Video shows several motorists stuck in a closed road
13:50, 05 May 2025Updated 13:50, 05 May 2025
A roadworks blunder saw several vehicles driving down a closed road before turning round and going the wrong way down a one-way street to escape.
The mix-up, on Castle Street in the centre of Bristol, caused a ‘bit of brief chaos’ yesterday afternoon (Sunday, May 4) according to a witness.
The roadworks sign pointing in the direction of a diversion was pointing the wrong way, towards the closed road.
Drivers had mistakenly gone down Castle Street, which was closed, thinking it was a diversion.
But the road was closed as a crane was doing a heavy lift to a nearby building site.
Cars had entered a closed road due to a roadworks blunder.(Image: Paul Gillis / Reach PLC)
At 3.30pm, a worker fixed the diversion sign and had to help the vehicles drive away from Castle Street.
This, as it turned out, proved to be no simple feat.
The vehicles had backed up and caused them to become stuck, before turning around and heading back towards the Old Market roundabout.
Driving down the wrong way of the one-way street, the vehicles then had to wait at the roundabout, at what would have been the entrance for those driving into Broadmead.
The worker, who had fixed the sign, had to step on to the roundabout, one of Bristol’s busiest, and halt traffic in order to allow four vehicles to leave.
A witness told BristolLive: “It caused a bit of brief chaos as all the cars backed up and had to turn around, then exit via the one way street. Probably the funniest thing I have seen.”
It is understood that the roadworks were there for a temporary spell as One.Network lists the road as being clear of any ongoing work.
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