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Missenden Road, 500 meters before the chequers. (51.7297239, -0.7787801) P6HC+VFQ Great Missenden
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5686108.
On Sunday 3rd March at 07.07am, I was driving along the road at approx. 45mph when I hit black ice which led me losing control of the car, hitting the side verge and rolling the car onto the bank approx. 3 times. Emergency services were called to the scene automatically and both the police and fire service attended. I was fortunate that a member of the public driving behind me was an emergency first responder and he was able to check me for injury, I was lucky enough to come away large unscathed and so the ambulance service did not attend. On attending, the police noted that the drain on the road was completely blocked and due to this water had gathered and with the temperature drop, created a sheet of undetectable ice. It is the council’s responsibility to ensure that the drain systems are working correctly and having spoken to others, understand this is an ongoing issue and with the road being such a sharp bend, it’s something which is undetectable.
Updates
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The report has been passed to the Highway Officer, who will carry out an inspection of the issue within 10 working days, emergency defects will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the defect or other suitable action. If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the defect safe.
There may also be occasions when the issue reported will not be repaired as it has been classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy in these cases no action will be taken.
During winter months we receive a very high number of reports regarding potholes or a poor road surface, it's easy to assume that potholes are formed due to roads being poorly maintained but that is not usually the case. There are many factors that can cause potholes, particularly during the winter months when water seeps in through cracks in the road surface, collecting underneath and when the water freezes, it expands and creates cracks in the road surface. Our priority is always the safety of road users, so in some cases during busy periods a permanent repair is not always possible immediately. However, temporary repairs are a way to ensure the area is safe until such times as we can return to make a permanent repair.
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Update
The Highway Officer has attended the site and carried an inspection based on your report.
We assess repairs in accordance with our Highways Safety Inspection Policy. This allows us to prioritise the most serious repairs to be completed urgently, with more minor defects such as this one being planned to be completed within 6-8 weeks.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.