MG ZR's, stone walls and speed obviously don't mix after a driver escaped unharmed from this dramatic 'solo' crash on the busy A59 at lunchtime.

Police were called at around 11.45am to reports of the road being blocked - a police PR officer told QLocal reporter Roger Blaxall that the hot hatch had hit the wall and spun round before coming to rest; the male driver wasn't badly injured although the car's an obvious write off.

There were long delays in both directions with the car moved to a nearby farm yard before being taken away; seven years ago our former ormskirk.gb site reported a serious rta at the same spot involving a 20 year old who was on life support after the crash: southport.qlocal.co.uk/southport/news_photo/Burscough_RTA_update-50462792.htm