Meanwhile, down south
A slightly disturbing piece of news today is that last night's overnight National Express 592 (London Victoria - Heathrow Airport - Carlisle - Hamilton - Glasgow - Dundee - Aberdeen) service crashed on the junction of the M4 and the M25. This is a journey I've done quite a few times, and this was a three-month old coach. Since the crash, the driver has been arrested for dangerous driving (two fatalities and lots of injured), but also, the twelve (eleven) of these Neoplans have been taken off the road, by the owners Trathens (part of Parks of Hamilton).
National Express updated their statement at 1745, stating
"A National Express Coach was involved in an accident on the M4 / M25 earlier today which resulted in a number of serious injuries and two fatalities. 11 customers remain in hospital.
Our deepest sympathies and condolences go to the families of the bereaved and injured on that service. The cause of the accident is still unknown and we are co-operating fully with the emergency services.
Paul Bunting, Chief Executive of National Express said "During the course of today we have been in touch with relatives to make sure that any onward travel arrangements we can make are being put in place to ensure that everybody who's been involved is as comfortable as they possibly can be at this time".
National Express has over 600 different coach journeys a day operating throughout the UK covering over 64 million miles a year. This is the first accident of this type with this type of coach on our network.
All our coaches and drivers fully comply with all the current European legislation. In addition all coaches are liable to random checks by government agencies to ensure their safety compliance. We also use the services of an independent specialist to further check that they are in proper order at all times.
Our coaches are well known throughout the UK and during our long history we have always given customer safety the highest priority. Coach travel is widely recognised as one of the safest forms of public travel in the UK."
National Express updated their statement at 1745, stating
"A National Express Coach was involved in an accident on the M4 / M25 earlier today which resulted in a number of serious injuries and two fatalities. 11 customers remain in hospital.
Our deepest sympathies and condolences go to the families of the bereaved and injured on that service. The cause of the accident is still unknown and we are co-operating fully with the emergency services.
Paul Bunting, Chief Executive of National Express said "During the course of today we have been in touch with relatives to make sure that any onward travel arrangements we can make are being put in place to ensure that everybody who's been involved is as comfortable as they possibly can be at this time".
National Express has over 600 different coach journeys a day operating throughout the UK covering over 64 million miles a year. This is the first accident of this type with this type of coach on our network.
All our coaches and drivers fully comply with all the current European legislation. In addition all coaches are liable to random checks by government agencies to ensure their safety compliance. We also use the services of an independent specialist to further check that they are in proper order at all times.
Our coaches are well known throughout the UK and during our long history we have always given customer safety the highest priority. Coach travel is widely recognised as one of the safest forms of public travel in the UK."
posted by Suzy Scott @ 21:57
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