When,
in 2008, Cabinet Member Craske dismissed every objection to his plan to make Abbey Road
narrower than it was, my son who was at the time the Transport Research Laboratory’s Senior
Consultant on such matters said it was “a recipe for head on collisions” as it
ignored every bit of TRL’s guidance on how to do such things.
And so it proved to be, there have been innumerable accidents since and at least
one fatality that can be laid at Craske’s door. However it is quite a long time
since I just happened to be passing by to see the evidence for myself.
This afternoon was an exception but despite that I have no idea how the crash came
about. The police were reluctant to let traffic pass as petrol was leaking on to
the road. The glass and debris they had helpfully kicked away.
A nearby resident is hidden behind the blue arrow (Photo 1) examining his demolished wall.
Two more photos for my catalogue of Craske’s
Abbey Road safety improvements.