The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Police are responding to a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road at the Blacklands Lane junction this evening (Thursday).
Multiple vehicles have been involved in the incident, which has closed the road in both directions.
Police are advising motorists to avoid the area.
Meanwhile, in Ryde, Police have closed Ashley Road due to a two-car crash near the railway bridge.
UPDATE @ 18:30 – The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been called to the scene, indicating the severity of the situation.
The road is expected to remain closed for the next few hours whilst casualties are treated, the incident is investigated and the scene is cleared.
UPDATE @ 19:00 – 5 people have been injured in this evening’s crash – 2 seriously. 1 person has been airlifted to a mainland hospital.
The crash has involved 2 vehicles, 1 of which is a silver BMW.
UPDATE @ 20:20 – The Collision Investigation Unit from the mainland has arrived on scene near Wootton tonight to investigate the circumstances of the collision, which has involved a BMW and a Vauxhall Astra.
The National Police Air Service helicopter has circled in the skies above the crash scene in the past 20 minutes, thought to be gathering aerial photographs.
A hard road closure is in place and is expected to remain so for the rest of tonight and into the early hours.
UPDATE @ 21:55 – A police witness appeal has now been launched following 2 feeing the scene.
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2 FLEE SCENE OF SERIOUS & LIFE-THREATENING COLLISION ON BRIDDLESFORD ROAD
People go ridiculously fast on that bit of road. I just wish that those in such a hurry will just slow down a bit (not saying this was the case this time)..
Having just been looking at the Medina Way Drag Strip I am surprised the above were the only accidents, so far, today.
Too many aggressive very angry drivers on the Island roads now, unfortunately it will continue with no hope of reducing, our population is rising and it’s going to get worse.
More houses, more drivers, no infrastructure to cope with it..
Regular crashes on this road, hardly surprising the amount of idiots observed every day taking ridiculous risks. The speed limit must be reduced to take into account all the blind bends and T junctions. I hope all are ok but only a matter of time before a fatality
Reducing the speed limit will not help. The ‘idiots’ you say are already breaking the speed limit, why would you think they’d care if it dropped to a 50 or 40?
The bends on briddlesford aren’t really ‘blind’ & the T Junctions are sign posted.
if drivers learn to read the road & conditions, read signs & drive appropriately (& no, that doesn’t necessarily mean slowly), then reducing the speed limit shouldn’t be necessary.
reducing the speed limit isn’t a panacea for every potential accident
I suspect it has nothing to do with the roads or drivers (licenced) and more to do with the idiots who most likely took someone elses car without concent and then drove it without a licence, insurance or hardly any experiance. Then run off when it all goes badly wrong.
Then everyone pipes up saying their piece about road safety.
No amount of signs, cameras, speed humps, barriers or roundabouts can protect against that kind of stupidity, they should throw the book at them. In fact several books if not the library and make an example for other idiots.
I just feel for the peolple injured in this incident who were going about their normal day.