DRAMATIC PICTURES: Traffic accidents from the past in Weymouth
Accidents over the years on Weymouth roads (Image: NQ)
These fascinating old photos here show accidents from the past in Dorset.
And as this collection of pictures shows, however hard one might try, accidents do happen.
Dorchester Road, Weymouth
Dorset Echo: Timber from a lorry is strewn across Dorchester Road, Weymouth
Timber from a lorry is strewn across Dorchester Road, Weymouth (Image: NQ)
A lorry load of timber having successfully negotiated the St Edmund Street/Town Bridge junction is on its way along Dorchester Road when it came to grief opposite Weymouth College.
Rather alarming if you were walking nearby, but it looks as if no-one was hurt.
Radipole Lake, Weymouth
Dorset Echo: The van is submerged in Radipole Lake, Weymouth
The van is submerged in Radipole Lake, Weymouth (Image: NQ)
A Bedford Dormobile type van appears to have overshot the Swannery Car Park and is partially submerged in Radipole Lake.
Dorset Echo: Tilleys breakdown truck comes to the rescue
Tilleys breakdown truck comes to the rescue (Image: NQ)
Fortunately, Tilleys breakdown truck has come to the rescue and it will soon be back on dry land.
Dorchester Road, Weymouth, 'Royal Oak' turn
Dorset Echo: An articulated lorry overturns in Dorchester Road, Upwey
An articulated lorry overturns in Dorchester Road, Upwey (Image: NQ)
The 'Royal Oak' turn in Dorchester Road before road widening took place following the closure of the pub was a well known spot for accidents.
Here an articulated lorry has overturned.
Portland Road, Weymouth
Dorset Echo: The number 22 bus ends up in someone's front garden in Portland Road
The number 22 bus ends up in someone's front garden in Portland Road (Image: NQ)
A bus journey with a difference, when the 22 Portland service has ended up in someone’s front garden in Portland Road.
Dorset Echo: The collision causes quite the scene on Portland Road with onlookers and police present
The collision causes quite the scene on Portland Road with onlookers and police present (Image: NQ)
In the second photo the Southern National breakdown truck waits whilst the police discuss the circumstances.