Speed cameras on motorways are bringing to a halt the annual August carnage as families rush to the beach.

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An engineering train ran for four miles and ploughed through six stops on the Northern Line at the start of a morning rush hour in August 2010.

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During rush hour traffic on the evening of August 1, 2007, the I-35W Mississippi River bridge, officially known as Bridge 9340, collapsed catastrophically in Minneapolis, Minnesota, claiming the lives of 13 people and injuring another 145.

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