Going home on the 41 bus tonight, about quarter to five, the road that runs behind the co-op, past the big Argos and the Boardwalk (Angel Street?) had a police transit and a couple of cars, and an ambulance on there, and the police had blocked the road outside Primark and werent letting anyone through. The bus ended up having to go down to Park Square, along past the holiday in, and turn right and the end to come up past the markets and carry on home. Anyone know what the road was blocked for?

The police was doing some shopping ( well they dont have anything better to do) :hihi:

some woman got run over by a bus so i heard anyone else see or heard anything?

Originally posted by underground1
The police was doing some shopping ( well they dont have anything better to do) :hihi:

Yeah, right!:rolleyes:

I walked past just before 5 too, and the road was blocked up and someone was being put into an ambulance, but I didn't really stop and look! There was a bus stopped, that's all I saw I'm afraid, so can't add anything to what is already known!

Hope everyone is ok though.

Isn't it weird, when things like this happen and we could have all walked right past each other and not known. I suppose that's where the SF t-shirts come in!

It will be that crossing leading to primark, the number of nearmisses I have seen while waiting to cross there, somtimes granted the road looks clear and a bus or taxi roar up from nowhere. hope the person involved is going to make a full recovery..

Originally posted by honeyplanet
It will be that crossing leading to primark, the number of nearmisses I have seen while waiting to cross there, somtimes granted the road looks clear and a bus or taxi roar up from nowhere.

I've seen a couple of actual incidents and many near misses down on the crossing on Fitzallen Square to Haymarket. However, the only reason is impatience. You'll probably find that the crossing had a 'red man' indicating that it might not be safe yet. The buses don't roar out of nowhere, they come round the Castle Square tram stop from Arundel Gate. If in doubt, you could just wait for the green man!

For some reason peoples road sense seams to go out of the window around the markets area.I posted a topic over a year ago about a mother pushing her pram into the road outside Primark with out looking as she was also on her Mobile phone,and that i had to slam the brakes on to avoid her.

Hope the pedestrian and Driver are ok.

There's even a sign that tells people to only cross when green mans on!

Originally posted by tas1
There's even a sign that tells people to only cross when green mans on!

Maybe they need automatic barriers.

Originally posted by honeyplanet
It will be that crossing leading to primark, the number of nearmisses I have seen while waiting to cross there, somtimes granted the road looks clear and a bus or taxi roar up from nowhere. hope the person involved is going to make a full recovery..

Thats why they have that little thing called a crossing and if you wait for the green man you got a good chance of crossing without being hit by a bus or taxi.

Its simple to use my three year old can teach people though.

You walk up to the crossing - stop and press the button - wait for the red man (it means wait) to change to a green man (it means cross) when it changes to a green man walk across the road....

Originally posted by honeyplanet
hope the person involved is going to make a full recovery..

Yes and lets not forget the driver who will prob have to have conselling over this as well as the stuff with statements etc with the law and bosses and insurance.

Originally posted by jubby
Thats why they have that little thing called a crossing and if you wait for the green man you got a good chance of crossing without being hit by a bus or taxi.

Its simple to use my three year old can teach people though.

You walk up to the crossing - stop and press the button - wait for the red man (it means wait) to change to a green man (it means cross) when it changes to a green man walk across the road....

I agree on that Jubby it's simple really people get themselves knocked down every other day on the crossing at Commercial St.
But it comes to something when First have to put instructions on their website titled 'How to catch a bus'

Originally posted by d71146
I agree on that Jubby it's simple really people get themselves knocked down every other day on the crossing at Commercial St.
But it comes to something when First have to put instructions on their website titled 'How to catch a bus'

It happens on the top of the moor as well, used to happen near top of fargate before they took the crossings out now its just lemmingsville at the top of the moor.

Someone told me the accident last week on arundel gate was caused by the same thing someone just walking out on red man thinking the truck would stop on a hairpin.

theres been an accident last week outside university involing 2 cars and a lorry, one of the driver of one car was serious hurt as the police and paramedics tried to rescitate him he then was carried on to the ambulance i dont think he survived he was cold as turkey i feel sorry for his family. dont know what happened to the driver if the other car and the driver of the lorry. i witnessed this after i left the council building.

Originally posted by jubby


You walk up to the crossing - stop and press the button - wait for the red man (it means wait) to change to a green man (it means cross) when it changes to a green man walk across the road....

..............having first checked that traffic is stopping - or has stopped - because some driver might not have noticed the red light through stupidity, or being a joy rider, or an emergency vehicle without its siren on.

Pedestrians should always treat drivers as idiots before venturing onto the road.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by saxon51
..............having first checked that traffic is stopping - or has stopped - because some driver might not have noticed the red light through stupidity, or being a joy rider, or an emergency vehicle without its siren on.

Pedestrians should always treat drivers as idiots before venturing onto the road.:thumbsup:

yep! when i was at school i had to cross a pelican crossing every morning on my way to schoola and every eveingin on my way home and quite often after the little man when green cars still went through!:rant: thankfully though i dont think there was ever an accident.


and as with the zebras in firth park! i always wait untill the cars have completely stopped before pushing my lil girl in her pushchair out into the road, many a time ive seen people who think coz its a zebra crossing they can just walk straight out in front of cars! :rant:

they shud have at crossings those barriers what they have on railway crossings to stop the cars!