Woman hit crossing M25 slip road

[shadowninja]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080819/tuk-man-...

Be interested to know more. The driver is being done for dangerous driving. Given he's on a motorway slip road, you'd expect the speed to be quite high, so I wonder what he did that resulted in him being arrested.

[Hollywood Wheels]

The driver has not been 'done' for anything yet as such. I believe that the Police now will ALWAYS arrest a driver where a death has occured on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. It's policy, so that immediate investigation and evidence gathering can take place. He may or may not be charged later on. Unless anyone can correct me? Very sad story.

[Garlick]

The way the husband describes his wife, and how he will miss her....very sad indeed

[cs02rm0]

Doesn't sound reasonable to me unless he let her out first!

Yikes, she died too and her husband was one of the first on the scene.

Edited by cs02rm0 on Wednesday 20th August 15:59

[AbarthChris]

God poor guy...

She must've been in a state if her husband didnt realise it was her.

[N1CK]

holy st, i really feel for the guy, i dont know how that must feel.

[Shaw Tarse]

Sympathies for the loss of life,but why was she crossing a sliproad?
Would that be legal?

[hornetrider]

Maybe it was signalled at the junction with the roundabout? Possible crossing? The article says she was on her way home from work - presumably she would use that route every day?

Very sad anyway.

[Mr Whippy]

That is terrible for all parties involved.

Dave

[Taita]

Hollywood Wheels said:

The driver has not been 'done' for anything yet as such. I believe that the Police now will ALWAYS arrest a driver where a death has occured on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. It's policy, so that immediate investigation and evidence gathering can take place. He may or may not be charged later on. Unless anyone can correct me? Very sad story.

On his record forever though isn't it? Or a good few years?

[Shaw Tarse]

Taita said:

Hollywood Wheels said:

The driver has not been 'done' for anything yet as such. I believe that the Police now will ALWAYS arrest a driver where a death has occured on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. It's policy, so that immediate investigation and evidence gathering can take place. He may or may not be charged later on. Unless anyone can correct me? Very sad story.

On his record forever though isn't it? Or a good few years?

I'd have thought only if found guilty?
For sure driver would have been tested for alchohol?

[DRIFT KING]

Slip road???

[groomi]

IIRC there the exit sliproads at Junction 9 go straight into roundabouts. There are no pavements on the roundabouts that I can remember so you wouldn't expect to find a pedestrian - not to mention that you're only really looking one way because you're heading onto a roundabout.

[Munter]

There was something similar onone of those police shows. A bloke hit a lad on the motorway. He was charged with something whilethe police investigated. Eventually they decided he just would not have had enough time from seeing the guy in the road to stopping. And the charges were obviously dropped. That was at night although this "could" be simiar. With the speeds people travel at on slip roads and the hard turns some have, he might not have had time to stop from when she came into view.

However given her husband was passing it sounds more like it's near the junction for a slip road...

[Badgerboy]

A truck driver in Newport was arrested for this after a young boy went under his wheels.

Seemed the boy had decided truck surfing would be a good idea and it ended in tears. The driver was obviously discharged after they clarified the incident.

[minimax]

Shaw Tarse said:

Sympathies for the loss of life,but why was she crossing a sliproad?
Would that be legal?

there are some sliproads with crossings, the one at kenton bar/kingston park interchange on the A1 at Newcastle for example.. not saying she was in the right though.. tragic either way

[hornetrider]

Just looked on google maps and it looks like a bit of a funny offset junction with long on/off ramps going to the roundabout - can't see any crossings though.

[W333]

I drive this one regularly and there are no pavements there, and no sign of civilisation in the immediate vicinity either (Dorking obviously doesn't count)

[im]

groomi said:

IIRC there the exit sliproads at Junction 9 go straight into roundabouts. There are no pavements on the roundabouts that I can remember so you wouldn't expect to find a pedestrian - not to mention that you're only really looking one way because you're heading onto a roundabout.

Correct - I've used those slip roads both onto and off the M25 at junction 9 (Leatherhead) thousands of times.

Heading south: there is no pavement just a long slip down to a roundabout.
Heading north: shorter slip but there is a weigh bridge as you first turn onto the slip that, if you're a lorry, you can nip into. Again, no pavement.

[Vesuvius 996]

Terribly sad, but WTF was she doing crossing an M25 slip road?