Crash on A127 causes tailbacks (From Echo)

Yet another accident causd by the three into two bad road design by SBC no doubt. Hope no-one hurt, as article I read does not state any injuries to anyone involved.

Do we need to see people being cut out of cars? Seriously, might that not being upsetting to friends or family of those involved? Bit insensitive.

The above trolling for a fight

No! Genuinely I mean, do we need to show photographs of car accidents?
I think its macabre and distasteful. I'm pretty sure it adds nothing to the story What so ever. The troll seems to be you. I shan't be responding again.

I'm afraid to say, as with all news, a picture paints a thousand words...

That is a bad road design. Many times I've been in the middle lane, let one car merge in front of me, it's getting to the point where the righthand lane is ending, and some clown is casually and slowly overtaking, oblivious to the fact his lane is ending.

pendulum wrote:
That is a bad road design. Many times I've been in the middle lane, let one car merge in front of me, it's getting to the point where the righthand lane is ending, and some clown is casually and slowly overtaking, oblivious to the fact his lane is ending.

Have to agree. A seriously poor design and an accident just waiting to happen. Mark these words too, another seriously poor design is in Eastwoodbury Lane where the mini roundabout from the east (Southend) direction allows the new road to turn south. This should be a bend and NOT a mini roundabout. Someone will be injured or killed here very soon. Still, "they" know best as the designers have degrees so they are clearly far more intelligent that me......

I agree with it being a bad road design but if you look at the pic it shows that its in the 2 left lanes not that silly 3rd lane so really that lane can't be blamed & I've been driving less than 2 years & its a bit of common sense with using that part of the road if you are arrogant & dont want to let people at least 1 person merge in front of you which is the idea of that part of the road then stay in the left lane its common sense really just like on the a13 they have a 3 lane section that merges into 2 & nobody complains about that part of road & that's worked for a long time now it just seems funny that it takes 1 accident & people moan about a certain section of road its not the roads fault it is the people that are driving too fast or too slow or even not paying attention that causes accidents lets hope nobody was seriously injured

When I went through this abysmal road layout on way home from work last night (about 15.45ish) there was a white van broken down in middle lane at lights, this was causing tailbacks before reported time of accident - Can't help but wonder if this had any bearing on accident, in way of vehicles accelerating to get round broken down vehicle and changing lanes afterwards. And yes I was a casualty of this new road layout last year, so I still stand by what I said originally about bad road design...

Off topic I realise, but does anyone know what was going on at Michelin's Farm last Saturday morning. There were police cars blocking of the entrance from the A1245 and a police helicopter hovering above it. Nothing in the Echo as far as i can se.

Hundreds of thousands of cars have passed through that junction, it's inevitable that there will be some collisions.

As for the junction being poorly designed, I think the problem is with the general standard of driving.

I see countless morons changing from lane 2 to lane 3, going past one car and then forcing their way back into lane 2.

That is NOT poor road design, it's poor and aggressive driving!

I passed this incident at around 16:20 last night, the female driver of the KA was conscious and being looked after by a Police officer. The damage to her car didn't look too bad but I guess there could have been back/neck injuries hence needing to close the road and cut the roof off the car to get her out safely.

as my mother and father inlaw was involved driving the KA can i just say that the car was completely smashed to peices. the reason she was being cut out was because she couldnt feel her legs and has previous problems with her back.

It was not aggressive driving the lorry in lane 2 decided to move over to avoid the merging road with out looking and didnt see the ka in the left hand lane. He smashed in to it and turned the ka in front of the lorry the wheels of the ka buckled and if he hadnt stopped when he did the lorry would have rolled over the top of the car killing both people inside.
i understand that this is a big topic due to the section of road it happened on and the many bad drivers who do aggressivly overtake on it.
i know the comments so far have not been bad but i ask to not make assumtions about it with out all the facts.
as for the photo no it is not upsetting for us i hope that people see it and take more care. my mother inlaw was brave to stay so calm considering the postion she was in
This has been very upsetting for the whole family both are doing well.

sprooksett89 wrote:
as my mother and father inlaw was involved driving the KA can i just say that the car was completely smashed to peices. the reason she was being cut out was because she couldnt feel her legs and has previous problems with her back. It was not aggressive driving the lorry in lane 2 decided to move over to avoid the merging road with out looking and didnt see the ka in the left hand lane. He smashed in to it and turned the ka in front of the lorry the wheels of the ka buckled and if he hadnt stopped when he did the lorry would have rolled over the top of the car killing both people inside. i understand that this is a big topic due to the section of road it happened on and the many bad drivers who do aggressivly overtake on it. i know the comments so far have not been bad but i ask to not make assumtions about it with out all the facts. as for the photo no it is not upsetting for us i hope that people see it and take more care. my mother inlaw was brave to stay so calm considering the postion she was in This has been very upsetting for the whole family both are doing well.

Glad to hear your mother and father-in-law are (relatively speaking) OK after this incident.

I wasn't suggesting that aggressive driving was a factor in this particular instance, this is just something I see nigh on everyday when I use the junction on the way home from work.

I've nearly been taken out in the inside lane with drivers doing the same to me.

If everyone played nicely it'd work just fine i.e. only used the 3rd lane when it's very busy and lane two drivers allow cars from lane 3 to filter in.

I see no end of people moving from lane 2 to 3 for no real reason and then the drivers in lane 2 not letting cars from lane 3 in.

IMO the 3rd lane is needed for a little extra capacity during peak hours, it just needs people to have a little more consideration and patience.

I use that junction every afternoon/evening it is badly designed, not enough signage to show 3 lanes in to 2 and bad driving of people who don't know the junction.The inside lane is the best bet but I've had people try to push me on to the grass verge when they see the road is running out.
Cuckoo corner is another 2 lanes in to 1 lane around Priory crescent it only a matter of time before there is a crash there.