Pictures: Old photos of crashes on the roads of Dorset

And as this collection of pictures shows, however hard one might try, accidents do happen.

Dorchester Road, Weymouth

Timber from a lorry is strewn across Dorchester Road, Weymouth (Image: NQ)

A lorry load of timber having successfully negotiated the St Edmund Street/Town Bridge junction is on its way along Dorchester Road when it came to grief opposite Weymouth College.

Rather alarming if you were walking nearby, but it looks as if no-one was hurt.

Radipole Lake, Weymouth 

The van is submerged in Radipole Lake, Weymouth (Image: NQ)

A Bedford Dormobile type van appears to have overshot the Swannery Car Park and is partially submerged in Radipole Lake.

Tilleys breakdown truck comes to the rescue (Image: NQ)

Fortunately, Tilleys breakdown truck has come to the rescue and it will soon be back on dry land.

Dorchester Road, Weymouth, 'Royal Oak' turn

An articulated lorry overturns in Dorchester Road, Upwey (Image: NQ)

The 'Royal Oak' turn in Dorchester Road before road widening took place following the closure of the pub was a well known spot for accidents.

Here an articulated lorry has overturned.

Portland Road, Weymouth

The number 22 bus ends up in someone's front garden in Portland Road (Image: NQ)

A bus journey with a difference, when the 22 Portland service has ended up in someone’s front garden in Portland Road.

The collision causes quite the scene on Portland Road with onlookers and police present (Image: NQ)

In the second photo the Southern National breakdown truck waits whilst the police discuss the circumstances.