amego

why does it take 2 hours to sort this mess out

Snazy

Depends on injuries, other offences, drivability of vehicles, availability of recovery, language barriers etc I guess.

Boro

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If you'd said all day then fair enough but 2hrs isnt THAT bad.

amego

now one was hurt just a simple rear shunt

Tam the bam

Just be lucky it wasn't a doughnut truck that was involved, it would've taken weeks to clear up!

Boro

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What did the lorry hit?

wrx300scooby

Could be due to the recovery people being busy?

Kieran_Burns

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people kept getting in the way taking photos

amego

back of the red truck only thing that botherd me was the police had no intention of trying to get the trafic moving i said to one copper why dont you stop that flow of trafic so another one can go up the slip road on to the m5 and clear the toundabout he wasent intrested

amego

sat in my artic so hardley in the way

GC8

There is no such thing as a simple accident involving two HGVs.

amego

so tell us

Felix.

All of the above and travelling time for them - also you will need the scene examining with the vehicles in situ. You will also need to look at causes and (with them being drivers of heavy vehicles) ensure that its nothing more than a momentry lapse of concentration. Otherwise you can effectively give hime a slap on the hand and the next time he may plough into a car.

dunx

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Nearside indicator is broken, vehicle is un-roadworthy....

H&S mafia meet the boys in blue = chaos.

Drag the bugger out the way for god's sake !

dunx

Timwinner

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Accident happens
Police are called
Police arrive
Casualties assessed
Ambulance called
Other police units called
Traffic SGT called
Recovery called
Ambulance arrive
other police units arrive
Traffic SGT arrives
ARB (accident record book) completed
All witness details and accounts taken
Drivers accounts taken
Drivers off all vehicles breathalised
Drivers of all vehicles issued with producers
Lorry tacho's checked
Recovery remove vehicles
Highways agency called
Highways assess the road
Highways clear the road
ambulance leave scene
Police units open roads
Police make sure all traffic flow is correct
Road is re open

That is why it takes time. I think two hours is an amazing time, hats off to all units involved.

GC8

Actually; that Scania is slaughtered! Itll need wreckering and itll probably need a new cab.

M444GY

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because they were playing in the back of the toyshop lorry

c-o-l-e

2 hours was quick, it's when they do the whole routine for a dog thats been run over by a bin truck that it gets silly.

boomer

Accident happens
Police are called
Police arrive
Casualties assessed
Ambulance called
Other police units called
Traffic SGT called
Recovery called
-> Missing entry - Recovery arrive!
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Ambulance arrive
-> Unnecessary timewasting - other police units arrive
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Traffic SGT arrives
-> Unnecessary timewasting - ARB (accident record book) completed
-> Unnecessary timewasting - All witness details and accounts taken
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Drivers accounts taken
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Drivers off all vehicles breathalised
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Drivers of all vehicles issued with producers
-> Unnecessary timewasting - Lorry tacho's checked
Recovery remove vehicles - at fecking last!!
Highways agency called
Highways assess the road
Highways clear the road
ambulance leave scene
Police units open roads
Police make sure all traffic flow is correct
Road is re open

That is why it takes time. I think two hours is an amazing time, hats off to all units involved.

Timwinner

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Ambulance arrive.....There could be injuries, I am sure you would want medical attention if you were injured in a car accident.

Accounts, ARB's and breathalising.... Well without these insurance wont pay out, I am sure you would want a payout if you were hit by another vehicle resulting in a total loss.

Tacho check........ If a driver has been on the road for 14 hours non stop and hit you I am sure you would want that dealt with

Producers....... I am sure you would want the driver to be made to prove his allowed on the road in the first place

Witness accounts....... I am sure you would want a witness account taken if a reckless driver hit you.

Traffic SGT....... Its a major road, I am sure you wouldnt want a beat bobby managing that scene

Snazy

Spot on Tim

Sometimes the simplest things take the longest, for reasons some of us dont understand. Were we in the job, we might understand them better.

Personally, I would wanna know why an lorry manages to drive straight into the back of another one, on a low speed access road.
As has been said, could have been a car, and that would have been messy.