View Full Version : Eeek! Car overturned on Coldharbour Lane
Just heard an almighty 'whump', ran to the window and there's a car on it's back in the middle of the street.
I rang the police and they were there in less than 30 seconds and the paramedic in less than 2 minutes. Impressive work.
Thankfully, it looks like no one's hurt - I just saw the driver crawl out from the wreckage.
trashpony
15-07-2007, 16:48
How the hell do you flip a car on Coldharbour lane? :confused:
chymaera
15-07-2007, 16:50
How the hell do you flip a car on Coldharbour lane? :confused:
It probably takes 15 pints of lager.
It's hard to work out how the car managed to be flipped. I'm guessing that there must have been some serious speeding involved or if a pedestrian ran out (but then you'd still have to be going at a fair whack.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-01.jpg
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-02.jpg
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-03.jpg
(The driver from the wrecked car is the woman sat down in red in the middle image)
Winkybag
15-07-2007, 16:59
Great photos, does that BMW have a dented wing?
Still finding it hard to imagine how it happened, given the lack of skid marks, or marks from the car sliding on it's roof...
I can't work it out either. I didn't hear any skid marks or even a speeding car - just a 'whump' sound that made me think some books had just fallen down from the bookshelf outside my door.
trashpony
15-07-2007, 17:01
Great photos, does that BMW have a dented wing?
Still finding it hard to imagine how it happened, given the lack of skid marks, or marks from the car sliding on it's roof...
Aha - yes it does. I was just thinking you'd have to hit something to flip a car on CH Lane as it's pretty flat and straight and cars are designed not to flip if you just slam your brakes on. Road doesn't even look wet
Here's another close up of the car. I think the car to the right was involved too.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-04.jpg
Winkybag
15-07-2007, 17:04
Given the lack of actual "scratches" it looks like the front wheel of the upsidedown car has 'driven up' the BMW's wheel arch & front wing (no scratches, just dents) and flipped.
trashpony
15-07-2007, 17:06
Given the lack of actual "scratches" it looks like the front wheel of the upsidedown car has 'driven up' the BMW's wheel arch & front wing (no scratches, just dents) and flipped.
That's what I reckon.
/CSI mode :o :D
video on you tube of a car flipping over at low speed,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZGAkuHoAQ
excuse the clip title, but it seems to defy physics
video on you tube of a car flipping over at low speed,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZGAkuHoAQ
excuse the clip title, but it seems to defy physicsHahaha!! That's class.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
15-07-2007, 19:02
Given the lack of actual "scratches" it looks like the front wheel of the upsidedown car has 'driven up' the BMW's wheel arch & front wing (no scratches, just dents) and flipped.
<CSI Mode>
Surely though in that case the flipped car would be on the far side of the BMW. As the BMW is stopped next to it it looks more like it has slammed it's brakes on but not quite been able to stop in time, and hit it on the front side.
</CSI Mode>
video on you tube of a car flipping over at low speed, Ha ha! If she hadn't been driving a stupid fucking oversized 4x4 the accident probably wouldn't have happened!
<CSI Mode>
Surely though in that case the flipped car would be on the far side of the BMW. As the BMW is stopped next to it it looks more like it has slammed it's brakes on but not quite been able to stop in time, and hit it on the front side.
</CSI Mode>Ah, but I heard no screeching of brakes and there were no skid marks. And surely the car would have been further up the road from the BMW if that was the cause of it flipping over?
Minnie_the_Minx
15-07-2007, 22:20
That's one strange crash. Are there no skid marks to indicate what other vehicles were involved?
Winkybag
15-07-2007, 22:22
There also seems to be a lot of shattered glass on the BMW bonnet/roof :confused:
Where are all the fictional detectives when you need them?
That's one strange crash. Are there no skid marks to indicate what other vehicles were involved?None I could see.
Maybe the car had a really, really big coiled spring in the boot and it went off accidentally?
Winkybag
15-07-2007, 22:24
Maybe it fell out of the sky?
*Miss Daisy*
15-07-2007, 22:25
:) also the spare tyre is by the front side of the bmw maybe she reversed into him and flipped:confused: maybe not ay!
I would say she hit the side of the bmw whos front bit is rather smooth and curved,, and then flipped over but how would the spare tyre be on the ground?? Hmmmmmmmm
Minnie_the_Minx
15-07-2007, 22:25
None I could see.
Maybe the car had a really, really big coiled spring in the boot and it went off accidentally?
are you sure it wasn't a TV stunt?
are you sure it wasn't a TV stunt?Don't reckon the driver thought so.
great pics but that's really weird :confused:
reckon she was doing a mad high speed uey and clipped the beamer? (there is a tyr mark suggesting sharp turn on road)
but that still wouldnt explain where she ended up :confused:
where tha conspiracy doods? :D
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1926/fedzindabrixflippintheicc2.jpg :eek:
e2a forgot the obvious one :ohttp://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3455/fedzindabrixflippintheiov8.jpg
*Miss Daisy*
15-07-2007, 23:29
:eek:
What a twat
good pics tho
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-10.jpg
I've put up a few more pics here: Coldharbour crash (http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/coldharbour-car-crash.html)
Judging by the increase in fucking wanker high speed motorbikes/cars hurtling down Coldharbour Lane, I fear there'll be more accidents soon...
paolo999
16-07-2007, 01:19
No skids... ABS.
Something to do with the BMW I think. A "corner" bang, I reckon, could flip a vehicle. It would be very unlucky... but if one of the vehicles had a higher bumber/chassis, it could ride up in the collision. The kinetic then would be easily enough to flip it.
OpalFruit
16-07-2007, 10:22
reckon she was doing a mad high speed uey and clipped the beamer? (there is a tyr mark suggesting sharp turn on road)
or would it be beyond the realms of possibility that the beamer was doing a mad high speed? Or came out of the side road quickly, into her path because of the parked cars, braked but not quite in time, and her car went up the beamers wing and flipped as previously proposed?
quimcunx
16-07-2007, 10:48
yeah, I reckon could have been the BMW's fault. It was probably a man driving that. :)
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-01.jpg
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-02.jpg
The guy on the bike seems to have moved backwards in time from photo 1 to photo 2 -- calibrated against the bald guy moving forward in time.
Perhaps it was caused by a rift in the space-time continuum? :confused:
GarfieldLeChat
16-07-2007, 11:02
what you all seem to have missed due to the angle of the photos is the front wheel on the right (with the car upsdie down technically the offside or left hand wheel) has come free of it's steering rack... along with the courner tap and the missing rear light. just visable from behind the guys head now this could have been lost in the the roll but there is no visable damage to the side of the car meaning that it would have to have pvitoed on that entire area which is impossible...
so how'd it happen?
the car on the far left of the picture was going too fast and hit the car on it's roof in the rear courner either the blue car breaked suddenly or the driver of the black car didn't anticpate correctly and just rammed the blue car.
The blue car then bounced into the bmw and broke it's front wheel which then pushed the car over on to its roof.
if i were to hazard a guess as to why it flipped after bouncing into the bmw then i'd say the foot came off the break and hit the acceleorator the fact the car behind didn't skid means that there was liekly to be soem speed involved...
Minnie_the_Minx
16-07-2007, 11:20
I immediately rang the police/ambulance and they were there very fast indeed - the first police car was there in less than 30 seconds
Yeah, but they didn't have far to come did they
Still impressive though
detective-boy
16-07-2007, 11:22
Health warning:
There is absolutely no way that you can tell from these photographs alone (even taking account of editors account of there being no noises audible from his location) how this incident happened.
OpalFruit
16-07-2007, 11:26
Health warning:
There is absolutely no way that you can tell from these photographs alone (even taking account of editors account of there being no noises audible from his location) how this incident happened.
Oh I thought most major incidents could be solved by a few evenings musing in the pub and the technical resources of Google. ;) No?
But it's fun trying.
I reckon Garfield is right. QED.
Swarfega
16-07-2007, 11:27
Health warning:
There is absolutely no way that you can tell from these photographs alone (even taking account of editors account of there being no noises audible from his location) how this incident happened.
I disagree.
If you look carefully at the area near the back front left of the right far near car, you can clearly see the shadow of the second plane.
:mad:
GarfieldLeChat
16-07-2007, 11:28
Health warning:
There is absolutely no way that you can tell from these photographs alone (even taking account of editors account of there being no noises audible from his location) how this incident happened.
ok who said you could in order that you'd post this toss up ?
i might have know you'd turn up...
well in which case it's clearly the fault of the police the blue (clio?) emergancy stoppped after a copper ran out chasing a black youth with the intent of raciall assualting them for beign a jonny forginer. The bmw full of drug dealers and crack addicts attempted a high speed reversse trick to swign it round to pick up their runnning colluge and hit the clio the car behind to evasive action cutting the police officer off from their quarry the blue car flips yet again weh have established from the images it was the polices fault.... ACAB etc... :rolleyes: muppet...
Yeah, but they didn't have far to come did theySee as the cops took a leisurely 15+ minutes to reach me when I got attacked just a few yards down the road - and I had the perps in sight with an eye witness ready and willing to testify - their response was nothing short of amazing!
I have to say that the entire emergency services did a grand job yesterday. They were fast and professional.
GarfieldLeChat
16-07-2007, 11:30
Oh I thought most major incidents could be solved by a few evenings musing in the pub and the technical resources of Google. ;)
there a job for you in CID if you want it....
GarfieldLeChat
16-07-2007, 11:31
See as the cops took a leisurely 15+ minutes to reach me when I got attacked just a few yards down the road - and I had the perps in sight with an eye witness ready and willing to testify - their response was nothing short of amazing!
I have to say that the entire emergency services did a grand job yesterday. They were fast and professional.
no offense to you but there's a bit of a difference from what might apear to e a drunken brawl and car on its roof in terms of priorities...
Minnie_the_Minx
16-07-2007, 11:35
See as the cops took a leisurely 15+ minutes to reach me when I got attacked just a few yards down the road - and I had the perps in sight with an eye witness ready and willing to testify - their response was nothing short of amazing!
I have to say that the entire emergency services did a grand job yesterday. They were fast and professional.
Yes, but you getting attacked isn't going to hold traffic up is it ;)
Health warning:
There is absolutely no way that you can tell from these photographs alone (even taking account of editors account of there being no noises audible from his location) how this incident happened.Nah -- there's absolutely no way the police could tell.
Us normal people have plenty of ideas.
A faulty flux capacitor's surely to blame.
bluestreak
16-07-2007, 18:06
i reckon tehy reversed polarities.
i reckon tehy reversed polarities.
My money's on an invisible force field.
what you all seem to have missed due to the angle of the photos is the front wheel on the right (with the car upsdie down technically the offside or left hand wheel) has come free of it's steering rack..
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-04.jpg
It's the spare.
Ha ha! If she hadn't been driving a stupid fucking oversized 4x4 the accident probably wouldn't have happened!
Err, she wasn't.
It's a 2WD Skoda estate car.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-04.jpg
It's the spare.
It's not.
Look at the front wheels of the blue car.
One is pointing straight on the other is pointing towards the BMW.
Err, she wasn't.
It's a 2WD Skoda estate car.It was fucking huge for one person whatever it was.
[oh aye :D]
You edited that while I was looking for a photo. :)
It's even worse while the firemen are righting it. The front wheels are both pointing out at 45 degreesish.
It's not.
Look at the front wheels of the blue car.
One is pointing straight on the other is pointing towards the BMW.I'm not sure what point is being debated here, but the upended car definitely still had all its wheels on, as did the BMW.
I'm not sure what point is being debated here, but the upended car definitely still had all its wheels on, as did the BMW.I thought they meant the wheel had come off, but I see the point now. The front wheel's bust - obviously they should be parallel.
pinkmonkey
16-07-2007, 19:31
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-10.jpg
I've put up a few more pics here: Coldharbour crash (http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/coldharbour-car-crash.html)
Judging by the increase in fucking wanker high speed motorbikes/cars hurtling down Coldharbour Lane, I fear there'll be more accidents soon...
that pic reminds me of a Beastie Boys video
http://www.boredomisyourfault.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/beastieboys_intergalactic.jpg
*Miss Daisy*
16-07-2007, 19:55
:D
It was fucking huge for one person whatever it was.
Mmmm... Whatever.
detective-boy
16-07-2007, 21:31
might have know you'd turn up...
so how'd it happen?
the car on the far left of the picture was going too fast and hit the car on it's roof in the rear courner either the blue car breaked suddenly or the driver of the black car didn't anticpate correctly and just rammed the blue car.
The blue car then bounced into the bmw and broke it's front wheel which then pushed the car over on to its roof.
if i were to hazard a guess as to why it flipped after bouncing into the bmw then i'd say the foot came off the break and hit the acceleorator the fact the car behind didn't skid means that there was liekly to be soem speed involved...
Actually, you twat, it was you, with this post, which prompted me to post what I did. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Originally Posted by Some French sounding pussy....you twatCan you not stoke the fires please?
Thanks.
London_Calling
17-07-2007, 09:34
The front wheels def look boss-eyed, well the opposite actually . . .
That's blossom on the bonnet and roof of the Skoda, init (someone thought it was shattered glass) ? A lot of that in residential streets around here. Anyways, windscreens don't shatter these days.
London_Calling
17-07-2007, 09:44
i reckon tehy reversed polarities.
My money's on an invisible force field.
I suspect it's a space-time continuim issue; the car was supposed to overturn avoiding the bus that crashed ino the corner shop and scaffolding a couple of weeks ago. This kind of time lapse dyfunction is often rooted in a slight inconsistency in the molecular shape of the ambient wall. It is self-correcting.
It was fucking huge for one person whatever it was.
It's a Skoda Octavia Estate. I had one of those without the big boot. It's just a normal size family car :)
It's just a normal size family car :)I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
<bangs head on desk>
I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
No honestly - it really isn't more than a few inches bigger than a cortina.
Guineveretoo
17-07-2007, 11:37
I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
Cortina is a big car compared to my idea of a family car, which is a hatchback!
Seriously.
No honestly - it really isn't more than a few inches bigger than a cortina.Well, that and the great big estate bit at the back of course.
But do you really think the car in that video is a small one?
<bangs head on desk>Keep at it! Go on! Harder, harder harder! Keep going now!
:D
The Cortina is shorter, narrower and smaller.
Skoda Octavia Estate Height 1468, Cortina 1320 mm
Skoda Octavia Estate Length 4572, Cortina 4260 mm
Skoda Octavia Estate Width 1769, Cortina Width 1702 mm
Ithankyou.
Can we get back to the topic now please?
I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
Skoda Cortina Difference
Wheelbase 2578 2578 0
Length 4572 4267 -315
Width 1769 1714 -55
Height 1468 1320 -148
facts, ladies and gents, facts.
EDIT: Oh My God. I can't believe we both did that.
I come from a time when a Cortina was a 'family sized car' and that thing fucking dwarfs it.
The Cortina is shorter, narrower and smaller.
Skoda Octavia Estate Height 1468, Cortina 1320 mm
Skoda Octavia Estate Length 4572, Cortina 4260 mm
Skoda Octavia Estate Width 1769, Cortina Width 1702 mm
So the skoda is 4" higher, 1' longer and 2.75" wider.
Hardly dwarfing it then. :p
Can I be the first to get all angry and ranty and start demanding people "read the fucking thread" or "apologise immediately" :D ;)
Tbh - I'm suprised the Skoda is a whole foot longer. I had a hatchback one and I bet there would be precious little between that and a Cortina.
Also are we comparing an Octavia Estate with a Cortina Estate?
Also are we comparing an Octavia Estate with a Cortina Estate?
No. Why on earth should we?
:confused:
So the skoda is 4" higher, 1' longer and 2.75" wider.
Hardly dwarfing it then. :pI think you'll find in 'real life' that adds up to a considerable difference.
Anyway, about the accident on Coldharbour Lane...
EDIT: Oh My God. I can't believe we both did that.Sad fucker 1 meet Sad fucker 2!
:)
I think you'll find in 'real life' that adds up to a considerable difference.
Anyway, about the accident on Coldharbour Lane...
What accident? More car size arguments :mad:!!!
agricola
17-07-2007, 13:23
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-03.jpg
i take it there isnt a traffic island nearby? usually they are to blame for these types of things, i know when that las car flipped on streatham high road about six months ago they were to blame (at least partially).
i take it there isnt a traffic island nearby? usually they are to blame for these types of things, i know when that las car flipped on streatham high road about six months ago they were to blame (at least partially).[/QUOTE]
Nope - nowhere near!! It's straight road with nothing on it. So some people drive ridiculously fast but it's hard to see what the car could have hit apart from another car.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/crash-03.jpg
i take it there isnt a traffic island nearby? Nope! As Toyah sagely put it, "It's a mystery."
I think you'll find in 'real life' that adds up to a considerable difference.
You leave me no choice.
http://usera.imagecave.com/wigglywiggly4/Oct28/glove.JPG
On the common at sunset. Furry dice or traffic light air freshener?
http://usera.imagecave.com/wigglywiggly4/Oct28/glove.JPGI laugh at your feeble leather glove and raise you six pointy gloves, complete with numbers.
http://www.truckstuff4less.com/p159a.jpg
Ok - I'll move all in with a surreal OAP glove picture:
http://fabclub.bravehost.com/myPictures/7th%20jan%2007%20morris%20dancing.jpg
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