Car left dangling from traffic signs on roundabout after horror crash

Shocking pictures show a car left dangling from a set of signs on a roundabout following a

can be seen with its air bags deployed following the incident on October 15. The crash, which saw the red Nissan Qashqai plough through a traffic island near Salts Mill Road, in Bradford, West Yorkshire at 11.18pm led to police being called to the scene, but no arrests have been made.

The £30,000 suspended in the air with only one wheel touching the ground. later said the crash was "damage-only".

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One local resident called seeing the scene a “surprise” after coming across it as they were walking home from a night out with some friends.

They said: "Think it's fair to say it was a surprise, a car mounted on a roundabout is not what you expect to see outside where you live when you return from an evening out. Myself and a couple of friends had just returned on the train from Leeds having been to see the night lights there, and got back home to Victoria Mills just after it had happened."

The crash completely destroyed two of the three signs on the roundabout, while a scene of debris was also visible with parts of the battered car strewn across the road. The vehicle’s bumper was among the debris, while the front-right wheel arch was also badly damaged.

Reports indicate a police car blocked traffic coming into the roundabout after the crash and that one officer was seen speaking to an individual.

Meanwhile, drivers are being urged to be more vigilant after the clocks went back an hour on Sunday, with analysis showing crashes rise following the annual change. The AA said the number of reports received for its UK-wide Accident Assist service increased by 11 percent in the fortnight after the October 2023 clocks change, compared with the previous two weeks.

It warned darker evenings, slippery road surfaces and drivers’ vision being impaired by the low-lying sun all contribute towards increased collisions in late October and early November.

Analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data by the PA news agency found there were an average of 183 more crashes that resulted in an injury in November than October each year between 2014 and 2023 in Britain. The average monthly totals in that period were 10,694 in October and 10,877 in November.