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A group of policemen and passers-by survey the wreckage of a taxi in Stoke Newington, London. Its front wheel lies on the pavement next to a sign bearing the ironic instruction “All Cars Stop Here”. 14th February 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos)

A group of policemen and passers-by survey the wreckage of a taxi in Stoke Newington, London. Its front wheel lies on the pavement next to a sign bearing the ironic instruction “All Cars Stop Here”. 14th February 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos)



Passers by peer into an overturned car lying on the verge on the Fareham – Southampton road in Hampshire. No one was hurt in the accident. 19th May 1938. (Photo by E. Phillips/Fox Photos)

Passers by peer into an overturned car lying on the verge on the Fareham – Southampton road in Hampshire. No one was hurt in the accident. 19th May 1938. (Photo by E. Phillips/Fox Photos)



After veering off the Great North Road, this heavy trailer loaded with china water pipes and fittings ended up overturned in a front garden in New Barnet. 22nd January 1937. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos)

After veering off the Great North Road, this heavy trailer loaded with china water pipes and fittings ended up overturned in a front garden in New Barnet. 22nd January 1937. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos)



A school bus that overturned and toppled into a ditch near Rye, Sussex. 21st April 1966. (Photo by Keystone)

A school bus that overturned and toppled into a ditch near Rye, Sussex. 21st April 1966. (Photo by Keystone)



An articulated lorry blocks the main road out of London, the West Cromwell road, after it overturned due to an unstable load, circa 1965. (Photo by Keystone)

An articulated lorry blocks the main road out of London, the West Cromwell road, after it overturned due to an unstable load, circa 1965. (Photo by Keystone)



Passers-by survey the remains of a smashed lorry after a crash on the Embankment, London, February 1929. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency)

Passers-by survey the remains of a smashed lorry after a crash on the Embankment, London, February 1929. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency)



A Green Line bus at the lamppost it crashed into on Wimbledon Common, south London. 30th December 1938. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency)

A Green Line bus at the lamppost it crashed into on Wimbledon Common, south London. 30th December 1938. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency)



Passers-by use an overturned lorry as a shelter during a sudden shower of rain near Navestock, Romford, Essex. The lorry overturned on a sharp bend, discharging its load of milk churns, but the driver escaped uninjured. 15th June 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos)

Passers-by use an overturned lorry as a shelter during a sudden shower of rain near Navestock, Romford, Essex. The lorry overturned on a sharp bend, discharging its load of milk churns, but the driver escaped uninjured. 15th June 1937. (Photo by Fox Photos)



Crowds of people look at the aftermath of an accident in which a lorry has been hit by a bus and then overturned, circa 1950. (Photo by Hulton Archive)

Crowds of people look at the aftermath of an accident in which a lorry has been hit by a bus and then overturned, circa 1950. (Photo by Hulton Archive)



A lorry loaded with timber, overturned in icy conditions in Queen Victoria Street, London, 1955. (Photo by L. Blandford)

A lorry loaded with timber, overturned in icy conditions in Queen Victoria Street, London, 1955. (Photo by L. Blandford)



A group of men around an overturned  traction engine in a lane in Winford, Somerset. 26th March 1936. (Photo by Fox Photos)

A group of men around an overturned traction engine in a lane in Winford, Somerset. 26th March 1936. (Photo by Fox Photos)



A group of children gather to look at an overturned hay cart in Cardiff. 3rd September 1936. (Photo by Richards/Fox Photos)

A group of children gather to look at an overturned hay cart in Cardiff. 3rd September 1936. (Photo by Richards/Fox Photos)



A crowd of passers-by gather round an overturned bus in Shirland Road, London, circa 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)

A crowd of passers-by gather round an overturned bus in Shirland Road, London, circa 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)



Crowds gather round a W. H. Smith van which was overturned by a motor bus in Fleet Street, London, 7th April 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)

Crowds gather round a W. H. Smith van which was overturned by a motor bus in Fleet Street, London, 7th April 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency)
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