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Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:14 pm
by Wellsy1882
Top of manny road near clowbridge

Any1 seen the vid doin the rounds.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:20 pm
by Juan Tanamera
You mean Clowbridge?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:20 pm
by Targetman
Clough Bridge?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:22 pm
by Steve-Harpers-perm
Near to the Waggoners. Road now back open hopefully there were no serious injuries.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:31 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Anyone seen the video?

Modern society in one sentence.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:33 pm
by mill hill claret
cricketfieldclarets wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:31 pm
Anyone seen the video?

Modern society in one sentence.
Correct ..why would anyone want to watch a video of another person/ persons misfortune

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:35 pm
by alboclaret
Wellsy1882 wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:14 pm
Any1 seen the vid doin the rounds.
Wow.....
Just wow :roll:

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:39 pm
by Devils_Advocate
mill hill claret wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:33 pm
..why would anyone want to watch a video of another person/ persons misfortune
There are some exceptions

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Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:45 pm
by mill hill claret
Yes that one is fine 🤣🤣

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:46 pm
by NewClaret
I was there a few minutes later, didn’t see anything and just got turned around. Anyone know what happened?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:48 pm
by fanzone
cricketfieldclarets wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:31 pm
Anyone seen the video?

Modern society in one sentence.

Sad world we live in.

Off topic but my daughter has just been asked to go to scare kingdom, off a child who's parent is a teacher that is self isolating and offered to drive them there.

Sadly we seem the bad ones for saying No.

The human race is the worst thing to step foot on this planet.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:45 pm
by Wellsy1882
Its dash cam footage thats goin to be shown on tomorrows news. Hardly a sick video

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:09 pm
by gandhisflipflop
Just seen this on my FB feed so couldn't avoid it. The standard of driving seems to be **** poor at the moment. I was going down burnley road towards padiham and a car came zooming out of the Lockyer avenue junction right in front of me and zoomed up the other side of the road towards Burnley. Had I arrived a few seconds earlier he would have gone right in to the passenger side of my pregnant partner. To say I was angry was an understatement. Similar here where people just aren't looking at junctions. It is pretty basic.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:19 pm
by NewClaret
Wellsy1882 wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:45 pm
Its dash cam footage thats goin to be shown on tomorrows news. Hardly a sick video
Did it show what happened? It was near the top lane of Clowbridge, on the corner, so assume either someone pulled out Of that junction as the bus was coming around the corner, or someone was overtaking on the wrong side?

There was an ambulance there and another on the way as I was driving away, but assume nobody seriously injured?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:27 pm
by Quickenthetempo
NewClaret wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:19 pm
Did it show what happened? It was near the top lane of Clowbridge, on the corner, so assume either someone pulled out Of that junction as the bus was coming around the corner, or someone was overtaking on the wrong side?

There was an ambulance there and another on the way as I was driving away, but assume nobody seriously injured?
It seems to show a Range Rover type vehicle pulling out on the bus, which shoots accross the road and crashes into dry stone wall. Luckily they collapse easier than a normal wall.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:46 pm
by NewClaret
Quickenthetempo wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:27 pm
It seems to show a Range Rover type vehicle pulling out on the bus, which shoots accross the road and crashes into dry stone wall. Luckily they collapse easier than a normal wall.
Cheers mate. Did the bus hit the car or just swerve & hit the wall?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:16 pm
by Claret Till I Die
The bus appears to flip the car around 180' before it veered off the other side of the road

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:23 pm
by Wellsy1882
:o

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:23 pm
by NewClaret
Claret Till I Die wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:16 pm
The bus appears to flip the car around 180' before it veered off the other side of the road
Cheers mate.

Bus just looked to have stopped in the road when I arrived. Assumed it must’ve been a head on collision with someone overtaking on a blind corner.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:28 pm
by NewClaret
Wellsy1882 wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:23 pm
:o
Wow.

I thought the bus was going Northbound from its position when I arrived! How can you miss an X43 coming around the corner?

Feel so sorry for the bus driver and passengers- must’ve been a terrible shock.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:32 pm
by aggi
The air ambulance was out for it.
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Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:44 pm
by Steve-Harpers-perm
NewClaret wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:28 pm
Wow.

I thought the bus was going Northbound from its position when I arrived! How can you miss an X43 coming around the corner?

Feel so sorry for the bus driver and passengers- must’ve been a terrible shock.
Not pleasant viewing the dash cam video. Probably a blessing with all that’s going on that it wasn’t a packed bus on the way to Manchester on a Sunday.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:51 pm
by NewClaret
Yes, I have been looking at them as they go past recently and there’s usually only a small number of passengers, which is sad in its own right given it was a much used service, but hopefully that was the case today.

Can’t be sunlight there, or blind spot at that angle. Can only assume they were not looking.

Hope it’s only walking wounded.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:22 am
by Somethingfishy
This crash could have ended up so much worse with it being a double decker bus. The car pulls out of the road going down the side of the reservoir i think. Pulls out right in front of the bus. How on earth he/she doesn't see the bus is beyond belief. I agree the standards of driving are shocking these days. I see dangerous and careless driving on a regular basis. It is just an extension of the attitude prevalent in modern society. A lot of people might as well go round giving everyone the middle finger.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:57 am
by alboclaret
Wellsy1882 wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:24 pm
Clown
Itl be all over media outlets soon enough

Maybe it's just me who doesn't do fb or them other things sites alike, if that's what you mean by media outlets.

It's just surprised me to see a clamber for a video of what could be a nasty incident, before any well wishing of the people involved. It comes across as a "handrubbing/eyebrow raising" "oh let's have a look at that one" type of post, when there could be people seriously injured or worse.
But I'm a clown ....fair dos

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:28 am
by Herts Clarets
Would you believe the driver of the Range Rover blamed the bus being painted grey, same colour as the road surface for him not seeing it. Driver of the bus was lucky not to be seriously injured, the front of the bus was destroyed after hitting the wall.

My brother drives these buses so I had to check he wasn't involved.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:41 am
by JohnMac
Herts Clarets wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:28 am
Would you believe the driver of the Range Rover blamed the bus being painted grey
And no doubt he will be behind the wheel again today :shock:

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:41 am
by claptrappers_union
alboclaret wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:57 am
Maybe it's just me who doesn't do fb or them other things sites alike, if that's what you mean by media outlets.

It's just surprised me to see a clamber for a video of what could be a nasty incident, before any well wishing of the people involved. It comes across as a "handrubbing/eyebrow raising" "oh let's have a look at that one" type of post, when there could be people seriously injured or worse.
But I'm a clown ....fair dos

In with you on this one. A few weeks ago, I happened to to be in a queue of traffic behind a car on fire, it looked like everyone was ok - the driver of the car was fine and the AA was with him.

I turned around and went a different way home, passing the fire brigade coming the other way. By the time I got home, which was no more than 5 minutes, it was on Facebook. With the make and colour of car, reg plate and everything.

Imagine being a family member seeing your family car on fire on Facebook with no other information?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:43 am
by NewClaret
Herts Clarets wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:28 am
Would you believe the driver of the Range Rover blamed the bus being painted grey, same colour as the road surface for him not seeing it. Driver of the bus was lucky not to be seriously injured, the front of the bus was destroyed after hitting the wall.

My brother drives these buses so I had to check he wasn't involved.
I’ve literally heard it all now. Funny how those busses have been painted grey for decades and all other drivers have managed to see them!! Was no doubt ok his phone.

Quite scary really. If you were on the top deck you’d have feared that toppling over as it so easily could have done. Driver lucky the grasses area was there to slow him down before it hit the wall.

Hope the police take the appropriate action.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:43 am
by wilks_bfc
Herts Clarets wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:28 am
Would you believe the driver of the Range Rover blamed the bus being painted grey, same colour as the road surface for him not seeing it. Driver of the bus was lucky not to be seriously injured, the front of the bus was destroyed after hitting the wall.

My brother drives these buses so I had to check he wasn't involved.
It’s a flat road
He must have thought it was was a 14ft speed bump then

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:46 am
by joey13
Herts Clarets wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:28 am
Would you believe the driver of the Range Rover blamed the bus being painted grey, same colour as the road surface for him not seeing it. Driver of the bus was lucky not to be seriously injured, the front of the bus was destroyed after hitting the wall.

My brother drives these buses so I had to check he wasn't involved.
Was he called A.Ferguson ?

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:59 am
by SingaporeClarets
cricketfieldclarets wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:31 pm
Anyone seen the video?

Modern society in one sentence.
Common to see signs like this now.
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Looking at your phone here is so bad they've started putting the lights for crossing the road on the floor.

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/n ... -crossings

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:05 am
by FactualFrank
There's a clip on the Daily Mail of the incident from a driver's dash cam who was driving towards the bus.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:31 am
by Zlatan
FactualFrank wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:05 am
There's a clip on the Daily Mail of the incident from a driver's dash cam who was driving towards the bus.
Here’s the link https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... crash.html

Driver of the car with dash cam footage was speeding ;) (marginally)

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:37 am
by FactualFrank
Zlatan wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:31 am
Here’s the link https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... crash.html

Driver of the car with dash cam footage was speeding ;) (marginally)
That doesn't seem to show the clip on my PC. Another link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/ ... rnley.html

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:24 pm
by Wellsy1882
alboclaret wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:57 am
Maybe it's just me who doesn't do fb or them other things sites alike, if that's what you mean by media outlets.

It's just surprised me to see a clamber for a video of what could be a nasty incident, before any well wishing of the people involved. It comes across as a "handrubbing/eyebrow raising" "oh let's have a look at that one" type of post, when there could be people seriously injured or worse.
But I'm a clown ....fair dos
I dont do any social media its full of idiots

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:42 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
FactualFrank wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:37 am
That doesn't seem to show the clip on my PC. Another link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/ ... rnley.html
Having seen that, massive well done to the bus driver. They managed to bring the bus safely to a stop, avoiding a collision with any oncoming vehicle.

The Range Rover driver..... no comment

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:50 pm
by FactualFrank
ZizkovClaret wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:42 pm
Having seen that, massive well done to the bus driver. They managed to bring the bus safely to a stop, avoiding a collision with any oncoming vehicle.

The Range Rover driver..... no comment
Going off the video, the Range Rover driver should be forced to retake their test. They're either a very poor driver or thick. In both cases, they shouldn't be on the road.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:53 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
FactualFrank wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:50 pm
Going off the video, the Range Rover driver should be forced to retake their test. They're either a very poor driver or thick. In both cases, they shouldn't be on the road.
Depressingly, its not even in the top 20 worst that i've seen, having dealt with fatal/sensitive accident claims in a previous job. That was not fun and i couldn't do it again.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:55 pm
by Sutton-Claret
Its a Range Rover SVR which I've only ever seen being driven very badly - usually by a complete moron.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:57 pm
by Billy Balfour
fanzone wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:48 pm
The human race is the worst thing to step foot on this planet.
Yes, we are actively destroying this planet. I shudder to think what it will be like by the time our children have kids of their own.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:58 pm
by TVC15
Looks like the cars behind the range rover were also on their way out too.

I know it was quite sunny at the time of the crash...I live round there - but there is no excuse whatsoever to exonerate the driver. Its very simply a case of him pulling out with looking at the ongoing traffic....in a way he's lucky it was a bus that was going relatively slowly as that could easily have been a car travelling at 40 or 50 miles an hour which could have been a hell of a lot worse.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:59 pm
by Newty
Wellsy1882 wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:24 pm
I dont do any social media its full of idiots
I know what you mean but this forum isn't exactly the greatest collection of minds the world has ever seen either.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:00 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
TVC15 wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:58 pm
Looks like the cars behind the range rover were also on their way out too.

I know it was quite sunny at the time of the crash...I live round there - but there is no excuse whatsoever to exonerate the driver. Its very simply a case of him pulling out with looking at the ongoing traffic....in a way he's lucky it was a bus that was going relatively slowly as that could easily have been a car travelling at 40 or 50 miles an hour which could have been a hell of a lot worse.
Was it going slowly? I've been on X43 buses going at a fair pace around that bend towards Rawtenstall. In a way im glad that it was a solid motor such as a Range Rover, as a small runabout would have likely ended up looking like it had exploded

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:01 pm
by Steve-Harpers-perm
TVC15 wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:58 pm
Looks like the cars behind the range rover were also on their way out too.

I know it was quite sunny at the time of the crash...I live round there - but there is no excuse whatsoever to exonerate the driver. Its very simply a case of him pulling out with looking at the ongoing traffic....in a way he's lucky it was a bus that was going relatively slowly as that could easily have been a car travelling at 40 or 50 miles an hour which could have been a hell of a lot worse.
Very true especially with the speeds some cars travel at on that stretch of the road.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:16 pm
by FactualFrank
Newty wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:59 pm
I know what you mean but this forum isn't exactly the greatest collection of minds the world has ever seen either.
To be fair, when you compare the posters on here overall, with the ones who (a) post on Facebook Burnley fan pages and (b) reply to Burnley's tweets on Twitter, the posters on here make a 3 digit IQ.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:36 pm
by TVC15
ZizkovClaret wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:00 pm
Was it going slowly? I've been on X43 buses going at a fair pace around that bend towards Rawtenstall. In a way im glad that it was a solid motor such as a Range Rover, as a small runabout would have likely ended up looking like it had exploded
I worked in Manchester for 30 years and lived up not far from the crash pretty much all my life. I know the x43s can get to a fair speed and the bus drivers obviously know that route like the back of their hands.
Its just from what I see where that crash occurred the buses have only just got beyond the top of that big hill and don't tend to take that bend at great speed - well at least not as fast as the many of the cars many of which who have just put their foot on the accelerator as they know they have a good half a mile stretch they can go at 50 miles an hour (i see many cars hitting 70 or 80 miles an hour on that stretch when there is no traffic).
From the video it didn't look like the bus was going too fast but then he might have started to slow down anticipating that the driver was not looking or starting to inch out etc
Either way could have been a hell of a lot worse and hopefully there has been no injuries .

As for the driver of the range rover for me that needs to be a minimum 12 month ban for reckless driving. If that bus had been full or the bus driver not done so well etc it could have been a tragic disaster.

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:45 pm
by NewClaret
TVC15 wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:36 pm
As for the driver of the range rover for me that needs to be a minimum 12 month ban for reckless driving. If that bus had been full or the bus driver not done so well etc it could have been a tragic disaster.
Agree with that. Those cars nearly parked on Burnley Road need a ticket too!

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 4:17 pm
by Wellsy1882
Newty wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:59 pm
I know what you mean but this forum isn't exactly the greatest collection of minds the world has ever seen either.
Post a topic
1st few replies are by numptys who jump at the chance to say something from behind their phone or pc

The video is clear for all to see in the media


https://mol.im/a/8879657

Re: Bus Crash

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:00 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
Devils_Advocate wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:39 pm
There are some exceptions

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Thanks. I must admit I did look for that when my new manager at work revealed he was from Preston. Will have to send that tomorrow.