Invisible trees one 'cause' of crashes

Women getting undressed, invisible trees and “rogue” roundabouts have all been cited as the cause of accidents, it was revealed today.

The quirky explanations for crashes were outlined in the latest issue of UK company vehicle publication Fleet News.

The publication also listed some of the more extraordinary things, such as a dead goat, left in cars by executives when they return them to their company.

Fleet drivers have given a variety of reasons for accidents.

They included:

:: The driver who blamed his collision on a “bloody woman”.

It later transpired she was in her upstairs bedroom window getting undressed and the man was so preoccupied watching her that he crashed his Aston Martin DB7 into a gate pillar on his house.

:: “There were too many mini roundabouts in the road and I drove into the back of the car on the one that shouldn’t have been there.”

:: “I swerved to hit a tree that wasn’t there.”

:: “The horse came out of nowhere and landed on my car.”

:: The driver who said he was impressed with the reversing siren – so much so that he backed into a wall while listening to it.

:: “The car in front had better brakes so I was unable to compete with the stopping distance and ended up hitting it.”

Among things left in cars when handed back to employers have been a chainsaw, false teeth, a microwave, a week-old unopened bag of fish and chips under the passenger seat and a bale of hay.

Fleet News editor John Maslen said: “One of the key issues businesses face is the way their drivers treat vehicles.

“This survey gives a slightly disturbing picture of how some vehicles are used.”