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Two cars crash in controversial lane
A woman has been taken to hospital after two cars collided in a Mill Hill lane beset by controversy.
The woman, who is 40, was taken to Barnet Hospital, in Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, with injuries that are not thought to be serious after a car crash on a blind bend in Partingdale Lane.
The road was closed shortly after the accident at around 8am this morning and has not yet been reopened.
The accident took place outside the home of mother of two Anne Rowe-Parr, 46, who said: "It's very dangerous, people go far too fast and it's a complete cut-through. It was an accident waiting to happen.
"The lane is very winding and people don't realise quite how blind the bends are.
"There's a pavement on one side and it's quite scary to walk on it because it's not that wide and people do go very, very fast."
Partingdale Lane was used as a shortcut between Woodside Park and Mill Hill before it was closed at one end, four years ago, because it was narrow, had blind bends and no pavements.
It was reopened to through-traffic last October following more than £250,000-worth of safety improvements.
12:20pm Monday 19th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Janet on 1:29pm Mon 19 May 08
I hope the poor woman injured will seek compensation from Brian Coleman and the local lunatic Council who opened this dangerous road. Or will Coleman accuse the Partingdale Lane residents of faking the accident once again?
I hope the poor woman injured will seek compensation from Brian Coleman and the local lunatic Council who opened this dangerous road. Or will Coleman accuse the Partingdale Lane residents of faking the accident once again?
Posted by: ManontheMoon, Partingdale Lane on 2:19pm Mon 19 May 08
There is no reason for this road to be closed.
Drivers kill ... not roads.
We would have to close every country road in the UK if you follow the logic of the Partingdale Lane groupies.
There is no reason for this road to be closed.
Drivers kill ... not roads.
We would have to close every country road in the UK if you follow the logic of the Partingdale Lane groupies.
Posted by: Jonathan on 4:06pm Mon 19 May 08
Man on the Moon, eh? Seems like that is where you belong. Yes drivers kill but dangerous roads help them. What you forget my friend is that most country lanes are not cut throughs for impatient motorists.
Man on the Moon, eh? Seems like that is where you belong. Yes drivers kill but dangerous roads help them. What you forget my friend is that most country lanes are not cut throughs for impatient motorists.
Posted by: Gary, Finchley on 10:12am Tue 20 May 08
This sort of accident comes as no surprise.
The last time I went for a walk down the lane I was nearly run over on more than one occasion. That was before it even re-opened, and it was ridiculously dangerous.
That said, these sort of accidents can happen anywhere, on any windey road, but still.
This sort of accident comes as no surprise.
The last time I went for a walk down the lane I was nearly run over on more than one occasion. That was before it even re-opened, and it was ridiculously dangerous.
That said, these sort of accidents can happen anywhere, on any windey road, but still.
Posted by: Bill, Barnet on 4:53pm Tue 20 May 08
[quote]'Ho, ho!' he said to himself as he marched along with his chin in the air, 'what a clever Toad I am! There is surely no animal equal to me
for cleverness in the whole world![/quote]
'Ho, ho!' he said to himself as he marched along with his chin in the air, 'what a clever Toad I am! There is surely no animal equal to me
for cleverness in the whole world!
Posted by: Don G, Barnet on 5:24pm Tue 20 May 08
The design of roads is highly important in determining the safety or danger for road users. The design of Motorways ensures that they are the safest roads in Britain, whilst narrow winding country lanes are particularly dangerous.
The design of Partingdale Lane means that it is inherintly prone to Road Traffic Collisions, and no amount of Political debate will change the basic facts.
The irrational aspect to Partingdale lane is the wider straighter, safer, road avaible which runs immediately alongside through the neighbouring developement.
The planners might have liked to have insisted on a new road straight through the old Barracks site as was their perogative.
We can only hope that Coleman is proud of the great white elephant which is Partingdale Lane.
The design of roads is highly important in determining the safety or danger for road users. The design of Motorways ensures that they are the safest roads in Britain, whilst narrow winding country lanes are particularly dangerous.
The design of Partingdale Lane means that it is inherintly prone to Road Traffic Collisions, and no amount of Political debate will change the basic facts.
The irrational aspect to Partingdale lane is the wider straighter, safer, road avaible which runs immediately alongside through the neighbouring developement.
The planners might have liked to have insisted on a new road straight through the old Barracks site as was their perogative.
We can only hope that Coleman is proud of the great white elephant which is Partingdale Lane.
Posted by: Maria on 8:43pm Tue 20 May 08
Priceless Bill!! And Don G - you are quite right too about the great white elephant which is Partingdale Lane. Shame it cost us tax-payers a million pounds. Still Coleman's ego deserves that doesnt it!!!
Priceless Bill!! And Don G - you are quite right too about the great white elephant which is Partingdale Lane. Shame it cost us tax-payers a million pounds. Still Coleman's ego deserves that doesnt it!!!
Posted by: Liz Marshall, London on 1:06pm Thu 22 May 08
It is only a matter of time before a fatality. Children ride ponies along the lane and although this is known to drivers, this does not deter them and the speeds are increasing all the time! Drivers do not realise that a horse crashing through their windscreen will undoubtedly kill them as well as the horse and rider. Something has to be done to prevent the inevitable fatality on Partingdale Lane.
It is only a matter of time before a fatality. Children ride ponies along the lane and although this is known to drivers, this does not deter them and the speeds are increasing all the time! Drivers do not realise that a horse crashing through their windscreen will undoubtedly kill them as well as the horse and rider. Something has to be done to prevent the inevitable fatality on Partingdale Lane.
Posted by: Huw Pryce, New Barnet on 3:16pm Thu 22 May 08
Actually Saabs are "moose tested" so you might survive in a Saab. Albeit festooned in horse entrails and dead children. Like some Norse warrior of old.
Fact is motorists will drive as fast as they can. They always do, this is a phenomenon known as 'risk compensation', so diverting traffic through a housing estate would probably be an equally poor move. Partingdale Lane should be closed again (politicians and tabloid editors really should recognise that it is a sign of strength to recognize and acknowledge when you're wrong). Traffic flow will be impaired as a result of such a closure, but surely if that reduces the average speed of traffic through the area, that's a good thing?
Oh I forgot, "Speed is Good". Poop poop!
Actually Saabs are "moose tested" so you might survive in a Saab. Albeit festooned in horse entrails and dead children. Like some Norse warrior of old.
Fact is motorists will drive as fast as they can. They always do, this is a phenomenon known as 'risk compensation', so diverting traffic through a housing estate would probably be an equally poor move. Partingdale Lane should be closed again (politicians and tabloid editors really should recognise that it is a sign of strength to recognize and acknowledge when you're wrong). Traffic flow will be impaired as a result of such a closure, but surely if that reduces the average speed of traffic through the area, that's a good thing?
Oh I forgot, "Speed is Good". Poop poop!
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