Avoid A47 near Peterborough

Road closed due to accident, looks bad hope all are ok.

peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news … -1-7848858

If I’d been driving that Asda unit and had escaped with what the website hopefully correctly describes as ‘minor injuries’ then I would be making a trip to my local paper shop to put a lottery ticket on tomorrow. Assuming it’s not been on its side and righting it has caused more damage, the bloke was lucky not to have been decapitated.

The Asda wagon wasn’t rolled, he hit the girders on the trailer with his n/s, and managed to take the side of his cab, and the trailer right till the back doors. :open_mouth:

TNCSI. Cruise control? Limiter? Not paying attention to situation ahead?

That driver isn’t the only one who should be buying a lottery ticket. Scroll down that page and have a look at the previous crash a few days back further along the A47.
Bernard

the nodding donkey:
The Asda wagon wasn’t rolled, he hit the girders on the trailer with his n/s, and managed to take the side of his cab, and the trailer right till the back doors. :open_mouth:

TNCSI. Cruise control? Limiter? Not paying attention to situation ahead?

Then he is a lucky, lucky boy indeed… :open_mouth:

Am I missing something here? Where’s the unit for the girder carrying trailer?

the nodding donkey:
The Asda wagon wasn’t rolled, he hit the girders on the trailer with his n/s, and managed to take the side of his cab, and the trailer right till the back doors. :open_mouth:

TNCSI. Cruise control? Limiter? Not paying attention to situation ahead?

Or tailgating, lorry he was following slung it into lane 2 Asda man had no chance to avoid, maybe.

How the hell has he walked away from that o.O

the nodding donkey:
The Asda wagon wasn’t rolled, he hit the girders on the trailer with his n/s, and managed to take the side of his cab, and the trailer right till the back doors. :open_mouth:

TNCSI. Cruise control? Limiter? Not paying attention to situation ahead?

what overhang??..oops…well i suppose thats my last agency shift for this lot then. :unamused:

dieseldog999:

the nodding donkey:
The Asda wagon wasn’t rolled, he hit the girders on the trailer with his n/s, and managed to take the side of his cab, and the trailer right till the back doors. :open_mouth:

TNCSI. Cruise control? Limiter? Not paying attention to situation ahead?

what overhang??..oops…well i suppose thats my last agency shift for this lot then. :unamused:

I guess there’s a chance the load has shifted, and as we can’t see the headboard end, the overhang maybe wasn’t like that before…

As for where the unit is, I guess the photographer was late or couldn’t push close enough until response crews had finished.