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Rural Traffic Officer wrote:
I also found myself motivated to develop a list of fatality causation for fatalites I've been involved with over my years on traffic. Five of the most recent are still sub judice and have not been included.
It is an exhaustive list. I have not cherry picked.
They certainly do not fall into the stereotypical fatal RTC which the DfT would have you believe is happening all the time.
For each one, ask yourself if cameras would have helped.
For the boy racer/motorbike collisions, consider if this accident might simply have been displaced elsewhere, or perhaps had been displaced elsewhere because of the positioning of speed camera sites.
1. Motorway. - One drunken pedestrian crossed the motorway to hitch north following an argument with his wife. He was hit and killed by a Ford Transit van. He was then hit by six other vehicles.
2. Motorway. - Car derived van being driven south. Driver fell asleep and vehicle left carriageway colliding with a tree. Passenger was killed. Driver blamed dead passenger for grabbing the wheel causing the van to veer off the motorway.
3. Motorway. - Driver fell asleep. Vehicle hit central reserve and overturned. Passenger who was not wearing belt was trapped between car and road as it was coming to a halt. He died later in hospital.
4. Motorway. - HGV livestock carrier returning empty, having delivered to Wales. Driver fell asleep and collided with slow moving artic on a motorway ascent. Driver killed.
5. Motorway. - Drunken woman opened emergency door on a coach, stepped out and was hit and killed by a passing motorist.
6. Motorway. - Motorcyclist collided with central reserve. Died later in hospital. Suspected blackout due to malignant brain tumour.
7. Motorway. - Driver in queue of traffic in contraflow, for unknown reason crossed the (then minimal) barrier between contraflow lanes colliding head on, killing himself. Possible use of mobile phone – not confirmed.
8. Motorway. - Vehicle swerved to avoid a stationary vehicle in middle lane, driver of which had fallen asleep and hit the central barrier. Vehicle exits the nearside of the motorway, colliding with a small tree. A four year old unbelted child was catapulted through the window and killed. Speed witnessed not to be in excess of the limit.
9. Dual carriageway. – Motorist attempting to turn right over non grade separated D/C at dusk fails to see illuminated motor cycle which is travelling at 70-80 mph. Motorcyclist is killed.
10. Dual carriageway. - Motorcyclist believed to be travelling at approximately 120 mph not seen by car driver who pulled out, killing both biker and driver.
11. Dual carriageway. - HGV (fairground vehicle) making RH turn on non grade separated D/C in darkness. Stopped at the central reserve leaving unlit trailer in lane two. Trailer not seen by car driver who collided with trailer and was killed. Car speed witnessed to be ‘not excessive’
12. Dual carriageway. - Elderly couple on tandem, overtaken by HGV, driver of which stated that the tandem swerved into his path. Both cyclists killed.
13. Dual Carriageway. - Male driving home on town bypass having purchased a length of timber which he had positioned through the front nearside window and rested on the rear parcel shelf. The timber protruded about 4 feet out of the window. The driver drove too close past a road sign causing the timber to catch behind the sign. The timber pivoted on the window upright causing the other end to bat the driver on the back of his head breaking his neck and killing him.
14. ‘A’ road. - Male driver crossed centre line and collided with car coming other direction. Female driver, returning from a night out was killed. Male was drunk and tired.
15. ‘A’ road. - Male on his 18th birthday in a car he had been gifted that day. Accepted a challenge from his mates to drive through a winding road at night at high speed with lights off. Lost control and drove though a wall into a tree killing three of the five car occupants including himself.
16. ‘A’ road. - Three young males in car driver driving at excessive speed. Car lost control and collided with a van killing all three in the car.
17. ‘A’ road. - Male lost control on a bend on an unusual road layout, crossing DWL system, colliding with a panel van. Vehicle had serious suspension problems and a seriously defective under-inflated tyre. Driver of car was killed.
18. ‘A’ road. - Young male driver with 3 passengers. While showing off to his passengers reached speeds in excess of 100 mph before losing control, colliding with a car with an elderly couple. The elderly passenger was the only one of the six who survived.
19. ‘A’ road. - Town centre. Elderly male presses accelerator instead of brake. Vehicle collided with a small roundabout, took off and landed through driver side window of second vehicle, killing driver.
20. ‘A’ road. - Female driver entered major road from minor road. Did not notice HGV which collided with her car killing her.
21. ‘A’ road. - Foreign minibus driver turned into major road. Was confused about the side of the road he should have been driving on. Mistakenly changed from the LHS to RHS of road causing him to collide with a motorbike, killing rider and pillion.
22. ‘A’ road. - Driver who was known to be likely to be driving drunk on that particular evening failed to stop for a police officer on foot. He sped off and failed to negotiate a double bend two miles away colliding at high speed with an oncoming vehicle. Innocent driver died the following day.
23. ‘A’ road. - Drunken male pedestrian walking home along a quiet unlit road between two villages using the white road delineation line as a guide. Drunk driver failed to see him, collided and killed him, then failed to stop. Was stopped and arrested after a short pursuit 30 miles from scene.
24. ‘A’ road. Three 17 year old males returning home from a night out, full of ‘E’s. Driver (unlicenced) lost control on a bend colliding with a tree. Unbelted passenger was thrown out, impaled on a fence and killed.
25. ‘A’ road. - Cyclist returning after an evening training session with all lights on. White van exited from a minor road causing cyclist to collide with side of van knocking him off his bike causing injuries to his leg. Rather than protect the scene, white van man moved to the side of the road to park, then returned to help. Another motorist ran over the cyclist, killing him, then drove off. Although there was evidence that a female drunk driver had killed the cyclist it could not be proved.
26. ‘A’ road. - Three young drunk males in car, driver driving quickly and erratically. Failed to negotiate sharp RH bend, climbed wall and hit a tree 10 feet up killing all three occupants.
27. ‘A’ road. - Two drunken males in a Sierra Cosworth. Owner wished to sell the car to the other male who test drove the car at 100+ mph into a tree killing both.
28. ‘A’ road (40 mph limit). - Elderly male pedestrian tumbled into road and was killed by passing motorist. No suggestion of excess speed.
29. ‘A’ road. - Elderly male driver crossed centre line of a sweeping bend colliding head on with car coming other direction. Killed his wife (FSP) and driver of the other vehicle.
30. ‘A’ road. - HGV driver failed to notice temporary traffic lights in road ahead. He collided with rear of queue at lights crushing the car driver of the last car in the queue.
31. ‘B’ road. - Young male drunk cyclist, hurrying to make last orders, descended the hill between home and the pub at inappropriate speed. Collided with kerb, which catapulted him into a wall killing him.
32. Minor road. - Drunken young male having fallen out with his girlfriend pinched his mate’s car and drove it at excess speed along a country road into a tree. Car burst into flames killing driver.
33. Minor road. - Young novice driver testing his ability in a small car in a winding country road collided head on into a SUV. Novice driver was killed.
34. Minor road. - Husband and wife on two motorbikes. Husband failed to negotiate left hand bend because of excessive speed and collided head on with a local bus killing himself. Bike and front of the bus burst into flames. Female rider took enough speed off to avoid head on impact but collided with side of the bus causing serious injuries.
35. Minor road. - Motor biker on weekend ride out failed to negotiate left hand bend, and collided with a wall killing himself.
36. Residential street. - Young moped rider messing around on pavement collided at low speed with young female who fell badly. She died 5 days later from brain compression injuries.
37. Residential street. - Elderly male reverses out of driveway of his own house. Fails to see his wife on the pavement. Reverses over her killing her.
38. Residential street. - Two drunk sisters in car. Drunk driver collides with parked car killing her sister who was not wearing a seatbelt.
39. Disused airfield. - Two 15 year old female drivers driving towards each other playing chicken. They collide and one female passenger is killed.
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But there's no doubt that you don't want to hit a large tree - those b*ggers are 
