Updated: A13 in Leigh blocked following car crash (From Southend Standard)
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Updated: A13 in Leigh blocked following car crash
8:40am Wednesday 8th August 2012 in Southend
THE A13 in Leigh was blocked in both directions during the morning rush hour after a car hit a lampost.
The crash happened at around 8am this morning close to the Co-operative store at the junction of Station Road.
A 79 year-old was taken to Southend Hospital with minor chest injuries.
Comments(7)
leighman
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10:40am Wed 8 Aug 12
AnotherSister
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10:59am Wed 8 Aug 12
jon45994
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11:23am Wed 8 Aug 12
paul.d.
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11:13pm Wed 8 Aug 12
angthepang
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12:59pm Fri 10 Aug 12
paul.d. wrote:I suppose you would also wonder if it was a young driver, a female driver, a foreign driver and the only time you wouldn't wonder was if it was a middle-aged man who was born in this country.
A 79 Year Old.....You have To Wonder
Funnily enough, both times I have been hit (not my fault) it was by a middle-aged Englishman!
smiffy22
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6:48pm Fri 10 Aug 12
angthepang wrote:Perhaps we should ask the author of the comment what they think may be the relative number of road deaths caused by an elderly driver in comparison to the number caused by twenty-something drivers. Even allowing for a greater proportion of the younger drivers, I expect the figures will be in favour of the older drivers. I expect insurance premiums will also bear this out.
paul.d. wrote:I suppose you would also wonder if it was a young driver, a female driver, a foreign driver and the only time you wouldn't wonder was if it was a middle-aged man who was born in this country.
A 79 Year Old.....You have To Wonder
Funnily enough, both times I have been hit (not my fault) it was by a middle-aged Englishman!
Also, I wonder whether the poster will remove himself from the road when he reaches that age, whether or not he has all his faculties, simply because "you have to wonder"!
Regards,
Smiffy22
the citizen says...
10:32am Wed 8 Aug 12