Claremont Road closed for air-ambulance.
An elderly woman received urgent attention from emergency services after suffering a head injury from a car. The police had to divert traffic down Maple Road to make way for the helicopter to air-lift the patient to Tooting Hospital.
The incident happened at around mid-day and Claremont Road was closed until 3pm.
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Been overseas for a spell burning up the carbon credits.
No Jeremy is not my role model although I share his hatred of caravans.
Rather like mojogit Iwalk to Surbiton unless its raining really hard and am fed up with cyclists swooshing past me on the pavements,which in my area are increasingly covered in dog dirt.As i am well over 60 and well used to traffic both here and in the city centre,I agree that the best way to cross is by the shortest route.
I am in favour of buses as long as they are non polluting,in other words not pushing out clouds of brown smoke,and are driven considerately.
By this I not moving off while old folks have not yet sat down.Bus lanes should be available to all cars with two or more occupants rather like the high occupancy lanes in the US.
I dont drive a blue car and in fact rarely drive into Surbiton.
You don't drive a blue car do you? They're still looking for the person who ran her over, which by the way was a blue car not a bus.
What obstructions are on the road other than cars trying to get round the buses there? There is the biggest shop/supermarket in surbiton there, it's within 100 yards of the train station and all the buses are there. Common sense, let alone the highway code should tell you to be more careful there.
As for cars being here to stay - why? I haven't driven in 7 years. Not that I can't afford a car, I just don't need one. The transport links are great by foot, bus and train. Have you tried them?
As for speed bumps, they were introduced to make sure that people not only obey speed limits but drive slowly in areas where you should be taking extra care.
You should also expect little old ladies (and men) and children to be less observant than most people. You are after all entering a built up area. The speed limit is just that - a limit - not a target.
It's no wonder you've nearly hit people in the past the way you describe your outlook on life. Maybe one day someone you love will be crippled by another driver and I bet then you wouldn't be quite so sympathetic with the driver.
And I'm quite worried about you saying you've "collected" one - do you have stickers on your car door notching up your road kills?
Maybe the best thing would be to make that stretch from the waitrose car park to the roundabout buses only, then you wouldn't get cars trying to accelerate past stationary buses and braking hard when they see that the bus has stopped because people are crossing the road.
Why is it that nearly all old people insist on crossing every road at a 45 degree angle thus exposing themselves to oncoming traffic for longer?
I also noticed (20 Feb) outside the Waitrose parade that 4 old ladies set off from behind the bus to execute the 45 degree crossing.
There are far too many buses trying to use the stops here again yesterday I saw 4 on one side and 3 on the other,chaos ensues during this time with cars/bike and walkers all trying to move,in addition the rounabout was blocked by the rear end of bus 4 going to Kingston.
This is all sheer madness and a tribute to all concerned that more casualties are not caused.
As i only live around a mile from the centre I walk to Surbiton and am amazed at the number of adult cyclists using the pavements,5 yesterday along Surbiton Hill Park,when will action be taken against these folks who because they are "green" feel they can do whatever they like.
You just want to accelerate our passage to doom. You conveniently ignored my point about buses. What is your view about buses? Do you want to get rid of them. Is your name Jeremy Clarkson? If not I'm sure he is your hero. It's a shame that these kind of forums allow people like you to voice such extreme views. Views that you are probably to cowardly to voice without the cloak of anonymity.
When people die as as result of traffic accidents we owe it ot them to do something about it not just sympathise with the poor motorists. Motorists have had it too good for too long.
The planet will not be saved by banning all cars.If you could ban all cosmic rays that prevent clouds forming and all the vast areas of forests being burnt down you may hold back the inevitable for a few thousand years.
Unless future scientists can come up with some really clever programs I am afraid we have all had it.
I admit to owning a car but am not a petrol head having one of the smallest low powered cars available.
The humps destroy exhausts and suspensions and cause misery for anyone in an ambulance,restrict rapid response of emergency services and cause more pollution as cars change gears and accelerate between humps.
Th pillow versions slow cars but are useless for wide track vehicles such as buses,white van man and SUV owners who can straddle the pillow and sit in my boot as I have to slow down or risk spinal injury.
They are a menace and should be removed forthwith from every road in the country.Although not in favour of indisciminate cameras I would prefer them on agreed dangerous roads and outside schools etc.
One cannot ignore cars or any vehicles they are here to stay although thr power source will change over time to something less polluting,we can then expect even more cars as our population is growing at a net 500 per day.
God save our planet with people like you around.
I have just seen a young person trip over a road hump that was missing its white triangle,luckily the cyclist managed to avoid her.
The full facts of this accident will come out as there is a police investigation and an inquest.
Dear sunshinetuesday you talk about the "overload" of buses. Actually buses are to be encouraged as they reduce the number of cars thereby making the roads safer for pedestrians. More buses also cut pollution. Speed humps are also a good thing although perversely you seem them as a nuisance. A nuisance if you like travelling fast without regard to the safety of pedestrians I suppose. They are certainly NOT a "useless obstruction". Maybe one of those "useless obstructions" would have saved the life of the lady in question. Think on that car lover.
Hey what a great idea lets pave over Surbitons streets and ban all cars and bikes,make all deliveries between 2300 and 0500.
Place trees and benches every where and enjoy watching the people of Surbiton enjoying themselves.No accidents,no commerce,no parking,no jobs,no Surbiton.
Sounds like a dream coming true for Tescos Tolworth development,oh no,better make the A3 one lane as traffic goes too fast and put in some cameras to boost revenue for the civil servants pension contributions.
I simply do not know the details of that accident so cannot comment.
One must keep a lookout when driving and in this respect feel that all radio/cd/and moblie phone use should be banned so that we can all concentrate more.This also applies to pedestrians of all ages.
Some towns in Holland have indeed paved over the city roads and removed all markings and traffic lights,resulting in far fewer accidents.
Even I find this amazing but there may be some logic in that it makes all road users much more cautious..
Pedestrians do owe a duty of care to other road users as do cyclists and so must take responsiblity for their actions,again I am not saying this applies to this particular accident as I do not have the full facts
All I am saying is that vision for both drivers and pedestrians is so poor along that road and so many more in this borough,that I am not surprised.
Clearly I do not not know exact circumstances,light,speed etc.
Until planners accept cars are here to stay and make visibilty better and clear roads of ludicrous obstructions this sort of accident can only increase.
Very sorry to hear the lady died and also feel for for the unfortunate motorist and all the families hit by this accident.
Turning to pedestrians fault,sometimes it can be,have you never had a young person step right into your path whilst using a mobile or ipod?
I nearly collected one who was walking UP the down ramp into Waitrose,remember many pedestrians are also car drivers and cyclists,most of us are multi skilled.
So you'd like the streets to cleared of pedestrians and towns paved over?
It's up to drivers to be on the lookout for potential hazards regardless. Who's to judge that someone crossing the road isn't clinically deaf or has bad vision?
That poor old woman was probably knocked down and killed because she 'wasn't quick enough'.
Not that surprised,parking is out of control opposite Waitrose in spite of yellow lines and the chicanes put in along the road mean busses can barely move through.
It is rarely speed that causes problems here it almost always that drivers are unsighted by useless street furniture an overload of busses and the uncontrolled parking.
This seems to be the policy of our road planners just look at King Charles/Ewell and Raeburn since the "improvements".Humps,necks,trees in the road,parking on blind bends the list goes on and thats just 3 roads.
It is only thanks to the skills of most drivers that more people are not injured.
I'm not sure what you are saying here. Are you saying it was the pedestrian's fault that she got knocked down not the driver's? BTW she died.
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