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It doesn't take that much speed. The bus driver was probably trying not to hit a driver cutting across his path, tore at the wheel, and this is what happened. There's not a lot of distance to react and brake properly, but it could be that he or she scrubbed off just enough speed to avoid causing very serious damage to the houses (hopefully). He or she also seems to have hit the join between the houses, so perhaps that resisted better, too. There should be at least one follow-up article in the local paper, so perhaps they'll describe what happened in more detail. There should also be CCTV, and definitely something from the bus cameras.
Anyroadup, it was undoubtedly caused in part by the rubbish junction layout. If this gave an impetus to get rid of the roundabout, some good may come of it.
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Oliver Schick
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It's a tight roundabout and buses especially always have to travel very slowly round it. Extraordinary that a bus could have been going at enough speed to go straight through the wall