How to talk about a bend in the road


> 警察によると、タイヤが落ちた **場所は右にカーブしています** 。  
>  According to police, the place where the tyres fell off was curving to the
> right.

Or in more natural English "...the tyres fell off on a right-hand bend".

Is 場所は右にカーブしています good Japanese? It sounds a bit strange to me. Are there
better/alternative ways to talk about a left/right-hand bend, or is this
already perfectly natural.




> 「警察{けいさつ}によると、タイヤが落{お}ちた場所{ばしょ}は右{みぎ}にカーブしています。」

is actually a pretty natural-sounding sentence. At least, I have no problem
with it at all.

The native-speaking readers will undoubtedly know that it is the **_street_**
(and not the 場所) that is 右にカーブしている. In other words, this 「場所」 refers to a
specific "spot/place/point" on that street and it happens to be where the
street curves to the right.

> 「タイヤが落ちた場所は右にカーブしています」

means:

> 「タイヤが落ちた場所は、 **道路{どうろ}が** 右にカーブしています」

By the Japanese standards, however, the 「道路が」 part can sound slightly
superfluous in a context where one is clearly talking about an incident
occuring on a street.




> 「警察{けいさつ}によると、タイヤが落{お}ちた場所{ばしょ}は右{みぎ}にカーブしています。」

is actually a pretty natural-sounding sentence. At least, I have no problem
with it at all.

The native-speaking readers will undoubtedly know that it is the **_street_**
(and not the 場所) that is 右にカーブしている. In other words, this 「場所」 refers to a
specific "spot/place/point" on that street and it happens to be where the
street curves to the right.

> 「タイヤが落ちた場所は右にカーブしています」

means:

> 「タイヤが落ちた場所は、 **道路{どうろ}が** 右にカーブしています」

By the Japanese standards, however, the 「道路が」 part can sound slightly
superfluous in a context where one is clearly talking about an incident
occuring on a street.

