Only god knows how, but my friend and I walked away from this.....

[stevo13uk]

Swerved to avoid *something* in road, a rabbit I think. road was icy=game over.
managed to steer the car away from a ditch and into a hedgerow. Still got beaten up pretty bad.
Car is wrecked, this picture doesn't show the extent of damage to the front! 3 of 4 airbags deployed....and yes its on its roof.
2 of us climbed out and walked down the road to get help, both have a little whiplash and cut each to the head. Other than that, no bruises, cuts, nothing.
God bless Renault engineers.

PS having seen the crash site it appears the car flipped once, onto its roof, then again onto its side (corkscrew effect) before finally rolling back over onto the roof. I found parts of the car about 50 yards into the trees!
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[Laura]

ouch!!!! people really need to be carefull in this weather!!

i remember my crash, sick feeling

 

[Laura]

ouch!!!! people really need to be carefull in this weather!!

i remember my crash, sick feeling

 

[DougClio16v]

Ouch, that looks like what my Seat Ibiza looked like after i rolled it in a field. Bonnet, front window, roof, door all completely buckled and trashed and I came out with a torn ear and glass shards in my hand from where i was still holding onto the steering wheel upside down..

Glad your all ok though!! Shame about the insurance consequences aswell!!!

 

[tommyboy]

ouch! nasty one that. main thing is your all ok. amen to reno engineers

 

[Maz]

bloody lucky

 

[kully]

glad to see you post m8.............. defo a scary scenes . weather defo sh1te , cup owners know

 

[Ross M]

Good Going !

 

[Scott 172]

least you walked away relativley unscathed!

 

[Bluebeard]

10 out of 10 for effort that man!!

 

[DebV6]

s**t! You're so lucky, glad that you are ok! So gutting though

 

[stevo13uk]

thanks for the replies. The 'good effort' type posts made me chuckle. :rasp:

more pics to follow so stay tuned. Going to 'visit' the car in the scrappy later. Any pointers as to what i should be taking from the wreckage ?.
tax disk, personal stuff, and Service hist are all in there to be retrieved, anything else ?

 

[thecremeegg]

Haha your numberplate starts with BJ!!.......that wasnt funny was it

 

[Englebert]

Clios maybe small and crappy but they still have a 4 Star NCAP, pretty good IMO.

 

[Weeman]

You swerved for a rabbit!!!! Next time i'd run it over, its cheaper and less harmfull to your health, glad your ok though

 

[steve@wests]

renaults safety record proven once again! bad luck,stevo

 

[Darren]

^ good point lol, deers and children you swerve for. rabbits no.

glad your ok mate, i remember when i did mine on icy conditions, managed to grind a central reservation for 100yds!

you learn a lot from when something like this happens, i did.

 

[KDF]

NEVER try to avoid rabbits.. they do it deliberatly to see if you'll swere I tell you !

 

[Steviant]

Darn peskie wabbit!

 

[Lee]

You swerved for a rabbit!!!! Next time i'd run it over, its cheaper and less harmfull to your health, glad your ok though

I always think that, but it's hard to resist the jerk reaction to just swerve to avoid something.

Glad to hear everyone got out of it okay.

I've seen some really nasty accident damaged Clios and it goes to show that the 4 star safety rating comes in very handy in some situations.

 

[Laura]

get the rear lights n sell them me lol

tax disk, paper work, insurance docs etc if kept in the car, cd player if its not standard, they all tend to go missing, mine did grrrr

 

[Timmay]

f**k me! to be honest this is why i wouldnt swerve for a rabbit - run the fucker over its safer. glad you got out okay tho

 

[Graham Gooch]

I tend to swerve if anything runs out, its a kneejerk reaction.

 

[Dubai182]

Well suck me sideways! That's a proper crash.

 

[Weeman]

get the rear lights n sell them me lol

tax disk, paper work, insurance docs etc if kept in the car, cd player if its not standard, they all tend to go missing, mine did grrrr

which bit of the missing lens on that light didn't you see?

 

[JACKO CUP 172!]

glad to see you post m8.............. defo a scary scenes . weather defo sh1te , cup owners know

dont we just!!1

 

[Darren]

where did the bright light in the pic come from and all around is dark?

did the big man upstairs come calling for you?

lol

 

[Laura]

i swerved for a mouse that ran across the road once, prob would agin, just cant help it

 

[DebV6]

It is just an automatic reaction to swerve if something runs out in front of you.

 

[Nigel]

When did this happen? I saw a clio upside down in a field a few weeks ago.

 

[Weeman]

It is just an automatic reaction to swerve if something runs out in front of you.

Nope, not for me, If i'm in town doing 30 and something runs out and it could be a cat/dog/kiddy then yes, out in the country, if it aint got four legs and mooing, I aint swerveing, One of my ex's once put my brand new car up a grassverge swerving to miss a rabbit, she never drove it again

 

[Weeman]

i swerved for a mouse that ran across the road once, prob would agin, just cant help it

pmsl So your and your passengers life is worth less than a mouses? This thread should be a lesson as to what can happen when you swerve to miss animals.

 

[Laura]

its just reaction, cant help what your brain does automaticly, swerved for a merc once ended up in a lampost and a dead car ... one thing i wont swerve for again

 

[Weeman]

its aint an auto reaction, drive in the country at night and expect a rabbit to run out, when your expecting it you wont swerve. So you wont swerve for teh merc next time, you'll hit it head on will you? LOL

 

[stevo13uk]

Just as a quick update to this. Went and saw the car, im shocked at the state of it, the front of the car is totally wrecked, no panels left. just a crumpled bonnet hanging over the engine, rad/intercooler gone ! passenger door frame is about half the height it started. Wasn't allowed to take pictures unfortunetly

Here's the funny bit......They drove it off the pick-up, and into the scrap yard....yes it still drives.lol

 

[Weeman]

theres a dude on here will give you money for that, then u can buy it back from him in 6 months for book price, LOL

 

[Nebdingo]

Photoshopped!!!



Nah, Glad you and your mate are ok tho.

 

[Da]

know what you mean mate these lil Clio's can be quite strong when they need to be...

 

[tim_foster23]

know what you mean mate these lil Clio's can be quite strong when they need to be...

is that the recoverly company in huddersfield like cooper bridge way?

 

[Neil G]

Flippin' hell that crash looks pretty bad

Agree with a lot of people here though....I think swerving or slamming on the brakes are just knee jerk reactions that you cannot avoid doing if an animal cosses the road in front of your car.