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Author Horrendous accident - 27 vehicle pile up on M5 at Taunton
Bonney
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5th Nov 11 at 12:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just seen this on sky news, Makes you think how a split second can change everything!
Generation
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5th Nov 11 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
7 confirmed dead
daymoon
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5th Nov 11 at 13:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Some people might still be in cars
morpheus22
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5th Nov 11 at 13:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
scrolled past this thread , terrible accident, allways worries me driving on motorways for this reason
baza31
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Thing is everything escalates so fast on motorway due to speed and the amount of traffic . A guy I worked with nodded off on motorway and hit parked traffic and he caused a 7 car pile up. Killed a dog in the 5th cars boot . Police didn't do anything either not even driving without due care . I feel sorry for the people's family's . Surely it's all on CCTV ? Isn't the entire motorway network covered?
Matty SRi
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Just drove down the M5 earlier but came off at junction 20, signs all the way down said junction 24 and 25 were closed. Not that far before there was a overturned Mini on the otherside of the road (northbound), that must of just happened as there wasnt many cars behind it.
AndyCorsaSport
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15606278

Seven people have been killed and 51 injured in a 34-vehicle pile-up on the M5 in Somerset, police have confirmed.
Ben G
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i know it's maybe not the right time to ask this but how does one go about claiming on insurance for the car+injuries in such an incident?

surely there is so much damage and destruction to so many cars that they either claim off the person who caused the accident or claim off their own insurance?

you can't really tell which car went into which.
mattant
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And to think motorways are meant to be the safest roads
Dave
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They are by far, but just like planes (or maybe trains) are the safest form of transport when it does go wrong it can go very wrong.
MarkSport
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some serious mayhem caused there. I remember one like this happening when i was about 8. about 90 cars all collided on the m42 causing loads of fatalitys. horrible!

edit: Taken from wikipedia

"10 March 1997: M42 motorway in the United Kingdom, due to fog – 160 vehicles involved, 3 deaths, 60 injuries"

[Edited on 05-11-2011 by MarkSport]
MarkSport
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-vehicle_collision
Dave
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Update on BBC news. 7 confirmed dead, 51 injured, 34 vehicles involved. 4 dead in one vehicle, seems most of those killed were trapped in the fire
Graham88
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Horrible :-(
mattant
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Anyone seen the new update? they say it could have been because of a bonfire and fireworks display next to the motorway http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15612315

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