Worst Car Crash in British History

[Reece]

"Many vehicles were on fire and the collision itself involved what we believe to be about 27 vehicles - both lorries and cars. So they were faced with virtually all of them on fire. Many of them have burnt literally to the ground."

Emergency crews said they believed the weather may have been a contributory factor in the crash, on the northbound carriageway, and witnesses described seeing thick fog at the time.


Earlier, part of nearby Bridgwater town centre was closed off amid fears a wall could collapse after heavy rain.

Paul Slaven, of Devon and Somerset Fire Service, said crews were now "damping down" at the scene.

He said: "There is a large amount of debris covering the road and a couple of vehicles are still smouldering after being on fire so the police have said the road will be closed for at least 24 hours and possibly more for the carriageway to be cleared."

The fire service said there had been 20 "light vehicles" involved in the incident, along with six articulated lorries.

'Black smoke'
Motorist Steven Swift, who passed the accident scene while heading south about 30 minutes after the crash, said he had seen three lorries on fire and some injured people lying in the central reservation.


He added: "It was a horrific scene. The heat was intense."

Bev Davis, who had been in a field near the motorway looking after her horses, said: "There was this horrific sound of a horn. The horn was just permanent.

"You knew something had gone on and then the flames were just so high so quickly and the noise was horrific. And then there were explosions, I think probably of tyres going."

f**k.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/05/m5-crash-feared-dead-collision?newsfeed=true
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/at-least-six-dead-in-horrific-crash-on-m5-motorway-6257640.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15603124

M5 Crash Footage - Sky News Coverage 04/11/2011 BREAKING NEWS PILE-UP

Breaking News - M5 CRASH - Live Footage- Many Casualties And Fatalities


The date when it happened was the 5/11/11, the number of cars involved is 27 11+11+5 = 27. Freaky.

This is the worst car crash in British history.

RIP

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16103826  > Live updates.

[Fruity]

RIP to all those who died.

The scary part is that this is only a few miles away from me and I had friends who were travelling on the exact same road minutes before it happend.

[Skan]

So THATS why so much traffic and diversions after school. Came home at like fucking 7:30. Anyway, RIP to the victims of this horrific/tragic event.

[Radagast]

Sad, quite sad.

[Fuzzy]

Holy shit...RIP

[Julio.]

Jesus Christ, everyone should buy planes instead, they're safer.

[Martin.]

I would also like to express my compassion. RIP everyone who lost their lives in that horrifying car crash.

[Ben.]

RIP...that's messed up stuff 

[Josh_White]

Holy Fck, I have never seen a crash with that scale, RIP

[Reece]

[Josh_White]

Jesus !

Cant belive it, it looks like from the movie... Sadly that it happened in the real

[KhornateMonkey]

RIP

[Robyn.]

What a terrible tragedy

[b2311e]

RIP to those who were lost.

Blame now has turned to a firework display, and in the wind, there smoke possibly covered the M5, hence blinding the drivers in the thick clouds of smoke.

[Leon.]

Unbelievable...