This is traditionally a time when heavy rainfall, coupled with mud and sand on the road and cooler temperatures can turn road surfaces into skating rinks, or at least make them greasier and more slippery than we have seen for a while.
This morning two vehicles collided on Chapel Road in Ashby St Mary, not far from the junction with Chapel Lane and near the fibre broadband roadside cabinet No6. One of the vehicles was reportedly travelling far too fast on such a narrow road and could not stop in time. No-one was hurt but the vehicle which was hit was rendered undriveable. The other vehicle then drove off, to be seen later by a dog walker who narrowly escaped being hit. No-one managed to get the registration number. The vehicle is a silver grey Ford Mondeo and has damage to its radiator and front right (offside) headlight.
Just 2 days ago a vehicle crossed the humpback bridge at the Loddon end of the village travelling fast enough that when they collided with one of the telegraph poles on the left-hand side of the road, the impact ripped the fibre cable from its moorings all the way back into Claxton as far as The Warren. Again, no-one was hurt but the car was badly damaged and the authorities were on the scene fairly fast. Openreach are part way through relocating the fibre cable at the top of a number of telegraph poles. Telephone services were interrupted but thankfully not for long.
Both incidents happened because drivers were not paying enough attention to the road and most likely because of excessive speed. We have a large number of young families in the village these days, as well as a sizeable number of senior citizens who will not be as sprightly as they once were. We don’t want to be reporting on serious injuries, let alone anything worse, so could we please ask everyone who uses our roads to
