Out of interest, has anyone here lost a touring caravan to a crash? We all know, when they go, THEY GO! we all see ones fish tailing, or being pulled by lorry slipstreams, but has anyone here had a total loss before?
not me thankfully and thankfully dont know anyone either,and ive only ever seen them on the news in a destroyed state when there has been freak weather and its destroyed campsites ,think it was statics mind you,
I wouldnt like to see anyones caravan mulched up in a crash it would be upsetting and i would be worried the rest of my journey incase anyone was injured and sad for their loss, be it caravan or life ,seems a strange question your asking???????
Why do you assume that caravan related crashes are caused by truck slipstreams & snaking, ie that the caravan actually caused the crash?
Certainly if a caravan goes over it is generally written off, but in an accident involving a caravan it dosen't follow in any way that the crash was caused by the poor driving/excess speed of the caravanner or because the caravan went out of control for any reason.
Was about to bid on a lovely little van on Ebay and about 12 hrs from the end, the owner edited it to say, don't bid, the caravan has been written off. He was just bringing it home from a classic show when a large lorry's brakes failed behind him on a hill. I felt really sad for him and also for me, it was a beautiful little classic, quite superior to the one I eventually ended up with!
We had our first caravan written off on the way home (thankfully) from holiday about 4 yrs ago. We were stationary at the time at a junction when a mad woman decided to go straight into the back of us. We were only 3 miles from home (after a 160 mile journey) but had to wait to be rescued by the AA so didn't get home for another 2 hours. When we got home we just sat and cryed
But the good news was we were planning on upgrading the caravan in about a year, the insurance company paid up, we then bought van back off insurers and sold it to caravan scrappy (made a bit of extra money) and bought our new van (well new to us) a year earlier than planned, which we still have
Oh and by the way, the mad woman admitted complete responsibility
Stationery in motorway traffic - the driver of the car behind the one stopped behind me didn't see we weren't moving and ploughed into us, causing the car behind me to hit the van with such force it came off the towball. The bonnet was buried in the rear bed lockers.
My car was in being repaired for a fair while as well.
------------- Caz
If you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, just keep going till you go round the bend.
Oh it was out of interest. One exploded infront of me that was on its way to getting weighed in, on the Great Missenden bypass (A413) sometime last year. I had to dodge bits of fibreglass!
Quote: Originally posted by Tentz on 18/10/2010
Why do you assume that caravan related crashes are caused by truck slipstreams & snaking, ie that the caravan actually caused the crash?
Certainly if a caravan goes over it is generally written off, but in an accident involving a caravan it dosen't follow in any way that the crash was caused by the poor driving/excess speed of the caravanner or because the caravan went out of control for any reason.
You could say the same about any vehicle. If it's rolled over it's generally going to have damaged every panel that comes into contact with the ground. Pound to a peny it's going to get written off. In fact these days cars get written off with very little damage at all.
Ive saw many a wrecked caravan in my years of driving,ive also saw many a dead head going like theres no tomorrow just like, in my view,to get there sooner or to see how fast their rig can go without seeing the world from a hospital bed..not amused by speeding caravans luckily were not all the same..
As an ex coach driver for a couple of summers, I never saw an accident involving a caravan. But I did see loads of caravans on the hard shoulder or in lay-bys with blow outs.It seems to me that a few caravaners think their tyres are OK as long as there is plenty of tread on the tyre and the pressures are right when they leave home.Tyres should be inspected by an expert after being stored during the winter months, especially if the weight of the caravan hasn't had it's wheels either taken off or suspended or at least moved around occasionally so that the same part of the tyre isn't in the same place all the winter.
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Returning from a holiday in Skye & traveling uphill in a line of traffic in Glenshiel a lorry towing a broken down lorry shot across the road, missed our car but hit the front of the caravan before finishing in the ditch on our side of the road. How it also missed the motorhome behind us we'll never know. Fortuneately the van was towable but proved a 'write off' & we received £200 - well it was 1971 & the police proved very sympathetic to the local lorry drivers
An overnight stay in Nairn in 1977 caused another 'write off' - a tornado came in from the sea through the site & back out to sea leaving 50 vans wrecked. Our new to us Safari was 50 yards from our pitch & the body had detached from the floor/chassis. One night in a local hotel trying to amuse our golden retriever convinced us that only another van would suffice & we are still enjoying caravaning with our golden retriever - obviously not the same dog.
These have been our only caravan accidents/claims - lucky -I think so
think tyres is a very important issue, now I admit I am verging on OCD when it comes to tyres but hey it is the only thing that is in contact with the road, due to mum's passing my van hasnt moved since april and probably wont move this year. I put new rubber on in april. my thinking now is next season because the van will have sat for a year to spend £100 and replace the tyres that have only done 200 miles as a £100 bill is a blinking sight better than risking it
In 10 years as a motorway traffic cop never saw, or got sent to one single caravan accident.
Went to loads with company reps in their far to large (for their talent) cars, always in a hurry. We used to have a saying, 'they always come in the end'.
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We were only 3 miles from home (after a 160 mile journey) but had to wait to be rescued by the AA so didn't get home for another 2 hours. When we got home we just sat and cryed
we were planning on upgrading the caravan in about a year, the insurance company paid up, we then bought van back off insurers and sold it to caravan scrappy (made a bit of extra money) and bought our new van (well new to us) a year earlier than planned, which we still have
