Nasty Golf crash at Cadwell today

[Whiteley]

Note it was Right hand drive!

This is what hit it and burst into flames:

Motorsport can be dangerous, luckily both drivers walked away

 

[harey]

ouch

 

[Russ_16v]

it'l straighten out.

Rollcage FTW

 

[Curtis!]

Another amazing example of why to buy a cage and some decent seats!

 

[ROB91]

where did it crash chris? looks like it hit that big tree just before you go up the hill lol

 

[Snakey]

Oof, glad they walked away :dapprove:

 

[Daniel]

Made me feel a bit sick tbh.

Horrible accident.

 

[The_Pirate]

Roll cage seemed to do its job!

Thank christ they both walked away!

 

[Nafoff]

looks really nasty
similar to a very well known local accident down this way on a public road were a CTR hit a tree... i knew a fire officer that attended

"the front and the back of the car were pointing in the same direction and there was 2 seats and 2 bodies in the space of what an original seat would have been...."

 

[Ian_182]

Another amazing example of why to buy a cage and some decent seats!

So right...

 

[Whiteley]

They had it attached to an old land drover to pull it off the flatbed.... he was sat there with smoke POURING off the clutch, that was rather funny. :star:

 

[tommy g]

my mate was in the same race when it happened. Pretty nasty crash

 

[Alex H]

It was pretty awful tbh, a few marshals I know have said it was the biggest crash they'd ever seen. I was at that point today and we had a BMW in the tyres at top whack. Destroyed the tyre wall and sent the marshal stood next to me flying down the hill after being hit in the face with the tyres from the wall. Ended up with a bad concussion and a broken elbow - bloody lucky tbh. If I'd been stood four feet to the left, it'd have been me!

 

[Andy.]

Lucky escape! I bet the driver is going to be sore tomorrow!

 

[Alex H]

The video has emerged.... FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Russ_16v]

Not wearing gloves FTL.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I know it can happen anywhere,but this is one of the reasons I don't want to race at Cadwell.Very narrow.

 

[ColinG]

scary stuff! what was the black car driver doing steering into him!!!

 

[Gildstar]

bet he's glad that roll cage was there.

 

[Fletcher]

Not nice.

 

[Leeshez]

Opps a daisy.

 

[JackJack]

Sh1t thats bad agree with Daniel that made me feel a bit sick too.

Shows how just a small tap can get very serious quickly. I'm no expert but if there was a larger run off maybe that wouldn't have happened.

 

[dunganick]

Accidents happen. Cadwell is a tight old circuit, but these sort of freak accidents can happen anywhere. There are places at Brands and Oulton where you're this close to barriers and a similar accident could happen. The crash at Brands GP last year with the Seat was caused in a similar manner to this crash. If they go adding run off everywhere then tracks like cadwell wouldn't exist and we would be left with lots of boring modern GP circuits. I am surprised there wasn't a conveyer belt on the barrier (that i noticed). This might of stopped the white car from ending up on top of the barrier.

Not wearing gloves however makes him an idiot.

 

[Gally]

That video brings it home compared with the pics.

f**k! The panic that would set in seeing those flames is unimaginable.

Was the black golf still sitting at the front of the white one whilst it was on fire?

I imagine the black driver couldn't get out his car?

 

[Steven103]

Pictures of the roll cage are astonishing, sure it deformed a fair amount, but amazing that pretty much one cross brace took the entire shunt and of course most importantly it undoubtedly saved the driver from massive injuries. The whole thing is sickening but it was especially frightening how the windshield was engulfed in flames before it had finished rolling.

As above, any more info on how the driver of the black car got out? Must've taken an absolutely massive whack when the belts tensioned and the seat stopped travelling towards the passenger side.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

And that's the reason I got a rollcage.

That may very well have had a different story if it didn't have one!

 

[Fred@BTM]

and that's why i hate cadwell

 

[Kam.]

scary stuff! what was the black car driver doing steering into him!!!

making a mistake. It happens when you are racing flat out. I could write a list of errors I made racing today but I didnt crash this time.

Kev

 

[Neal 182]

and that's why i hate cadwell

Have you been there one of the best tracks in the uk and I'd still race there

 

[Marky_]

Woah!
What sort of speed would they be hitting down there?

 

[adamlstr]

If he's in a competitive environment why isn't he wearing gloves?!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Have you been there one of the best tracks in the uk and I'd still race there

yep, its a bike track not a car track!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

yep, its a bike track not a car track!

Exactly! dont want to sound like im on the bandwagon but when i watch vids from it, it looks naff.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I've always said,it's great for a trackday,but racing,no.

Fred we agree.:clap:

 

[.GAZ.]

Seen bigger dents in my pillow.

 

[Alex H]

Woah!
What sort of speed would they be hitting down there?

About 75/80 at point of contact?

 

[.GAZ.]

Does the fezzy even hit 70?

 

[msm]

Damn! Who`s fault? Thats scary how fast thing happen!

 

[Alex H]

Does the fezzy even hit 70?

About 105 at the very top of 4th.

 

[.GAZ.]

OOOOOOOFT!