother putting it in the paper.

Four Phucs Ache

I read an article in auto express or the likes years ago about fatal single vehicle crash statistics via some police RTA division in the UK.
IIRC tyres was the most common, device distraction,drink/drugs followed by mechanical failure.Ball joint failure due to corrosion of the arm or casing has always stuck in my mind.

Nekarsulm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Regarding the news reporting of a fatal crash.
I know somebody who witnessed a fatal crash(well they witnessed the driving before the crash).
When they witnessed the driving they called the Gardai and the Gardai had very little time to respond and their was a fatal crash. It was highly reported in the news at the time and their was even a thread on boards.
The person made a statement to the Gardai now I don't think a lot of witnesses came forward(I could be wrong about this) they were called to the inquest to give their statement and they heard the full story from all the witnesses(different story than was said online) their was a journalist their who'd be a regional reporter for a paper and they were expecting their name was might appear in the paper the next day as they were a witness. We checked every paper and regional papers that week and their was no online articles either. So, I guess when theirs only a fatality or two they just don't bother putting it in the paper.

Our local paper, The Anglo Celt, ran reports from the Coroner's Court briefly a few years ago. It was such ghoulish misery porn, they dropped it after a few weeks.

JoeA3

Only realised after the program was over that the first case they featured was actually Colin Vearncombe, better known as "Black". He had a huge hit in the '80's - Wonderful Life. Spooky that he was on his way to catch a flight and the first person at the scene of the accident was the pilot of the flight he was due to board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZoHfJZACA

Summer wind

I watched it last night and while all the cases were sad I thought the two little boys of 11 and 13 were the worst. Those little boys had their whole lives ahead of them and were full of life and happiness only to have their lives taken in the blink of an eye. Absolutely heartbreaking. May they Rest In Peace. Please take care on the roads everyone.