Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

Road.cc HQ re-imagined 

wondering about a "car flips"/ lands on roof thread. A bit like CCIB, I just don't remember this ever being a thing, now it's every week.  There would be bonus likes for incidents that happened on a Restricted Road (since we all now know what one of those is). 

Woman injured in vehicle crash before being cut free (picture)

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23904568.woman-injured-vehicle-cr...

Car flips over after crash in middle of residential street

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/car-flips-over-after-crash...

Car flips on to roof in north Belfast crash

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/car-flips-on-to...

Baby and man in hospital after car flips and crashes in Edinburgh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-66900521

For my next trick, I gave Frome the Dutchcyclinglifestyle.com treatment: 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/westcountry-town-named-one-...

Kiln Lane re-opened after stuck lorry recovered from narrow bridge

The lorry knocked down part of a wall when trying to cross the tight bridge near Brambridge Garden Centre.

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23914400.kiln-lane-re-opened-s...

Tisbury: Lorry driver fined after blocking road and hitting B&B

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23922226.tisbury-lorry-driver-fi...

round up 

Ye Horns Inn in Goosnargh to open as normal after Land Rover crash

https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2023/08/ye-horns-inn-to-open-as-normal-aft...

(Lancashire, so who even cares?)

Dementia-hit drink-driver in pub car park crash had five pints after mate's funeral

Now Anthony Butters, 64, from Burslem, has been slapped with a driving ban

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/dementia-hit-dr...

Driver arrested and two injured after car crashes into Kingswood pub

https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/bristol/news/car-crashes-into-kings...

Car crashes into outside dining area at Bognor restaurant

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23658000.car-crashes-outside-dining-area...

Drink driving Cambridge woman crashes car into picnic bench at pub

She was four times over the drink drive limit

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/drink-driving-woman-lea...

Uber crashes into railings outside pub (picture) 

A traffic light was damaged

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/uber-crashes-railing...

Drink-driver who lives 10 minutes' walk away from her local crashes into wall

Lisa Shaw had been drinking in The Butcher's Arms, in Forsbrook, before the 1am crash

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/drink-driver-wh...

Lorry gets stuck on High Street in Bewdley

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23936392.lorry-gets-stuck-high-stre...

"male bicycle user"

Car 'flees' after crash with cyclist

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23935569.bournemouth-car-flees-cr...

#nodriverinvolved  

Five teens arrested after woman trapped under wall when van ploughs into bungalow

Police, paramedics, firefighters and the force helicopter were scrambled to Fenton

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/five-teens-arre...

Royal Hampshire County Hospital critical incident declared

As if they didn't have enough to do:

“The power to some areas of the site has been affected. Our backup generators are running and electrical engineers are at the site.

“We are asking people to attend the Emergency Department only if it is an emergency. If you have an appointment, please continue to attend as normal.

“You can help by supporting us to get your loved ones home as soon as the decision has been made that they are ready to be discharged.

“We are focused on managing the incident whilst continuing to provide care to our patients. Our priority remains keeping our patients, staff, and visitors safe."

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23944223.royal-hampshire-count...

Car crashes into Optician's shop - round up 

Man released under investigation after car crashes into Birmingham opticians

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-09-03/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of...

Tadley: Man injured after suspected drink driver crashes into shop (picture)

https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23751129.tadley-man-injured-su...

Watch the moment car ploughs through railings, hits vehicle then smashes into optician's

Two teenage girls ages 15 and 16 were arrested in connection with the incident

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/watch-moment-car-ploug...

Car crashes into a new optician’s shop set to open in Harborough town centre

The motorist, who had been parked outside Henry Smith & Hamylton Opticians on the town’s High Street, was left shocked but escaped injury and no one else was hurt in the incident

https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/car-crashes-into-a-new-opticians-s...

Sisters forced to leave home of 44 years after 'joyrider, 15, hits bungalow'

Staffordshire Police have made five arrests as Kerry Smith, 54, remains in hospital following the Trentham smash

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/sisters-forced-...

Drink drive arrest after car crashes into Kington building

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23949874.drink-drive-arrest-car-crash...

County news websites closing/ won't be updated after this week:

several sombre "thanks to all our readers" messages out with, in most cases, no clue as to any next steps 

Reading / Berkshire

Sussex

Suffolk

Northamptonshire

Bedfordshire 

Buckinghamshire

Hertfordshire 

Our paid-for sister print publication the Hertfordshire Mercury will still continue to be published. And as part of our commitment to the BBC-funded Local Democracy Service in Hertfordshire we will be continuing to publish stories from our Local Democracy Reporter for this area but on another website, we will update this article later with a link

Man seriously injured after car smashes into house near Dartmoor

The road was closed for nearly six hours

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-seriously-injured-after-ca...

Picture shows aftermath of crash which saw car go through Spalding pub wall

Emergency services attended the incident

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/picture-shows-afterma...

#nodriverinvolved

Car crashes into shop - a roundup 

Two in hospital after car hits Poundland store in Longbridge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67008397

Blackburn road closed as car crashes into shop front 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23583750.blackburn-road-close... (3,999 holes to go!)

Pick-up truck crashes into barber shop in Burslem (photo)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66113646

Woman taken to hospital after car crashes into Co-op window

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23469923.woman-taken-hospital-car...

Tonyrefail: Empty car crashes through shop window

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65287430

Car crashes into new Doncaster city centre shop just days after opening

A car has crashed into a new Doncaster city centre shop – just days after its opening. (Audi.)

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/car-crashes-into-new-doncaster...

Salon Sixty: Watch shocking moment car smashes through Sheffield hairdressers shop front at high speed

Video has captured the shocking moment a driver accidentally crashed into the front of a new hairdressers in Sheffield.

Fortunately no one was injured when the driver of a 4X4 automatic accidentally lost control of their vehicle while attempting to park, and lurched forward through the shop front of Salon Sixty, on Rochester Road, Lodge Moor.

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/salon-sixty-watch-shocking-moment-...

Lostock Hall petrol station crash sees driver smash into SPAR store

A car smashed through the front entrance of a SPAR store in Lostock Hall yesterday 

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/transport/lostock-hall-petrol-station-crash-s...

Two arrests after car crashes into Co-Operative Travel, Sedgley

https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/23657631.two-arrests-car-crashes-co-op...

Woman arrested on suspicion of drug driving after car crashes into Costa coffee shop in Lutterworth

https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/crime/woman-arrested-on-suspicion-...

car hits war memorial - roundup - there was one a few months ago, I haven't scrolled back to it but I don't think these are in there:

Car smashes into Derby war memorial after police chase

There was a heavy police presence

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/live-updates-car-smashe...

Car hits Huntingdon town centre war memorial -Audi 

https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/22983023.car-hits-huntingdon-town-centr...

'No damage' caused to war memorial following car smash in Renfrew

https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/23924914.no-damage-caused-war-memoria...

Teen arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and carrying weapon after Shalford War Memorial destroyed

Residents are horrified at the damage to the landmark (photo)

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/teen-arrested-suspicion-dru...

Car ends up on its side in elderly couple's front garden

Locals rushed out of their homes to find the Ford Mondeo in a heap on its side and penetrating the garden wall of an elderly couple's home

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/car-ends-up-side-elderly-2...

Oh, well, my hands are shaky, and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet

Lorry crashes into wall outside Wateringbury Village Hall, near East Malling

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/village-wall-smashed-by-lorry-...