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2011 M5 motorway crash
On 4 November 2011, a multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the M5 motorway near Taunton, Somerset, in South West England. The crash involved dozens of cars and articulated lorries, and a large fireball ensued.
Seven people were killed and 51 others were injured, making the pile-up the deadliest on a British motorway since 13 people – 12 of them children – died in a minibus crash on the M40 in 1993.
In October 2012, a man who had organised and was operating a fireworks display for Guy Fawkes Night at Taunton Rugby Club's ground, which is adjacent to the motorway, was charged with seven counts of manslaughter. In January 2013, the manslaughter charges were dropped and instead he faced a single charge under health and safety laws of failing to ensure the safety of others. In December 2013 he was found not guilty of the charge.
In April 2014, the West Somerset coroner concluded that the accident was caused by dense fog, and that smoke from fireworks may have been a contributory factor, but was not the prime cause of the incident.
==Circumstances==
At 8:25 pm on Friday 4 November 2011, 34 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on the northbound carriageway of the M5 motorway near junction 25 at Bathpool and Creech St Michael, northeast of Taunton.[〕]
The vehicles included cars, vans and lorries, some of which exploded and started a fire. Flames rose up to high.
Fifty-one people were injured and seven were later confirmed dead.〔
Sixteen casualties were treated at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and 26 at Yeovil District Hospital.
A surgeon was flown by helicopter from the major trauma centre at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to cope with the load and the types of multi-system trauma, including multiple fractures and chest, abdominal and lung injuries.〔
Fifteen fire engines from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service attended, travelling from stations across the region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=18392&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41 )〕
By 8:30 am on 6 November the emergency services had removed the vehicles from the crash site, but both carriageways of the motorway, between junctions 24 and 25, remained closed for repair work. The formal identification of the fatalities had not yet taken place.
A stretch of road was damaged by fuel spillage from vehicles and a stretch was damaged by intense fire and explosions. Two lanes of the southbound carriageway reopened at about 5 pm on 6 November,〔 and the motorway was fully re-opened in both directions four hours later, in time for the Monday morning rush-hour.〔
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