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HELP - AIRBAG QUESTION
- Thread starter Sam
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MK2 Clio
Gotta love how Revels wants to know about the car just as much as the man
Ye. Just a really bad neck/back. A nasty seatbelt bruise.
I think the cars dead.
What i noticed was:
Windscreen cracked.
Bonnet up.
Gearbox wouldnt move.
Pedals wouldnt go in.
Couldnt open the drivers door.
Exhaust had pushed backwards pushing the rear bumper off.
Didnt see much of the front end except all the bits flung over the M4.
Doesnt sound good.
I just thought the airbags should of deployed.
I think the cars dead.
What i noticed was:
Windscreen cracked.
Bonnet up.
Gearbox wouldnt move.
Pedals wouldnt go in.
Couldnt open the drivers door.
Exhaust had pushed backwards pushing the rear bumper off.
Didnt see much of the front end except all the bits flung over the M4.
Doesnt sound good.
I just thought the airbags should of deployed.
Did you hit the steering wheel or any other part of trim? if not then they didn't need to go off. Straight into the back of someone, spreads the force quite evenly across the crash structures even if cosmetically it looks bad. but there does seem to be quite a bit of damage by your description. Did the pre-tensionar go off on the seat belt?
Good to hear you are ok. Was the ambulance just precautionary because of the whippy?
Good to hear you are ok. Was the ambulance just precautionary because of the whippy?
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Car sounds dead to me. The damage sounds considerably worse than that done to my Fiesta when I rear-ended someone and that was a write-off. Car was worth about £4k at that point. Of course it was back on the road in someone elses ownership fairly sharpish...
As for the airbag - From what I understand it's the severity of the deceleration that causes them to deploy but it doesn't seem to be an exact science. There was summat on TV last night where there was a severe accident involving someone T-boning another car at a junction. The guy driving the car on the main road had severe neck injuries but his airbag didn't deploy. They had to keep him there in the car while the fire brigade deactivated the airbag. They then had to cut him out. If the airbag doesn't go off in an accident like that I'm guessing it can take some doing to set them off.
As for the airbag - From what I understand it's the severity of the deceleration that causes them to deploy but it doesn't seem to be an exact science. There was summat on TV last night where there was a severe accident involving someone T-boning another car at a junction. The guy driving the car on the main road had severe neck injuries but his airbag didn't deploy. They had to keep him there in the car while the fire brigade deactivated the airbag. They then had to cut him out. If the airbag doesn't go off in an accident like that I'm guessing it can take some doing to set them off.
lemonnobby
ClioSport Club Member
yeah pretensions went off then by the sounds of it
Should be glad they didn't go off because it costs £££££s to replace them.
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Hmmmmm... it's quite an "even" crash so maybe the spread force was small enough to not trigger them.
The side ones had no reason to go off really, but the steering wheel probably should have.
The side ones had no reason to go off really, but the steering wheel probably should have.
I got a reasonable payout from the insurance company mate. Had to fight for it though.
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