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From that Evening Standard it appears that the road design causes incidents:
“It notes that at one point it is two metres wide, while the vehicle in question is 2.5 metres wide.
“It is obvious now from the material obtained there have been other incidents at this crossing. There have been allegations of incidents resulting in serious injury that have been noted by the council.”
And did any of these allegations result in the crossing/junction design being altered?
I also note that the driver needed an interpreter. Which means he probably didn't get his HGV licence in the UK, but Portugal. Anyone know if the Portugese test is as rigorous as the British one?
On the width issue, the 2.5 metres extra width could be down to mirrors. If the outside track of the wheels is under 2 metres the truck would fit between the kerbs.