Putney & Roehampton
Putney High Street and the bridge form a single congested corridor with very little slack in it. An incident on the bridge approach is felt across the whole area within minutes.
On the ground
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Putney Bridge and the High Street are bus-dense, narrow relative to their traffic volume, and have almost no room for a vehicle to be recovered without affecting the flow. A collection here is planned around when it can be done rather than simply how fast.
If the vehicle is driveable and it is safe, getting it off the High Street and into a side road before we arrive makes a substantial difference.
The A3 across Putney Heath and past Putney Vale is fast dual carriageway with limited stopping places. Damage from incidents here tends to be more severe than in the town centre, and vehicles more often need lifting rather than winching.
Treat a stop on the A3 as you would a motorway: everyone out and behind a barrier, and 999 if the vehicle is in a live lane.
Roehampton mixes estate roads, low-rise blocks and narrow service access. Some of it takes a recovery truck comfortably and some of it does not take one at all.
Tell us the block and the access road. In this area more than most, the difference between the right and wrong vehicle is the difference between a job done and a wasted journey.
Questions
Related
South West London is bridges, one-way systems and the A3. The river constrains where traffic can cross, which concentrates it — and makes a blocked bridge approach everybody's problem within minutes.
The Wandsworth one-way system is the defining feature here. It moves a lot of traffic efficiently right up until something stops, at which point there is nowhere for anyone to go.
Richmond is narrow historic streets and a river with few crossings; Twickenham adds a stadium that transforms the roads around it several times a season. Both make access the main variable.
One call. One team. From accident to back on the road.
Tell us where you are and what has happened. We will confirm what we can arrange and get recovery moving.
