Robs Crash

[TomTom]

Cant believe the front air bags didnt go off !!!

Agreed

Why would they? Thats not a front end shunt from what they've described. Whats the use them going off if they're rolling sideways?

As from the other thread is that the amount of mud that was on the road from the farmer?

 

[.Gem.]

yes....mud was all over the road, even the police man said it was in a bad condition!! Stupid eh? We were all lucky not to follow Rob into field I think.

 

[n0rm]

sorry to see this, thats bad shite it really is...........get well soon to all involved

 

[Has]

Cant believe the front air bags didnt go off !!!

Agreed

That looks nasty.

I take it that pic showing the mud on the road is where it all started?



And as for the questions on the airbags......
The main reason the front bags didnt deploy was because there is no actual front impact. So they would just get in the way.

The side airbags deployd as the car rolled and most likely the pre tensioners went off.

That is why there is an airbag computer to measure the impact etc...

 

[biojo]

because phil , i dont take stuff so seriously , every ones ok thats main thing,

Go and roll your car, you will certainly take it seriously then.

Ive done it, and if i wasnt wearing 4point harnesses, i would be dead. the tree i hit hit right beside my head. when you have an experience like that you tend to not laugh at crashes.

erm i spun my 106 out into a old village wall cost about 3k in damages and yes i paid it all out in cash no insurers so i do know what its like.

but end of day lifes more inportant than material goods

 

[Dyewitness]

try to find out who was responsible for the mud/gravel, it is possible to make a public liability claim say against if they can be traced farmer/contractor, very difficult claims to pursue but worth a go

 

[Aluco]

Did his bonnet catch fail or something ???!!!

Na only messing
Glad hes ok im so gutted for him about his car : ( it was lovely.

//James

 

[cliovicky]

Thats awful!! glad everyone is ok ! gather its a right off then !

 

[Sarah]

awww poor rob.....glad all is well tho!

 

[.Gem.]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Yes

 

[fuel_slut]

As a witness, the car never sustained a front impact, it just rolled and rolled and the front seemed to disintergrate.

First the bonnet flew off, then wind screen then bumber.

 

[James.]

exciting.

 

[philmots]

As a witness, the car never sustained a front impact, it just rolled and rolled and did a few more in the air and the front seemed to disintergrate.

First the bonnet flew off, then wind screen then bumber.

 

[Aluco]

On the 4th picture down. On the drivers seat there is blood...

//James

 

[James.]

On the 4th picture down. On the drivers seat there is blood...

//James

No s**t shirlock.

 

[172.com]

As Fubar already pointed out. I missed it to tbf though! Looks like big, fat nose blooddrops.

 

[patty]

fook me... glad you're ok lads...

 

[Jungle_Jim]

holy crap looks like a bad one, glad everyone is ok

 

[strungoutuk]

My first meet and this happened, cant say i was expecting that.

 

[mini-valver]

Jesus..... Chin up fella's, you're alive!

 

[.Gem.]

Its such a shame, we usually have a good giggle, but it was good to see that everyone pulled together to help, as said before, will have to reshedule something perhaps when weather has improved.

 

[Graham Gooch]

My first meet and this happened, cant say i was expecting that.

Jesus, if theres anything that'll put you off meets for life!

 

[philmots]

As Fubar already pointed out. I missed it to tbf though! Looks like big, fat nose blooddrops.

Big fat side of head drops!

 

[Hazza]

Last pics of the car

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=286223

 

[172.com]

As Fubar already pointed out. I missed it to tbf though! Looks like big, fat nose blooddrops.

Big fat side of head drops!

Blimey, that bad huh! Then again probably to be expected. I'm sure his pretty face hasn't been ruined!

 

[danh172]

glad ur both ok considerin wot happened, was a massive shock wen i came up the hill behind you! the front airbags didn't go off bcoz there was no frontal impact! just side as it rolled several times.

 

[James.]

Last pics of the car

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=286223

back to your hole boy!

 

[Graham Gooch]

Just out of interest, when the police turned up did they say anything about the face there was so many clios around?

I have to say I didn't notice the blood first time around!

 

[172.com]

Just out of interest, when the police turned up did they say anything about the face there was so many clios around?

I wondered that, you'd think they'd take the angle that they were racing or something, but I guess with the mud there they might have realised it wasn't speed induced, or maybe they're just waiting on the tests.

Just hope the insurance doesn't ask questions like that!

 

[YorkshireDaz]

OMG thats bad!! Im glad everyone is ok thou!!

You are all very lucky not too have done the same.

Everyone need to take care on the roads this winter the next person might not be soo lucky.

 

[mikey_172]

what happend he hit the mud the back end came out spun clipped then verge then rolled it ?

 

[Skinny]

nasty, same thing happend to my mate last night in his fiesta was going to the cinema down a country road doing no more than 40mph and next thing was in a ditch facing the opposite direction.

Crashes are never nice. hope you okay fella.

 

[Graham Gooch]

Just out of interest, when the police turned up did they say anything about the face there was so many clios around?

I wondered that, you'd think they'd take the angle that they were racing or something, but I guess with the mud there they might have realised it wasn't speed induced, or maybe they're just waiting on the tests.

Just hope the insurance doesn't ask questions like that!

Well it just reminds me of a story I read in the paper. Apparently the police are getting hot on accidents like this where people are in clubs, assuming they were racing.

BTW I'm not insinuating thats what was happening either, just saying If I was a cop then thats how I'd be thinking.

 

[paul_h172]

glad everyones ok.

 

[172.com]

I wondered that, you'd think they'd take the angle that they were racing or something, but I guess with the mud there they might have realised it wasn't speed induced, or maybe they're just waiting on the tests.

Just hope the insurance doesn't ask questions like that!

Well it just reminds me of a story I read in the paper. Apparently the police are getting hot on accidents like this where people are in clubs, assuming they were racing.

BTW I'm not insinuating thats what was happening either, just saying If I was a cop then thats how I'd be thinking.

Not surprising given what happened in incidents such as the Honda owners one. Let's face it, given these are sporty cars that are being driven in convoy, it's only natural it's going to be part of their thought processes, rightly or wrongly.

 

[Marky_]

f**k!

Good to hear no one has seriously hurt.

 

[Laura]

ouch, so many cars on here written off and we are only half way through winter, becareful everyone

glad everyones ok

 

[Munday]

Glad they are ok.
How fast were you both going?

 

[Rob_02cup]

Was this on the road from scunthorpe to the humber bridge?

 

[drunknmunky]

I see alot of crashes in my job, one happened the other week and im amazed how this lady got out from it, again its the same sort of thing, wet leafs in the road, and she misjudged where the dual carriage became a single one, I was only a few cars behind, as i was in my work van