C1 Accident - Pics Included

[jw191]

Hi All,

 

This happened a long time ago (Jan 2007) but I though you might still be interested anyway - Its taken me two years to get round to hosting the pics to share with you.

 

The Story (In Brief):

 

Someone crashed on a dual carriageway late at night, smashed the front of their car against the central barrier and ended pointing in the wrong direction in the fast lane with no lights on, which was great as it was winter and 9pm so it was dark, and the road had no street lighting.

 

Anyway I hit him, then went through a matrix sign, finally coming to rest against the central reservation. I'm sure we weren't popular with motorists that evening as the road was closed for about 90 mins.

 

Thankfully no very serious injuries for anyone involved - a few cuts, bruises and a little whiplash to remind you to be careful!! My computer which was on the rear seat on the other hand, was very badly injured. On reflection I'm pretty lucky it went through the rear window and not my head, which would have been very nasty.

 

I was impressed with how well the C1 stood up to the accident considering it's such a small car.

 

The Wreckage

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/Front1.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/Back1.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/Back2.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/BAck3.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/Inside1.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/inside2.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/computer1.jpg

[CE08LDB]

Ouch very nasty. Lucky you managed to walk away from that

[jw191]

Ouch very nasty. Lucky you managed to walk away from that

 

I think the car stood up well to the impact, however, had I not seen the car at all and hence hit it straight on at 70mph I suspect things would have been much more serious. It was a lucky escape - just makes you think, if you were adjusting the radio, or distracted by a passenger as we all are from time to time, it could have been a different story.

 

The replacement is in much better condition ;)

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/newc1a.jpg

 

http://pics.jameswilkinson.me.uk/newc1b.jpg

[downsman]

It's certainly reassuring that you were OK, and I'm glad you got a new one, it looks very smart ;)

[Martin_1973_uk]

I assume the car was a write off? After seeing the crash test on You Tube which wasn't that great it is nice to know in the real world they stand up to a crash ok. Cool pics.

[techbod]

computer doesn't look too bad ;)

[jw191]

Yeah, car was a write off - the body shell folded at its weakest points (hence the roof is skewed), the underlying chassis was squashed sideways at the rear, along with the drive shafts, and re-gassing and setting the airbags costs a fortune.

 

Couldn't salvage much from the computer - Only the RAM and CPU were even possibly salvageable but it wasn't worth it - gave me an excuse to build a new rig anyway.