2,000 lorries a year crash into rail bridges

Hugo Griffiths2017-10-27 10:05
Network Rail launches campaign to stem tide of lorry ‘bridge bashing’, with each strike costing taxpayers £13,500 to fixDrivers of oversized lorries who are unfamiliar with their vehicles’ dimensions are responsible for almost 2,000 bridge strikes a year, Network Rail has announced.
UK commuters suffer hours of delays as a result of lorries striking bridges, with individual bridge strikes delaying trains by two hours on average. Taxpayers, m