Thread: Land Rover in fatal crash.

Originally Posted by 4bee

I wonder how come he hit the first barrier that in turn shunted him across the road?

Fatigue is suspected as the main cause. Almost happened to me, on the way to Sydney, once. Driving along a straight stretch of road, with wife & kids in the car, tired, it was like a switch clicked , and I was asleep at the wheel, dreaming I was on a straight stretch of road. It was a vivid life like dream. Trouble was, I had to turn a corner. Lucky the car hit the edge of the road, and woke me up. We stopped just short of a large tree. I'll never forget that, And I've never driven tired since. That's how easy it can happen.

from Pimpima?

to the dam it wouldn't be 50 km.

I've done it many times in less than an hour.

something may have fatigued on the vehicle.

doesn't seem like anyone knows what model disco it was.

I was told by a fire/rescue officer not to lock the doors on my D2 from inside as the mechanism is so strong it is almost impossible to open.....good to stop someone from illegally opening the car but useless in a collision per se. from that day I never locked it except when I had got out + passengers.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

from Pimpima?

to the dam it wouldn't be 50 km.

I've done it many times in less than an hour.

Lots of guessing,medical episode, young kids up all night causing driver to be very tired.?

One of my sons fell asleep at a set of traffic lights,wasnt 10Km from home, on the way to a job.

Accumulative lack of sleep, two very young kids both ill at the time, long hours at work.

Who knows,we will have to wait and see.

But it is a shocking tragic loss of life, no matter what happened.

The one year old is still fighting for life, I hope he makes it.
The cause may never be known and cannot bring back the two already dead. It could be as innocuous as looking back at a crying baby or disciplining an older child. Whatever the cause, it'll be heartbreaking for the immediate and extended family.

Originally Posted by bob10

Fatigue is suspected as the main cause. Almost happened to me, on the way to Sydney, once. Driving along a straight stretch of road, with wife & kids in the car, tired, it was like a switch clicked , and I was asleep at the wheel, dreaming I was on a straight stretch of road. It was a vivid life like dream. Trouble was, I had to turn a corner. Lucky the car hit the edge of the road, and woke me up. We stopped just short of a large tree. I'll never forget that, And I've never driven tired since. That's how easy it can happen.

Back in the days of the Holden HD/HR/EH panel Vans I'd drive one as a service & Installation vehicle & often I would drive home at night on country roads, No Heater unless the under Vent type which I never used even if fitted later
Anyway, I'd drive all the way home from where ever I was with the vent flap wide open & blasting, sometimes Icy cold air in with the window down about 2-3".


That kept me awake on many occasions. I didn't like those late night /early morning journeys after a days yakka.




Maybe the driver of the LR (Him or Her???) dozed off & woke up suddenly when they collided with the nearside steel posts & cables. Awoke with a start & took seconds to realise what happened & just where they were, over corrected away from the barrier they hit & hit the barrier on the other side. (Skid or tyre marks show this crossing the centreline & finishing at the barrier.)


I believe one of the causes of this Driver dozing off thing is when passengers go to sleep or go quiet & leave the driver to him/herself with no conversations going on.


Another tragedy that shouldn't have happened but did..

Originally Posted by bob10

Fatigue is suspected as the main cause. Almost happened to me, on the way to Sydney, once. Driving along a straight stretch of road, with wife & kids in the car, tired, it was like a switch clicked , and I was asleep at the wheel, dreaming I was on a straight stretch of road. It was a vivid life like dream. Trouble was, I had to turn a corner. Lucky the car hit the edge of the road, and woke me up. We stopped just short of a large tree. I'll never forget that, And I've never driven tired since. That's how easy it can happen.

When I was young l drove solo over a long distance on country highway in the early hours and dozed off just for a split second. I woke to the sensation of my car spinning in circles on a bend in the road. Luckily there was no one else travelling on the road at that moment. I ended up with the vehicle sliding into a ditch on the side of the road.

It only takes a split second for something to turn to a tragedy . I never drove again when I was tired , I was lucky that time.

Double Post

'er indoors just reminded me of an accident that happened about 30 years a go to a Friend's son. Late afternoon wedding in Vic. Driver was warned not to drive back to Adelaide by a Number of his friends. but leave in the morning.

Being a bit of a hothead of a person he ignored all the warnings . Loaded up his Station Wagon with his son & gear & departed. Aprox 4 hours later he ran off the road, through a barrier & down into a slight "valley" killing his son strapped into a Child seat but somehow he was thrown out.??? But not sure if he had hit a tree in his travel as details were a bit sketchy then, & the subject has never arisen since & we haven't had contact for years


He apparently was full of guilt (as he should have been) & was desperate for years after, even to trying to take his own life without success.