Motorway crash
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What to do when there is a crash on the motorway?
3 lane motorway, dry road, good visibility, day light, moderate traffic, I am in lane 3 passing traffic in lane 2 and 1, good distance to car behind, no traffic immediately in front in lane 3. Car about 200 metres ahead in lane 2 starts to move in to lane 1, realises there is a car to the left, swerves back to lane 2, gets a tank slapper, loses control, hits central Armco at 90 degrees, bounces back, does a 360 and comes to rest nose in to central Armco. No other vehicles involved.
When the car first swerved I lifted, when they started to lose control I braked and hit the hazards, I had enough space to bring the traffic behind to a stop well before the now stranded car that had half its back end sticking in to lane 3. There are now stationary cars and a coach on the hard shoulder adjacent to the wreck, there is debris in lanes 2 and 3, lane 3 is stationary and blocked by me in a big SUV.
My passenger donned a high vis and went to the crashed car, I moved forward to put my car at an angle across lane 3 but with the front wheels pointing down the motorway, I donned a high vis and stood behind my car beside the Armco to slow traffic down if necessary.
Apart from the car that crashed, what should we all have done differently.
3 lane motorway, dry road, good visibility, day light, moderate traffic, I am in lane 3 passing traffic in lane 2 and 1, good distance to car behind, no traffic immediately in front in lane 3. Car about 200 metres ahead in lane 2 starts to move in to lane 1, realises there is a car to the left, swerves back to lane 2, gets a tank slapper, loses control, hits central Armco at 90 degrees, bounces back, does a 360 and comes to rest nose in to central Armco. No other vehicles involved.
When the car first swerved I lifted, when they started to lose control I braked and hit the hazards, I had enough space to bring the traffic behind to a stop well before the now stranded car that had half its back end sticking in to lane 3. There are now stationary cars and a coach on the hard shoulder adjacent to the wreck, there is debris in lanes 2 and 3, lane 3 is stationary and blocked by me in a big SUV.
My passenger donned a high vis and went to the crashed car, I moved forward to put my car at an angle across lane 3 but with the front wheels pointing down the motorway, I donned a high vis and stood behind my car beside the Armco to slow traffic down if necessary.
Apart from the car that crashed, what should we all have done differently.
Once your biggest danger is out of the way i'e the following fast traffic and YOUR ass is safe which it seems to have been as there was slow traffic behind you.
Make sure the incident is reported in by 999 if necessary with the CORRECT location (or ETB emer telephone box) and 'the casualties' if any are looked after.
Heck if your feeling generous and there are no injuries and spillages, clear the debris and move the vehicle onto the Hard shoulder (if there is one)
Then continue with life
Eta depending where you are Midas queue protection should kick in to slow following traffic to the queue if people take any notice.
Make sure the incident is reported in by 999 if necessary with the CORRECT location (or ETB emer telephone box) and 'the casualties' if any are looked after.
Heck if your feeling generous and there are no injuries and spillages, clear the debris and move the vehicle onto the Hard shoulder (if there is one)
Then continue with life
Eta depending where you are Midas queue protection should kick in to slow following traffic to the queue if people take any notice.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 4th October 17:46
Dixy said:
What to do when there is a crash on the motorway?
My passenger donned a high vis and went to the crashed car, I moved forward to put my car at an angle across lane 3 but with the front wheels pointing down the motorway, I donned a high vis and stood behind my car beside the Armco to slow traffic down if necessary.
Apart from the car that crashed, what should we all have done differently.
Called the police, found out if there were any injuries from your friend and passed that info on.My passenger donned a high vis and went to the crashed car, I moved forward to put my car at an angle across lane 3 but with the front wheels pointing down the motorway, I donned a high vis and stood behind my car beside the Armco to slow traffic down if necessary.
Apart from the car that crashed, what should we all have done differently.
Were you standing between your car and the oncoming traffic? Big error if you were, even being on the opposite side is a bit of a fail. Block the traffic with your car if you can justify it, but get off the road totally and behind armco if you don't need to give first aid.
Some numpty on their mobile phone will look up from their s
tbook update and run into your car and will kill you. No Bend said:
Some numpty on their mobile phone will look up from their stbook update and run into your car and will kill you.
tbook update and run into your car and will kill you. 
like this http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7724259/Man...Colleague stopped once with a dick in central res on a bad right hand bend in the dark and rain at 5am who insisted on looking under the seats for his mobile phone rather than saving his ass
speedyguy said:
Telegraph said:
Mr Tolley, 46, from Birkenhead, on the Wirral, was on his way to work when he pulled onto the hard shoulder to help an accident victim.
He crossed the M53 to rescue a woman driver who had spun round and crashed into the central reservation following an early-morning hailstorm.
He crossed the M53 to rescue a woman driver who had spun round and crashed into the central reservation following an early-morning hailstorm.
Crossed a live motorway (three times by the sound of it): I wouldn't do that in full Hi Viz with car on hard shoulder full of blue and red lights.It's been proved several times that the more people witness an incident the less likely anyone is to call for help. The danger is that everyone works on the assumption someone else has already done it. Google 'bystander effect'.
So make sure you call 999. Better that ten people call than none.
So make sure you call 999. Better that ten people call than none.
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