Drivers have been warned to expect tailbacks on the A23 after a lunchtime crash a few miles north of Brighton.
The A23 is blocked northbound, according to highways bosses, after what appeared to be a single car crash.
A black Honda Civic was reported to have flipped over near Hickstead, with traffic queuing back to Pyecombe within minutes.
Shortly afterwards, there were reports of queues back to Patcham.
One person, the man at the wheel of the car, was reported to have suffered a minor injury.
As a result of the crash, there was reported to be oil on the road between the B2117 Brighton Road, Albourne junction, and the B2118 at Sayers Common.
The road remained closed while the scene was cleared and the road cleaned.
I remember when prospective drivers had to pass a test before being allowed to drive unaccompanied, when driving drunk was illegal and the kind of drugs available now simply didn’t exist in the kind of quantity we see today.
I hardly ever saw an accident when I was driving all over the South-East and central London in the course of my work, and I don’t believe I EVER saw a car on it’s roof in all that time.
Now we get reports of “accidents” every single day on practically every route, many of which, like this one, involve just a single car and driver. How is that even possible?
Are today’s drivers really as bad as they seem, or is there something seriously wrong with modern vehicles?
Jason
Those that wish to drive should take up proper training and sit the theory and practical tests and most do.
Driving under the influence of drink and drugs is illegal as we know yet the dim think they are above the law.
Sadly the courts don’t help, Katie Price being a prime example of a repeat offender who gets off lightly.
Your reference to ‘Accident’ is wrong, they are ‘CRASHES’.
Yes we get reports of ‘CRASHES’ every day so it seems, but there’s more vehicles on our roads etc etc.
Single vehicle crashes and vehicles flipping over seem also to be getting a common theme. How is that even possible you ask?
A good question. Vehicles are a lot lighter than they used to be, an environmental thing reduce weight etc. etc. Modern vehicles are designed to crumple, unlike the older cars where you could hit something solid and still drive home. I owned a 1969 Ford Cortina Estate that while camping in the New Forest got stuck in the mud and clouted into a tree, apart from a dent, nothing much to worry about.
Ford Sierra, side swiped by a little Fiat Panda at about 15MPH, both written off.
Are today’s drivers really as bad as they seem, or is there something seriously wrong with modern vehicles?
I think it’s a combination of lighter vehicles and poor driving standards tbh.