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Subject Topic: Overturned caravan on M42
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19/8/2012 at 1:12pm
 Location: Shropshire
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Just passed  an overturned van on the M42 - hope no-one was hurt and it wasn't anyone on here.

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19/8/2012 at 2:01pm
 Location: Lichfield
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Near to which junction on the M42 was it?  I'm near to junction 10.


19/8/2012 at 2:47pm
 Location: Essex
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Hope everybody is ok


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19/8/2012 at 9:14pm
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It was between the M5 and the turnoff for the M40 - sorry, no good with Junction numbers but we had come off the M40 on the opposite carriageway.

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20/8/2012 at 10:32am
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Quote: Originally posted by Ronni54 on 19/8/2012


It was between the M5 and the turnoff for the M40 - sorry, no good with Junction numbers but we had come off the M40 on the opposite carriageway.

That would be between junctions 1 and 3a then which is the M40 junction. There always seems to be more road traffic accidents down that end of the M42 but there is a long downward hill somewhere along that stretch towards the M5 which I always reduce my speed to about 50 - 55 mph. just to be cautious. Most probably this is where the caravan overturned but just hope that nobody was seriously injured at all.




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20/8/2012 at 5:57pm
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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 20/8/2012

Quote: Originally posted by Ronni54 on 19/8/2012


It was between the M5 and the turnoff for the M40 - sorry, no good with Junction numbers but we had come off the M40 on the opposite carriageway.

That would be between junctions 1 and 3a then which is the M40 junction. There always seems to be more road traffic accidents down that end of the M42 but there is a long downward hill somewhere along that stretch towards the M5 which I always reduce my speed to about 50 - 55 mph. just to be cautious. Most probably this is where the caravan overturned but just hope that nobody was seriously injured at all.



I was travelling towards the M5 - the caravan was on the opposite carriageway, so travelling towards the M40. 



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