A road traffic collision, which has seen a vehicle crash into an electricity pole on the main Newport to Yarmouth road, is causing significant disruption this lunchtime (Thursday).
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary were first called to the scene on Ningwood Hill near Cranmore Avenue and Hamstead Road around 11:15.
Island Echo understands that the incident has seen a car collide with an electricity pole in the area. As a precautionary measure, residents are being evacuated from their homes.
Island Roads have closed Ningwood Hill – between Station Road and Hill Place Lane – whilst the incident is dealt with.
Southern Vectis Route 7 buses are being forced to divert locally as a result.
UPDATE @ 14:20 – Police have confirmed that no injuries have been reported.
If the speeding limit was 20mph on this small
Island, such accidents would never happen.
Driving at a sensible 20mph would not inflict any
damage.
20mph is plenty, take a leaf out of many other
areas in the UK
oh god…
you’re back on that one again.
there is nothing in the article to suggest that excessive speed was anything to do with it
20 is absolutely NOT plenty,…
people have jobs to do, & places to get to.
the on-going cost, to businesses and society, of the time wasted by having to stick to 20, would be astronomical…
if you are so worried about people driving too fast for your understanding, to cope with, perhaps you move to Pennsylvania & join the Amish …
You obviously like speeding.
People would still get to work driving at 20mph,
stolen making excuses.
The way it’s going, soon vehicles won’t be on the
Road, that will stop motorists speeding.
Lol
What about the idiot who was doing
117mph along the Military Road
DO YOU THINK SPEEDING IS RIGHT?!
The island is a lawless place.
IW Council need to ACT and follow Khan’s
example 20mph
But vehicles don’t stick to the 20nph limit in London as it isn’t policed. It only works if there are traffic cops or cameras
No, but they receive an hefty fine in the post
for going a few miles over the speed limit of 20mph
Khan’s system works, the island is run by
a bunch of useless dandelions who couldn’t
undo a packet of crisps between them.
Lol
He’d moan about them too
Driving at 20 can still kill a small child, an elderly person. It can also cause someone to crash into a pole if they’re busy having a heart attack. For accidents to never happen, you’d need to ban all cars. And bikes. And delivery trucks. And horses and carts. And even pedestrians. In fact, anything that moves.
20mph is plenty, even parts of Bognor
are implementing 20mph
Probably ice but not everything is this super plan to be evil unlike enough is enough lol. Stop being woke for a minute.
How???
My thoughts exactly