Minor injuries have been reported after a Ford Fiesta crashed into a bus stop on the main road between Sandown and Shanklin this morning (Sunday).
Police and paramedics were called to Sandown Road, just past Skew Bridge, at around 09:00.
At the scene a Ford Fiesta has collided with a bus stop, smashing the structure and sending shards of glass across the carriageway.
The collision has also damaged fencing blocking access to the Island Line. South Western Railway engineers have erected temporary fencing to restrict access to the tracks.
Sandown Road was closed for around 90-minutes whilst the driver was tended to in the back of an ambulance.
The road remained closed until recovery of the vehicle by Bartletts had been completed at around 10:30.
More bad driving on the Iow
Apparently it was a medical episode and nothing to do with bad driving
Another naughty car?
Was not bad driving, it was a medical episode behind the wheel
Well if so very sad and thankfully no one was at
the bus stop, could have been disastrous.
God, yeah, it really could have been. Thank you for pointing that out to us poor ignorant southerners
Southerners obviously need educating in road safety issues.
Driving on the island is a complete joke.
I have a limit to how much I spend on a vehicle on the island
due to Numpty motorists being a threat!
£15,000 maximum
Until I see safer roads that is my limit.
SPEEDING IS A COMPLETE JOKE, NOT TO MENTION
DRINK OR DRUG DRIVING
They need to educate children young in schools about
rules of driving.
There also needs to be campaigns across the island
Highlighting the dangers!
No one seems to care.
It was a medical episode – nothing to do with speeding or drink driving but I shouldn’t let the facts get in the way of a good rant.
Nothing wrong with a rant.
Shame you don’t have a limit on your narcissistic addiction to spouting b****cks and the word Numpty
Shame you don’t take an holiday it will do you the
world of good and you might get a tan.
Lol
More utter shit driving on the island and will they be made to pay for all damage??? no of course not.
Maybe read before commenting? Then your comment could be relevant to the discussion.
And I assume if the same happens to you, you will be shouting from the back of the ambulance, “dont worry I’ve got this” and wave your credit card.
Fancy putting a bus stop there, imagine if passengers
were waiting for a bus and a Numpty decides to take out
the bus stop.
Time for fences along such roads so numpties only crash
into the fence and not where persons could have been
standing.
Road safety on the island is POOR!
Yeah, fancy. How weird. What’s weirder though is why no one consulted you as to where the bus stop should be.
Many bus stops on the mainland have pull ins/lay bys
so buses can pull in safely and not cause obstructions.
On the island they just stop in the middle of road.
THAT IS IW ROAD SAFETY FOR YOU – IT IS SH*T
Yes, fancy putting a bus stop on a bus route, how stupid is that? Strong, ruinously expensive and ugly vehicle-proof fences along every road where bus stops are is a fantastic idea; pity about the poor OAPs trying to climb over with their shopping to get to the bus before it departs, but you can’t have everything.
Bus stops on the island are in strange and dangerous
locations, hence shit road safety on the island.
FACT!!
Agreed. Putting a bus stop on a bus route is incredibly stupid. They should have erected ugly, vehicle-proof fences if they’re going to do that. Shame about the poor OAPs with their shopping and walking sticks, desperately trying to climb over before the bus departs, but at least they won’t get squashed by a numpty.
Fancy putting a bus stop on a bus route, how stupid is that? Putting up vehicle-proof, ugly fences along bus routes is a much better idea; shame about the poor OAPs with their shopping, trying to scale it to reach the bus before it departs, but at least they won’t get squashed by a numpty.
Why have glass on bus shelters!
Shatter proof glass or steel would be safer.