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Five-car crash on A12 causes rush hour delays
9:48am Wednesday 26th March 2008
One side of the A12 came to a standstill this morning after a five car collision.
The London-bound carriageway of the road was blocked after a blue Peugeot 206, a blue BMW 320, a white Ford Fiesta, a black Renault Clio and a white Citroen Berlingo were in collision near the Witham North slip road at around 7.30am.
A police spokesman said there appeared to be no serious injuries.
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KJ, Thorpe says...
12:33pm Wed 26 Mar 08
bsidethecside, Dovercourt says...
1:06pm Wed 26 Mar 08
Smeeth, Colchester says...
1:34pm Wed 26 Mar 08
People, chill out, don't rush to work, you don't want to be there anyway!!
SimonW, Colchester says...
2:52pm Wed 26 Mar 08
What is the point? Look where you're going otherwise you'll cause more accidents you gawpers. Go find a window to lick!
stevie wonder, witham says...
6:47pm Wed 26 Mar 08
andy, colchester says...
7:23pm Wed 26 Mar 08
SimonW, Colchester says...
10:46pm Wed 26 Mar 08
andy wrote:Because Andy, like I said, I was crawling along at 15mph behind everyone else!
Simon how do you know where all the cars were if you were not rubbernecking and slowing the traffic.It is human nature to stick you nose in unless authority asks in which case 95% pretend they now nothing.
anne, Colchester says...
10:46pm Wed 26 Mar 08
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Scene - the collision on the A12 at Witham which caused delays for commuters. Picture submitted to i-witness by reader DAVID JOHNSON
Delays - traffic queues on the A12 which built up behind the crash. Picture submitted to i-witness by reader DAVID JOHNSON
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No! I am Spartacus, Colchester says...
11:09am Wed 26 Mar 08
Either the people on the road are driving like idiots or the roads are over capacity?
I suspect its a bit of the first and a lot of the second- why, when the A12 was worked on 3/4 years ago, was it not turned into 3 lanes? It baffled me at the time and makes less sense now.