N7 crash

24-10-2013 07:28PM

R.I.P. to the deceased, hopefully reported casualties will be low. That stretch of road from the Red Cow out to and beyond Citywest is a real test on the senses depending on the time of day you drive it. I always breath a little sigh of relief when I get out to the far-side of the Naas exits where the traffic seems to break up a bit and you're no longer at the mercy of someone else's attention span and driving experience.

I can't comment on the exact location of the accident given the details reported, but the particular stretch of road that runs by the paper-printing factory and veers around to the right is a dangerous spot, considering the exit off and entrance on to the N7 just before it.

Hal1 · 24-10-2013 07:34PM

Aotearoa wrote: »

the "slow" lane is always more roomy then the right hand lane. irish people just hog the right hand lane

It's actually called the driving lane. The other lanes are for overtaking.

Aotearoa · 24-10-2013 07:43PM

Hal1 wrote: »

It's actually called the driving lane. The other lanes are for overtaking.

That's why slow is in quotation marks . Maybe I should have wrote slow(sic) .

As in I am acknowledging the fact that calling it the slow lane is wrong. It is an Irish colloquialism

Abigayle · 24-10-2013 07:45PM

Red Crow wrote: »

They would want to seriously sort out this mess fast. I've been sitting here an hour and only moved about 500m.

RIP to anyone that died but the Gardai would seriously want to sort this out. They should be able to relieve this congestion much quicker.

Absolutely useless

Red Crow wrote: »

:rolleyes: they have no propper redirection plan in place at all.

Apparently it was somebody trying to cross the road. RIP

Stop fücking trolling will ye?

RIP.

SimonQuinlank · 24-10-2013 07:48PM

stankratz wrote: »

R.I.P. to the deceased, hopefully reported casualties will be low. That stretch of road from the Red Cow out to and beyond Citywest is a real test on the senses depending on the time of day you drive it. I always breath a little sigh of relief when I get out to the far-side of the Naas exits where the traffic seems to break up a bit and you're no longer at the mercy of someone else's attention span and driving experience.

I can't comment on the exact location of the accident given the details reported, but the particular stretch of road that runs by the paper-printing factory and veers around to the right is a dangerous spot, considering the exit off and entrance on to the N7 just before it.

It's near the Citywest bridge which isn't too bad a stretch,was a pedestrian that died apparently.

Honey-ec · 24-10-2013 07:59PM

I commuted from Tullow to Dublin for 6.5 years and have ranted about the brain-donors who drive that road on a regular basis.

However, reports would indicate that this was a pedestrian fatality. Without getting into any kind of "whose fault was it?" debate, you would want to be absolutely touched to even attempt to cross that road at the surface. It'd be like trying to cross the M50 in rush hour. Six lanes of traffic moving at 100kmh and a closed median.

God love the family involved, and my heart goes out to the driver who actually hit the guy.

Stheno · 24-10-2013 08:02PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

I commuted from Tullow to Dublin for 6.5 years and have ranted about the brain-donors who drive that road on a regular basis.

However, reports would indicate that this was a pedestrian fatality. Without getting into any kind of "whose fault was it?" debate, you would want to be absolutely touched to even attempt to cross that road at the surface. It'd be like trying to cross the M50 in rush hour. Six lanes of traffic moving at 100kmh and a closed median.

God love the family involved, and my heart goes out to the driver who actually hit the guy.

Same here, I commuted for years on that road, still do occasionally.

There are a couple of pedestrian bridges around citywest too, it would be madness to attempt to cross that road.

I've come across the odd dog loose on that road and it causes chaos. If it was dark too, the pedestrian wouldn't have stood a change.

God love the family of the person who died, and the driver as you said.

The Royal Scam · 24-10-2013 08:05PM

Isn't there a pedestrian path from Browns barn to Lufthansa, it's right next to the road.

Red_Dwarf · 24-10-2013 08:08PM

The Royal Scam wrote: »

Isn't there a pedestrian path from Browns barn to Lufthansa, it's right next to the road.

The accident happened on the other side of the road

CharlieCroker · 24-10-2013 08:39PM

Red Crow wrote: »

:rolleyes: they have no propper redirection plan in place at all.

Apparently it was somebody trying to cross the road. RIP

What do you think happens at the scene of a fatal/serious collision? A required number of Gardai are sent to the scene to deal with it along with DFB and HSE. Not every guard in Dublin is sent over direct traffic, crime and other incidents don't stop because of an RTC on the naas rd. The last thing they care about is that you're late home for dinner.

You sound like the type of person who's complain about your flight bring delayed because a plane crashed at the airport.

RIP to the person who lost their life.

Gumbo · 24-10-2013 08:52PM

Red Crow wrote: »

They would want to seriously sort out this mess fast. I've been sitting here an hour and only moved about 500m.

RIP to anyone that died but the Gardai would seriously want to sort this out. They should be able to relieve this congestion much quicker.

Absolutely useless

Hope you are still stuck there now with that kind of BS thats pouring from your mouth.

Red_Dwarf · 24-10-2013 09:35PM

A man has been killed crossing the road at Citywest on the N7 in Dublin.
The pedestrian who is understood to be in his 60s, was taken to Tallaght Hospital but later pronounced dead.
Gardaí in Rathcoole are investigating the incident and are attempting to identify the victim.
The N7 is currently closed between Kingswood and Citywest and motorists are reporting long delays in the area.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1024/482525-n7-crash/

Red Crow · 24-10-2013 09:53PM

The poor driver. They will be scarred for life after that.

As honey-ec said what a stupid thing to try and cross that road.

SimonQuinlank · 24-10-2013 10:02PM

Road is re-opened now.

murphm45 · 24-10-2013 10:03PM

According to the aa the road has reopened. Hopefully the traffic will ease and people can get home soon.

Just to avoid being called a soulless so and so, RIP to the person who died and my sympathies to their family. Also, i hope the driver and any one else involved are ok (physically and psychologically)

hollypink · 24-10-2013 10:11PM

Red Crow wrote: »

The poor driver. They will be scarred for life after that.

As honey-ec said what a stupid thing to try and cross that road.

Maybe it was someone who was unwell and confused

Femme_Fatale · 24-10-2013 10:15PM

murphm45 wrote: »

According to the aa the road has reopened. Hopefully the traffic will ease and people can get home soon.

Just to avoid being called a soulless so and so...

Why would anyone say that to you?

Loopy · 24-10-2013 10:16PM

I was caught in it this evening too.
It was a 60yr old man that died

Cannot fathom anyone trying to cross the Naas Road in rush hour traffic. I've been in 2 pile ups on that road over the years. Hate it & have drive it daily.

murphm45 · 24-10-2013 10:28PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Why would anyone say that to you?

because someone died and I'm talking about the road reopening. Even to me typing it it seems a bit 'cold'.

Red Crow · 24-10-2013 10:31PM

hollypink wrote: »

Maybe it was someone who was unwell and confused

Yep that happened near Mounmellick a few years ago. A poor old man with dementia walked straight out into the road.

Sala · 24-10-2013 10:32PM

hollypink wrote: »

Maybe it was someone who was unwell and confused

I'm not sure where it happened but the pedestrian facilities at newlands cross are awful. I don't think there even is a light on one side

_Kaiser_ · 24-10-2013 10:33PM

Let's not forget that this happened because someone (apparently) tried to take a shortcut across a 3-lane carriageway, at rush hour with cars moving at up to 100 km/h.

While I have every sympathy for this guy's family and the poor driver that hit him (all of whom have had their lives ruined tonight as well), I have regularly seen people legging it across motorways like this and it's just madness!

Just as motorists have a responsibility to drive with care, so too do pedestrians have a duty to take care on the roads and not put themselves (and others) at risk taking crazy chances like this.

Ihatecuddles-old · 24-10-2013 10:34PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Let's not forget that this happened because someone (apparently) tried to take a shortcut across a 3-lane carriageway, at rush hour with cars moving at up to 100 km/h.

While I have every sympathy for this guy's family and the poor driver that hit him (all of which have had their lives ruined tonight as well), I have regularly seen people legging it across motorways like this and it's just madness!

Just as motorists have a responsibility to drive with care, so too do pedestrians have a duty to take care on the roads and not put themselves (and others) at risk taking crazy chances like this.

For all you know, he could be mentally unwell or confused.

_Kaiser_ · 24-10-2013 10:36PM

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

For all you know, he could be mentally unwell or confused.

Or he may have just been trying to save a few minutes walk by cutting across the motorway - happens all the time as I said above (regularly see it on the N/M3 near the Damastown exit)

michael999999 · 24-10-2013 10:36PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Let's not forget that this happened because someone (apparently) tried to take a shortcut across a 3-lane carriageway, at rush hour with cars moving at up to 100 km/h.

While I have every sympathy for this guy's family and the poor driver that hit him (all of whom have had their lives ruined tonight as well), I have regularly seen people legging it across motorways like this and it's just madness!

Just as motorists have a responsibility to drive with care, so too do pedestrians have a duty to take care on the roads and not put themselves (and others) at risk taking crazy chances like this.

Do you maybe think with the tragedys that have happened recently, that maybe this man had alzheimers or something like that?

Can we at least wait for the details before coming to conclusions!

billie1b · 24-10-2013 10:39PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Or he may have just been trying to save a few minutes walk by cutting across the motorway - happens all the time as I said above (regularly see it on the N/M3 near the Damastown exit)

The Damastown exit is a disaster all the up to the exit for corduff/blanch shopping centre, always people darting out on the road

_Kaiser_ · 24-10-2013 10:41PM

billie1b wrote: »

The Damastown exit is a disaster all the up to the exit for corduff/blanch shopping centre, always people darting out on the road

Yep.. I've also seen Bus Eireann coaches letting people out onto the hard shoulder at the Shopping Centre exit which is ridiculous too.

Turtyturd · 24-10-2013 10:44PM

murphm45 wrote: »

because someone died and I'm talking about the road reopening. Even to me typing it it seems a bit 'cold'.

Don't think there is any risk of that being called cold given the earlier post in the thread.

billie1b · 24-10-2013 10:46PM

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Yep.. I've also seen Bus Eireann coaches letting people out onto the hard shoulder at the Shopping Centre exit which is ridiculous too.

I enquired to my dad about that before as he's a driver and he said that in rush hour traffic thats the official stop for it to save the journey time on traffic in the centre, absolutely crazy

smcgiff · 24-10-2013 10:48PM

Sorry for the man's family and the driver. Horrible thing to happen.

I must have missed this by 20 minutes driving home tonight. Sorry for anyone that saw this, I'd be very upset if I saw this.

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