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Caravan overturns on M40

2:45pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

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By Andy Carswell »

TWO lanes of the northbound carriageway of the M40 are currently closed to traffic after a caravan overturned.

The incident happened between junctions 1A, for the M25, and 2, Beaconsfield, shortly after 2pm.

The two lanes nearest the central reservation are closed while the caravan is recovered and put upright again.

The motorway is expected to re-open before the evening rush hour.

No-one was hurt in the incident.

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stewj, Loudwater says...
3:35pm Wed 27 Aug 08

muppets

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Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
4:24pm Wed 27 Aug 08

muppets


total - when, oh when, are these dangerous contraptoions going to be banned?

Can the government not slap some green tax on someone towing a shoe box around the country....

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motherclanger, High Wycombe says...
5:38pm Wed 27 Aug 08

Lo_Wycombe wrote:
muppets
total - when, oh when, are these dangerous contraptoions going to be banned? Can the government not slap some green tax on someone towing a shoe box around the country....
You two have no knowledge of what happened to cause the accident. The caravan could have been clipped by a passing car, lorry or hit by a crosswind, it is not necessarily the person who is towings fault.

I am just glad that no-one was hurt, it was probably a terrifying experience for the people in the car towing the caravan.

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PENTAD, High Wycombe says...
5:38pm Wed 27 Aug 08

No one was hurt. That's good.

Will the driver be prosecuted? How about a fine of £10,000 to go towards the costs of the Highways Agency and/or TVP?

Dig deeper Andy. Your readers are enthralled.

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Malc London, Gerrards Cross says...
9:01am Thu 28 Aug 08

Not saying that this is the cause of this particular crash, but hopw often have we seen caravans swinging from side to side whilst the driver goes at 70 mph unaware.

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Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
10:31am Thu 28 Aug 08

Malc London wrote:
Not saying that this is the cause of this particular crash, but hopw often have we seen caravans swinging from side to side whilst the driver goes at 70 mph unaware.
And faster!

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acjy1985, high wycombe says...
11:40am Thu 28 Aug 08

Agreed. Cars towing caravans are limited to 60mph on the Motorway. I have been overtaken many a time by some muppet in their Range Rover doing 80mph+.

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Tharus Bond, Wycombe says...
7:58am Fri 29 Aug 08

overturned caravan? I drove past the accident and the caravan was facing in the right direction and right side up, (Although it had ripped the bottom out of the back!) The Land Rover towing the caravan was laying on its side across the two lanes!

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