17. Thorn Pilote T2 / Philips SGS 203
Spotted on Saturday, 12th January 2008 on the A516 Etwall Road in Burnaston.
What I think happened: The column has been hit at speed and is now severely dented at the base. It is at the start of a length of crash barrier - so it would always have been vulnerable. There must have been quite an impact as both lanterns have fallen off the brackets and have pretty much disintegrated onto the central reservation below.
Pictures:
Parts of the Pilote were scattered everywhere. The small curved object to the right of the column is the reflector, and adjacent to that is at least part of the vehicle's front bumper. A headlight was visible slightly further along!
After taking the above photographs, I then noticed something else on the grass verge in front of me...
...the unmistakable shape of an SGS 203's canopy!
The gear tray was still in the centre:
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