Does anyone know what caused Green Lanes to be cordoned off in the early hours of this morning?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 19, 2019 at 10:47

Looks like it may have been a car accident 

Green lanes just now. How the **** do you manage that pic.twitter.com/zYmTW6bxQM

— stuthecabman (@StuartRockliffe) May 18, 2019

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Permalink Reply by Kathy O'Brien on May 19, 2019 at 11:06

There was a bad car crash earlier in the evening  cant tell you more than that . Given how people drive along there I am surprised there aren't more!

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte on May 19, 2019 at 12:15

I had just had that conversation with a friend earlier that evening that that stretch is terrifying

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on May 19, 2019 at 12:09

I walked down from Turnpike Lane last night at about 12:30am and it appeared that two cars had been in a head on collision and gone into a third at the Alfoxton Avenue junction.  There was what looked like a wedding party standing on the pavement and a man who seemed drunk arguing with the Police next to one of the cars.  Lots of blue lights including ambulances.  No traffic was being allowed through.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 19, 2019 at 12:19

Yes, I think that looks like the one in the video I linked to earlier, above.

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on May 19, 2019 at 12:22

Super car racing on Green Lanes has been going on for 2 years, at least. It’s a matter of time for something like this to happen.

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Permalink Reply by michaelw on May 20, 2019 at 23:43

I'm unclear why it isn't possible to just put in loads of speed cameras around the area (including St Anne's Road) - given that speeding is both illegal and dangerous?

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Permalink Reply by Kieran on May 24, 2019 at 11:05

Yesssss - I live on St Ann's so I wrote to the council as soon as I moved in to ask about that. They would make a killing! It says it's 20km/hr on St Ann's Road... Neverrrrr have I everrrr seen cars doing that unless they're stuck in traffic trying to get up on to Green Lanes! And, with Woodlands Nursery around the corner, a corner crossing and Chestnuts Primary all around there... you would think it would also help safety concerns around that area too!

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