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Police cars in accidents (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter Nick
  • Start date Jan 23, 2019
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #1
2 in a few days now.

A woman was killed by a police car in a pursuit and then today a woman near the Griff in Bedworth was hit by a police car and is in a bad way.

Are people walking out in the road in front of them?
 

iflynno

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #2
The woman involved today was an older lady on a mobile scoote.The police car had lights and sirens on at the time.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #3
iflynno said:
The woman involved today was an older lady on a mobile scoote.The police car had lights and sirens on at the time.
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Has it been said if she went out into the road in front of it?

Haven't seen anything about the mobile scooter yet in the press?
 

iflynno

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #4
Nick said:
Has it been said if she went out into the road in front of it?

Haven't seen anything about the mobile scooter yet in the press?
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Yes apparently she stepped or rode out into the road.

The police car couldn't stop in time.

Not sure of her condition.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #5
Christ, there was another one

Female pedestrian, 26, is mowed down and killed by police car | Daily Mail Online

The other one I thought was actually the person being chased by police

PCSO killed in police chase crash - Hopefully this guy gets sent down for a long time.
 

chiefdave

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #6
Nick said:
Are people walking out in the road in front of them?
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No idea about these particular cases but hardly a day goes by when I don't see someone step out into the road without looking as they're too busy on their phone.
 
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iflynno

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #7
chiefdave said:
No idea about these particular cases but hardly a day goes by when I don't see someone step out into the road without looking as they're too busy on their phone.
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I walked into a bush doing this exact thing the other day.
 
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tommydazzle

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  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #8
Were you upskirting at the time?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #9
My dad's car was hit by an ambulance about 2 years ago.

He was very very lucky not to be killed.

It wasn't his fault either, but he couldn't win the court case. It's so hard to prosecute an emergency vehicle.
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Jan 23, 2019
  • #10
This is why I HATE texting! My last phone statement listed me as sending just 12 texts in a month!
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Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #11
Wonder if anyone is changing their minds about chasing criminals and lknocking people of mopeds etc. What a tragic waste and I don’t blame the police I blame the criminals they are trying to catch. Probably a statistical anomaly for 3 in such a short space of time but even so it’s tragic for each of the people affected by the three incidents
 

Nick

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  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #12
Sky Blue Pete said:
Wonder if anyone is changing their minds about chasing criminals and lknocking people of mopeds etc. What a tragic waste and I don’t blame the police I blame the criminals they are trying to catch. Probably a statistical anomaly for 3 in such a short space of time but even so it’s tragic for each of the people affected by the three incidents
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It depends on the circumstance.

The one yesterday didn't say they were chasing somebody, they could have just been going to a call.

Plus it isn't known if she went into the road in front without looking.
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #13
The woman has died. Tragic

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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #14
https://www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.express.co.uk/news/uk/962613/police-chase-car-crashes-killed-road-accidents-collisions/amp?usqp=mq331AQCCAE=&amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https://www.google.com&ampshare=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/962613/police-chase-car-crashes-killed-road-accidents-collisions

THE NUMBER of people killed in road accidents involving police cars is at its highest figure for eight years. Thirty-two people died following collisions with police vehicles last year, 28 occurring as a result of police pursuits.

It comes as new figures reveal UK police forces are writing off more than one vehicle every 24 hours – costing taxpayers more than £6.5million a year.

Last year police destroyed 480 of their own cars in crashes

PS article from 2018
 
Last edited: Jan 24, 2019

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #15
The police still have a duty to drive responsibly, excessive speed in built up areas unless chasing somebody isn't really acceptable
 

Marty

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #16
The police can't win here, If they let them get away they're useless, if they hit someone accidentally they're bastards. I think we should carry on as we are, but have tougher sentencing,
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #17
32 out of 1700 or so

I was surprised how low that figure was as when I was growing up I thought it was huge!

So look at this

Reported Road Casualties Great Britain - Wikipedia

1970 there were 7500 deaths

1990 there were 5217

That is a huge reduction in traffic deaths to do with speed to do with safer cars etc etc

I’m not sure this huge success is really noticed at all

We should be really proud as a nation about this
 
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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 24, 2019
  • #18
Sky Blue Pete said:
32 out of 1700 or so

I was surprised how low that figure was as when I was growing up I thought it was huge!

So look at this

Reported Road Casualties Great Britain - Wikipedia

1970 there were 7500 deaths

1990 there were 5217

That is a huge reduction in traffic deaths to do with speed to do with safer cars etc etc

I’m not sure this huge success is really noticed at all

We should be really proud as a nation about this
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That puts it in perspective.
This is good background too.
Driving home? 10 things to know about roads
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 25, 2019
  • #19
Are the police drivers as well trained as they used to be or with all the cutbacks pushed out too early?
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 25, 2019
  • #20
I think "traffic cops" are very highly trained, and very skillful drivers. But I would be interested to know how many of the collisions, 480 write-offs and deaths were caused by "panda cars" (ask your parents, kids!), either directly or by taking it upon themselves to chase a bandido. And the number of TV programmes I've seen where the copper driving has had one hand off the wheel to operate his shoulder-mounted radio set is atrocious!!
 
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