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Pedestrian hit by car after Bestival on Isle of Wight
1:33pm Monday 10th September 2012 in News
By Jon Reeve, Education Reporter
Pedestrian hit by car after festival
A PEDESTRIAN was hit by a car on the Isle of Wight as he walked from the Bestival music festival site.
The vehicle failed to stop after the incident, which happened shortly after 1am on Sunday on Long Lane on the outskirts of Newport, in which the 25-year-old Hampshire man suffered bruising but no life-threatening injuries.
Police are appealing for anyone who saw a man walking along the road from the Robin Hill country park site, or thinks they may have been involved in the collision.
Officers are also urging festival-goers not to walk from the site, instead using the regular public transport links.
In 2010, 19-year-old Henry Minns died when he was knocked down by a car near to the Bestival site, while a 20-year-old woman was also left with head and leg injuries in the same incident.
James Slater, from Worthing, who fled the scene but crashed into a hedge about two miles away, was later jailed for four years after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving whilst over the drink drive limit.
Anyone with information about Sunday's incident should call the Roads Policing Unit at Shanklin police station on 101.
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Comments(8)
elvisimo
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3:16pm Mon 10 Sep 12
sotonbusdriver wrote:Any more assumptions?
As there are very few pavements around the area of the bestival site, and I expect the person hit was wearing dark clothing too, with their back to the traffic, rather than walking towards as the HIGHWAY CODE suggests. This type of accident is only to be expected. Probably clipped by a mirror or the like, which means the driver, would be totally unaware of... And if the driver had heard something, looking in the mirror probably saw nothing, and thought they had clipped a twig, branch in the hedgerows... To be honest, with access to the Island restricted by the ferry services, poor small and unlit roads. Where out in the sticks like this Bestival site, there are NO pavements. Surely under this Modern Health & Safety lifestyle, it is not really a suitable place to hold such events.
Buntylicious
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3:30pm Mon 10 Sep 12
Georgem
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4:15pm Mon 10 Sep 12
sotonbusdriver wrote:Yes, festival goers always carry hi-vis jackets and a copy of the highway code with them. Sorry, HIGHWAY CODE.
As there are very few pavements around the area of the bestival site, and I expect the person hit was wearing dark clothing too, with their back to the traffic, rather than walking towards as the HIGHWAY CODE suggests. This type of accident is only to be expected.
Probably clipped by a mirror or the like, which means the driver, would be totally unaware of... And if the driver had heard something, looking in the mirror probably saw nothing, and thought they had clipped a twig, branch in the hedgerows...
To be honest, with access to the Island restricted by the ferry services, poor small and unlit roads. Where out in the sticks like this Bestival site, there are NO pavements. Surely under this Modern Health & Safety lifestyle, it is not really a suitable place to hold such events.
SotonGreen
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6:06pm Mon 10 Sep 12
andysaints007
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6:37pm Mon 10 Sep 12
SotonGreen wrote:You are nearly as big a tw&t as sotonbusdriver
More likely to be some six fingered, web footed yokel driving without due care and attention in my experience.
Brighterlater
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7:39pm Mon 10 Sep 12
sotonbusdriver wrote:I only hope you're not a real bus driver if that's your attitude to pedestrians! (Who after all are your potential customers). How about the bits in the "HIGHWAY CODE" which state “Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear” and "Approaching pedestrians on narrow rural roads without a footway or footpath. Always slow down and be prepared to stop if necessary, giving them plenty of room as you drive past".
As there are very few pavements around the area of the bestival site, and I expect the person hit was wearing dark clothing too, with their back to the traffic, rather than walking towards as the HIGHWAY CODE suggests. This type of accident is only to be expected.
Probably clipped by a mirror or the like, which means the driver, would be totally unaware of... And if the driver had heard something, looking in the mirror probably saw nothing, and thought they had clipped a twig, branch in the hedgerows...
To be honest, with access to the Island restricted by the ferry services, poor small and unlit roads. Where out in the sticks like this Bestival site, there are NO pavements. Surely under this Modern Health & Safety lifestyle, it is not really a suitable place to hold such events.
KingKhan1983
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7:22pm Wed 12 Sep 12
sotonbusdriver says...
3:01pm Mon 10 Sep 12
Probably clipped by a mirror or the like, which means the driver, would be totally unaware of... And if the driver had heard something, looking in the mirror probably saw nothing, and thought they had clipped a twig, branch in the hedgerows...
To be honest, with access to the Island restricted by the ferry services, poor small and unlit roads. Where out in the sticks like this Bestival site, there are NO pavements. Surely under this Modern Health & Safety lifestyle, it is not really a suitable place to hold such events.