A car has left the carriageway and become stuck in a hedge between Whitwell and Ventnor this afternoon (Monday) following a period of torrential downpours.
A red Vauxhall Corsa has left Whitwell Road near to the junction with St Lawrence Shute – a notorious bend, particularly in wet conditions. There have been similar incidents involving Corsas and Ford Fiestas in August 2022, November 2022, December 2022 and October 2023.
A yellow weather warning has been issued by IW Met Service advising of the potential for localised downpours across the Island until 18:00 this evening. Many roads are seeing significant surface water, with some beginning to flood.
Today’s crash comes just days after a driver escaped with their life following a crash on the same stretch of road, as previously reported by Island Echo.
It only becomes a notorious bend when notoriously bad drivers don’t slow down, especially in bad weather, for said bend.
Erm, he wasn’t travelling too fast – black box shows his speed as well within the speed limit.
Just hit a puddle and aquaplaned.
Check your language and assumptions, please.
Speed limits are an up’er guide in ideal weather.. this person was driving to fast.
What part of “well within the speed limit” has defeated you?
I didn’t notice another couple of hundred cars in the hedge that past that way in the same conditions. Maybe he wasnt going to fast maybe on his phone ”again”, scrolling spotify, eating a sausage roll, lighting a cigeratte which ever he was 100% at fault..sorry but those are the facts.
If only IW Council would arrange to have speed humps
placed along such Roads, it is the ONLY way to make vehicles
slow down.
This is a very dangerous Road, i read recently that there
was a serious accident along this Road.
ROAD SAFETY ON THE ISLAND IS POOR,
we cannot rely on drivers to drive safely, hence
measure need putting in place.
inappropriate speed bumps would make the road much more dangerous…
imagine driving at a ‘reasonable’ speed, round a bend, in the rain, in the dark, on a motorbike, & suddenly hitting a speed bump you didn’t expect to be there (well it’s not a housing estate is it…) ,.. hardly going to make it safer is it ??
whilst your desire for a nanny state,..( where all free-will is removed from drivers, & everyone crawls along ( in volvos) at 20mph, just in case,…) is obvious,..
you really don’t have a clue about reality, do you ??
What else will stop “idiots” speeding??
Strict speeding rules need to be enforced on
the island
I read recently that Roads on the island had
Nearly 400 accidents in 1 year.
He wasn’t travelling too fast, just hit a puddle, and aquaplaned.
He’s not an idiot – stop attacking people when you are not in possession of the facts.
That part of the road is national speed limit , driving to the conditions is all part of driving a lethal weapon , that could have been horrific if he hit a oncoming vehicle, he is very lucky
And,, I know he realises that.
Oh let’s bring back the man with the top hat and the red flag in front of every car, that will solve the problem!
I’m sick of hearing from the speed limit brigade, what are your qualifications to make such comments?
I know that speeding kills innocent people,
have you not see the way vehicles drive on the
Island, maybe you should have an eye test.
I see terrible driving everyday islandwide.
You are not supposed to park in a hedge.
As his dad, I am very proud of his parallel parking, though.
Right this is someone I know. He aqua planed and lost control of the vehicle. He was going the speed limit please don’t be harsh and spread misinformation about him driving poorly because he’s lucky to be alive and without a scratch on him. Respect boundaries
As his dad, I really appreciate this.
It’s too easy for people to jump to conclusions.
Especially “keyboard warriors”…
Thank you.
Could easily have killed someone driving too fast in those conditions..only reason for aquaplanning and/or bold tyres. Maybe one day you’ll get the phone call saying one of your loved ones have been killed by someone ”just” skidding. Maybe then you’ll question wether excess speed was the problem. Its called a speed limit not a target.
Erm…
Wrong!
Aquaplaning, also known as hydroplaning, occurs when a vehicle’s tires can’t move enough water out of the way on the road surface.
Driving along a dry road, rounding a bend, and finding a puddle in front of you will cause it – no way to predict.
This is what happened.
And, as his father, I am very glad to not have received that call.
He made a mistake – but that was the mistake of actually driving that route.
Interesting that your moniker “Demis defacts” is supposed to read “them is the facts”, but actually comes across with more emphasis on the “demi”, meaning “half”.
This bend is notorious because of loose stones washed out from the patched quartering (patched with limestone, not built with tarmacadam) and compounded recently by mud brought out from field immediately to the east of Week Lane by tractors.
I passed this clown parked on the hedge, that corner about 2.40 has been muddy and with gravel over the last couple of weeks, but add rain , there’s a excuse for not taking the road conditions seriously, the milly has 2 inches of mud in places, and thankfully no one has been unable to read the conditions
It’s even written on the road infront of them and they still don’t slow down , there’s no hope for these idiots
He was travelling well within the speed limit – just hit a puddle and aquaplaned.
He’s not an idiot – no more than you would be if you slipped and fell on a puddle of water in your kitchen.
Fact is, he is lucky that the metal pole stopped his car rolling into the field, which would likely have seriously injured him, or possibly killed him.
It could have been so much worse, and inflammatory comments like yours do not help.
Maybe have a tad more humanity.
The speed limit is the national 60mph on that particular part of the road, say no more!!!!! He is a lucky guy not to have hit a on coming vehicle, , perhaps caution will be used next time there’s bad weather, and also taking noteof the 3 signs put there advising of slippery conditions