10 April (Part 3) - Serious accident in Sidcup
I was expecting a visitor around 9:30 this morning and she arrived only a few
minutes late but said she was very lucky to have missed the worst of the
traffic chaos in and around Sidcup.
Almost simultaneously a text message brought my attention to the same thing and
the news popped up
on the News Shopper’s website. It said there had been a serious accident
between a car and a pedestrian at the junction of Sidcup High Street and Elm Road. This is the central junction by the
old police station. So that rules out any connection with the recent regeneration scheme.
Since
then a photo has been submitted said to portray the accident scene. The black
car appears to be cordoned off but there is no confirmation that it is the car
involved. Why the silver car is stuck where it is I have been unable to ascertain. (See Update below.)
Only last night I heard Bexley’s Road Safety Officer saying how the borough’s accidents
statistics were reasonably stable and there was only one fatality last year.
Fortunately today’s injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Awful that the victim had to be taken all the way to Denmark Hill when Queen
Mary’s Hospital is only a quarter of a mile away. But I seem to remember the
Conservatives reneged on their promise to keep the A&E open.
Update: The photographer has reported that the two markers on the windscreen of
the silver car indicate the head impact zone. Whose is unclear. Nor is there any
indication of who might be responsible for the accident.