Accident - Collision Monday 11am

Another accident happened today at around 11am. A woman and her baby were travelling outbound towards Allestree. As they passed by Saint Benedict School a car coming towards the city made contact. Winger mirrors on both cars were smashed off. The wing mirror on the womans car was hit with such force that is smashed through the drivers side window sending glass flying in to the vehicle. The woman was treated for shock and cuts caused by the glass. Luckily the baby was protected by the position of the car seat. This is a typical accident caused by the narrowness of the lanes. Cars are passing very close together and for the most part are still exceeding the speed limit. We are very relieved that this accident was relatively minor however what can begin as minor can soon turn in to something major. We are expecting head on collisions and a range of other accidents and unfortunately our predictions so far have come true. A photo taken by a witness will be published shortly.

Accident on Duffield Road Thursday 3rd May

Unfortunately another accident happened tonight. At 5.40 I traveled home and popped in to Darley Abbey to vote. When I came back out of Mile Ash lane I spotted a cyclist, lying on the floor with two people with him. He had been knocked off his bike and was clearly very shacken up. He was travelling towards Derby in the bus lane and a car had pulled across in front of him. I spoke with the driver of the car to ask what had happened. He said we was confused about the road layout and had pulled in to the middle lane and then realised it was in fact the oncoming traffic lane. He became confused, moved to get out of the way and pulled across in front of the cyclist. We have received countless comments about the Mile Ash Lane junction and have passed these comments on to the Council. Cars are inclined to cut across quickly here and must make sure they also look in the bus lane for traffic. The council have recognised the problems for cyclists on this road and have talked about implementing a cycle lane. However we are worried about the environmental impacts of this plan. I am pleased to say the cyclist Rob Suggitt was shaken, battered and bruised but okay.

Ambulance arrives

Accident Friday 7.05pm

Sitting in my dining room for dinner and hearing the sounds of horns going off is not unsual since the implementation of the bus lane but last night (27th April) the sound of horns was followed by a big bang. A car had stopped outside our house on the double yellow lines and was about to nip in to drop of laundry for the wife and a DVD or me (she can't/won't attemp to get on to our drive now as it is too difficult). Due to the space and narrowness of the outbound carriageway the car was half on and half off the road (tying not to affect traffic or pedestrians and failing on both accounts). This forced cars to overtake on to oncoming traffic. A car had decided to make this manouvre then realised that cars were coming towards him with little room to spare. He braked suddenly and a van crashed in to rear of his car. We have seen this potential accident happen a hundreds of occasions over the last few weeks. Deliveries on this road create chaos. We are not shocked it happened on a relatively quiet friday evening but relieved it did. If it had happened on a Monday morning for example the situation could have been so much worse. The volumes of traffic, types of traffic, especially HGV's together with and abundance of school kids walking to school could have made this accident catastrophic.

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