Car overturned at Kings Arms roundabout

This is far from the first incident of cars losing control at this junction - is it time to realign the approaches to the roundabout to dampen speeds to a suitable level?

Perhaps, but do you think some people would take no notice whatsoever? Cars do not flip over for no reason, this driver must've been driving too fast, they were lucky this time.

An unmarked police car was also at the scene so perhaps there's more to this.

Fortunately none of the hundreds of High School kids who walk along the foot-paths at this roundabout were injured.
I walk along here nearly every day and some of the speeds of cars leaving the roundabout along Knutsford Road are unbelievable.

Twenty's Plenty, as far as I'm concerned.

Just to let people know it was me in the car I was only going at 20mph there was something wrong with me steering and the car lost control , so don't judge b4 you know the facts

"something wrong with me steering". "don't judge b4 you know the facts "

How will we know 'the facts'? Will there be a published analysis of exactly what happened? Was there a technical failure of the car's steering? If so there are serious implications for everyone driving a similar car and the manufacturer will want to investigate. Or is the explanation more prosaic?

Whatever the cause, we can be thankful there were no pedestrians (especially schoolchildren at that time) or cyclists in the car's path.

I too lost control off my car doing about 30mph (in a 40 mph zone) about 10 years ago. What caused the accident was a loss off traction between the tyres and the road surface. It was a notoriously bad bend where accidents happened regularly. The car flipped and landed on the roof!. The flip was caused by the car hitting the kerb side on. I assume that's what probably happened here too. Glad to hear that nobody was seriously hurt.

The question is, why did the car lose traction when countless others that have passed this spot immediately before didn't? And presumably, quite a few since haven't either.

Rob tells us this isn't the first time it's happened here, so perhaps the road alignment or camber is a factor (though I have to say as regular car driver and motorcycle rider over this section of road it seems fine to me. I know of many much worse such locations in Cheshire).

Or maybe a truck or bus had spilled diesel oil on the road (as a motorcyclist I'm all too aware this is a big problem). Presumably the police would have seen this if it had been the case and put sand down to obviate a repeat occurance.

Firstly I'm glad the driver is OK, I can't comment on the causes of this incident. However I have been told of other vehicles coming off the highway over the past few years - at least one has hit the gents tailors located by the roundabout. The angle of approach lanes feeding into the junction can allow vehicles to enter the junction at relatively high speeds (in this context) and then then struggle to make the turn safely - e.g. coming out of Bedells Lane heading towards Alderley Edge. Cheshire Police or Cheshire East Council should be able to furnish anyone interested with accident stats.

Looking at http://www.crashmap.co.uk, there have been 4 reported slight-injury accidents on the roundabout in the last 8 years (up to the end of 2011). This doesn't seem to be substantially higher than other roads (look at all the accidents on Altrincham Road, and the string of accidents at every roundabout on the A34 Wilmslow bypass for example).

Having lived on Hawthorn Street for the past 8 years and used the roundabout most days I honestly can't find any fault with the road here. Whether wet, dry or full of leaves etc...
The only way I can see an accident occuring here is by speeding,not concentrating or just being a bad driver!!! 'Deleted Account' should maybe explain 'something wrong with me steering' in a bit more detail....is that code for 'I woz on me mobile'? Vince Chadwick is right - very lucky not to have ploughed through a pedestrian or two.

It is difficult from the above photo it is difficult to determine where the car rolled or where it was coming from. Slight verge damage evident today suggests the car exited the roundabout and was heading down Knutsford Road. This doesn't explain why it rolled on to the nearside verge or ended up pointing in the opposite direction to travel.
As a keen F1 enthusiast i am familiar with with under/over steer and effects of dirty lines & punctures causing loss of grip.
The word 'accident' is gradually being air-brushed from official english terminolgy eg emergency dept for A&E dept, RTC for RTA, yet read definition of accident in OED (unexpected event). The only known exception is AAIB (air accident inv branch) of CAA.
Perhaps contributors should await the findings of any Police accident (sorry incident) investigation before apportioning blame to driver).

"Perhaps contributors should await the findings of any Police accident (sorry incident) investigation before apportioning blame to driver)."

Don't hold your breath waiting for that....