Hazardous driving conditions linked to M5 crash
HAZARDOUS weather conditions on the M5 led to two people being taken to hospital after their car crashed in the early hours of the morning.
A total of three cars were involved in the collision which happened on the southbound carriageway between junctions 13 and 14.
Only one car is believed to have been damaged, a Ford Fiesta, after it hit the central reservation.
Fire crews were called to the incident at 2am yesterday morning after they received reports of the driver and passenger being trapped.
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A man and a woman from Bridgend, Gloucestershire, both suffered minor injuries and were taken to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol as a precaution.
Both of them had freed themselves from the wreckage prior to the fire service's arrival.
A police spokesman said that the woman had complained about a knock to the head.
Earlier in the evening a green Peugeot 106 and a blue Ford Puma were involved in a collision in Barnwood.
Both drivers were from Cheltenham but not believed to have been injured or in need of medical attention.
The incident occurred at 9.35pm on Thursday.
Driving conditions were described by the fire service as "extremely hazardous" due to heavy rain.
The rain and gale force winds look set to continue for most of this weekend so motorists are being warned to take care.
Fire chiefs are warning drivers of the danger of standing water which they say is likely to still be on the roads around Gloucestershire on Saturday and Sunday.
Comments
by safeandnice
Sunday, October 07 2012, 1:30AM
“Therein lies the problem free radical
How much do you slow down?
If youve slowed down as much as everyone else - is it enough?
If you slow down more than everyone else - are you a road block about to cause an accident?
How do you know how much?”
by FreeRadical1
Saturday, October 06 2012, 3:44PM
“Hazardous driving conditions...that were presumably not noticed by at least one of the drivers involved in each crash. If road conditions are bad, then slow down and take more care.”
by safeandnice
Saturday, October 06 2012, 11:48AM
“Therein lies the problem matt.
You can think youre driving the same as everyone else and so will be ok.
'Everyone else is safely driving at this speed in these conditions, so I'll be as safe as them.'
However one person will hit the patch of standing water in just the wrong way that their car loses grip and direction. That person is decided as much by the luck of the draw as a butterfly flapping its wings in a rain storm. It might not even be the faster person on the road at that time.
The world world be a different place without chance”
by Matt1006
Saturday, October 06 2012, 11:28AM
“Ah, so there were 3 cars involved in the M5 crash - more detail that was given in the original article on this yesterday.
One of the drivers was presumably not driving carefully enough given the "extremely hazardous" conditions at the time, and then managed to involve the other 2 cars. Other vehicles using the motorway at the time, in the same conditions, didn't crash.”