Traffic Alert 18th June Lordship Lane

[cmck83]

Hello!

Lordship Lane is closed off around the Harvester pub at the Forest Hill end of Lordship Lane. Loads of police and tape. Doesn't look like an accident though. Does anybody know what happened?

Anyway, if you are driving from or to Forest Hill, avoid that part of Lordship Lane, as you will be diverted to Dulwich Village or towards Honor Oak Park.

[BeccaL]

No idea - was busy 30 mins ago on underhill rd being diverted

[ruthmct]

I wondered why a 185 was heading along Underhill Road about 6.15pm

Ruth

[mimmcc]

It was an accident. Someone was knocked down crossing the road, a hit and run. Don't know how badly they were hurt

[BeccaL]

That's horrible - hope they're ok. Not sure if connected but saw a 176 going along east dulwich grove about the same time.

[duchessofdulwich]

knocked down or someones had an epileptic fit?

[village people]

People like you who make flippant coments make me sick, it was a child and it's not looking good.

[louisiana]

mimmcc Wrote:

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> It was an accident. Someone was knocked down

> crossing the road, a hit and run. Don't know how

> badly they were hurt

Notorious local black spot which I was under the impression some of our local councillors were supposed to be doing something about. (??)

[ruffers]

Assume you're referring to this on the local councillor thread - Re: East Dulwich councillor - can we help?

Posted by: James Barber May 25, 08:14PM

"Hi esme,

Cllr Lewis Robinson has provided the following update regaridng the south circular junction at the Harvester restaurant.

"TfL have undertaken to put a pedestrian phasing insat this juncton and its in their works programme for late summer this year. They have already completed a traffic count to facilitate this as I ran into them on site.

I am expecting them to improve the phasing of the lights for traffic at the same time to mitigate traffic flow issues at the junction at the same time."

So plans afoot."

Although from what I read on this thread it's not clear if that would have helped this particular incident.

[trident]

The boy was awake when I happened to be there (at like 6), the paramedic was talking to him and she was writing stuff down and the police were trying to get in touch with his parents. But when the fullsize ambulance turned up they got a spinal board out :( It must've been terrifying for him - surrounded by paramedics, police and various concerned-looking bystanders. There was a lot of traffic due to people slowing down and having a look (at the ambulance car, ambulance, police van and police car), I really hope he's okay, he looked really scared :(

[ruffers]

Sure he was scared but hey, talking and scared is better than some of the alternatives. Sounds like this was opposite the bus stop more then on the actual junction?

Get well soon.

[ayresc]

What the hell was he doing out on his own?!

[ruffers]

Who said he was? Do you know how old he is?

[Bic Basher]

Apparently it wasn't a hit and run, the driver stayed behind according to a resident who lives opposite where the accident occured.

[duchessofdulwich]

... unfortunatly i do not have medical qualifications to make a clinical diagnosis, flippant comment? rather unfair comment

[village people]

duchessofdulwich Wrote:

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> ... unfortunatly i do not have medical

> qualifications to make a clinical diagnosis,

> flippant comment? rather unfair comment

Unfair comment? I don't think so, it was obvious from the previous post that someone had been knocked down so to suggest it may have been a fit was to trivialise it. What was the point?

By the way, the victim was a small boy who has sustained a very nasty open fracture.

[SteveT]

I do not think the duchessofdulwich comment was particularly flippant.

The two main reasons for someone lying in the road is an accident, or someone having a seizure, I fail to see any trivialising about the accident and feel sympathetic to either.

Village people I think you are being rather harsh as no one has made anything like a flippant comment, and I do hope the lad's wounds heals up very soon.

[ianr]

village people Wrote:

> Unfair comment? I don't think so, it was obvious from the previous post that someone had been

> knocked down so to suggest it may have been a fit was to trivialise it. What was the point?

Far from everything that's said here is obviously true, I'm afraid. Only this week, in another thread about a road accident, there were confident assertions of fact that turned out to be most probably not so. In this thread itself there have been different accounts of whether the driver fled the scene or remained.

> By the way, the victim was a small boy who has sustained a very nasty open fracture.

[duchessofdulwich]

That is very sad news, however I was not trivialising it. The original post stated "does anyone know what happened". I was replying to the post.

[village people]

Fair enough duchess, perhaps I was being too hasty: The reason being is that I've read too many posts where something traumatic happens and people who have not been involved however feel the need respond with inappropriate comments or opinions which have no place. This only causes distress to those who might have been involved or affected.

My feelings run high about this danger spot as both my friend?s daughter and my nephew were both hit by cars crossing the road there (and thankfully made full recoveries). I have also personally witnessed several other pedestrian accidents in the same place and feel outraged that TFL still haven?t put pedestrian lights at the intersection. It seems it?s more important to keep the traffic flowing quickly than consider the safety of the public trying to cross the road.

I?ve heard that they may finally change the lights later this year but how many lives and injuries could?ve been saved in the meanwhile!

[Pugwash]

I suggest that someone gets in touch with Cllr. Lewis Robinson and also Tessa Jowell MP to highlight this dangerous crossing. You could also contact Val. Shawcross and Caroline Pigeon to get them to put pressure on Boris.

[duchessofdulwich]

village people: thanks for your apology, however i am not out to cause distress and my family said they saw an individual and the paramedics go to the assistance of the boy who I now know was sadly hurt.