Car accident thread

[SpookTheHamster]

I had an accident a few months ago. I'd just got off a long overnight flight and drove my girlfriend home and my mum shopping, on the way back to mine I fell asleep at the wheel when I was less than a mile from home. I woke up just in time to see that I was driving at a right angle into the kerb of a side road. I had no time to stop it, so I concentrated on stopping the car from losing control. Both my right tyres burst in the impact. When I landed I straightened the car up and prepared to slow down. I noticed a frightening amount of cars coming towards me, which is when I realised I was on the wrong side of the road (I'd spent two weeks in North America and was used to the other side). I pulled off the road, changed the wheel and went home.

I should never have been driving, but when we arrived back in the UK I felt a sudden burst of energy. I'd been talking with my mum in the car, which is what was keeping me awake. When she fell asleep I lost that and it wasn't long before I drifted off. She woke up when I hit the kerb and shouted "what's going on?!", my response was "Nothing, I'm on the wrong side of the road"

I was extremely lucky. I was travelling at at least 50mph on a road that is usually very busy in both directions. I must have picked the only quiet ten second period of the whole weekend to have my accident. Since then I've been extremely careful about driving while tired. At the merest hint of tiredness I'll stop for a rest and caffeinated beverage.

 

[zakee00]

you guys may as well close down the thread after this because its gonna be hard to top.

ok here goes. august 18 th night my friend is driving a little to fast in his neon im in the front passenger seat, i was literally just about to put on my seatbelt like before he lost i was like oh **** gotta put on my seat belt too late. he gets off the road a little and there is gravel on the side of the road he loses control and trys to jerk the car back on the road, loses it and SLAMS into a tree head on. I regain consciousness after a very brief blackout and the car is smokey and my friend is FLIPPING OUT. screaming we have to get out of the car. i mange to drag myself out of the car at which point i realize my leg is royally ****ed. luckily some bystanders came over to help and pulled me away form the car which eventually caught on fire. the volunteer firefighters who arrived would not put out the fire while it was in the engine compartment or let the people there with fire extinguishers to put it out, one of the bystanders pleads with the VFF to pull me away form the car before it explodes. the VFF tells him that cars only explode in the movies and continues to do nothing. finally the people who came to help pulled me away soon after the car burst into flames. i had a severely broken femur, which required me being life flighted via helicopter form the local hospital to a larger one because they could not fix it. they put a rod in my leg at geisinger, i also bruised my lungs and cracked 2 ribs. i had an 11 day hospital stay and couldn't walk for 6 weeks afterwards i had a walker then a cane im basically recovered now and have just finished therapy

wow...

 

[zyr123]

i think i win this. I came home from college after break, and theres huge mark in my door. it was my best friends mom our neighbor lol

 

[Huntn]

!971 My close call- An 80mph impromptu drag racing, hit a curve on a country road, slide onto shoulder, hit an erosion ditch, flip end over end, bounce off a tree, coming to rest upside down in a swamp. Later regain my senses and memory standing on the road nearby, wondering how I got there. Last thing I remember was a swerving on the gravel shoulder, then lights out for a short period of time. My injury? Broken front teeth. I had a seat belt but no shoulder harness and broke them bouncing my face off the padded dash. I was a passenger in the front right seat. That was a "I'm lucky to be here" moment. Driver had no seat belt was thrown out of the car, breaking his neck, but he survived maintaining use of his limbs afterwards. For 3 months later, as a passenger, I was always urging the driver to SLOW DOWN!!

 

[MatthewLTL]

I've never been in a accident as a driver but I will tell my relivent stories anyway.

The 1st "accident" I was in was in 2002, My mom was pulling out of the store parking lot we were heading to pick up our computer from Best Buy but stopped at the grocery store 1st. My mom was preparing to make a left turn, both ways were COMPLETELY clear so my mom started to pull out... WHAM! A panel van came out of nowhere and she T-Boned it. (It was in her Daewoo, now mine) Even though we lost the bumper, we drove away the van had a flat, did a 180 and had to be towed LOL.

AS a driver, I have had LOTS of close calls and 2 minor "accidents" (if you can even call them that),
1st "accident" was when me and my mom were coming home from Best Buy after buying me a new cell phone. There was construction going on on the backway we took to get there and come back, while we were stopped at a stop light a guy in a red SUV rear-ended us, It was a small bump so i was going to get out to let the guy know he bumped us, as a approached the ass of the Impala to look for damage I was going to walk to him then he revfved the engine trying to push us, At that point point I called 911 and told them a guy rear ended us and is trying to push us out of the way. The dispatcher asked if there was any damage being that I couldn't get a good look i mistakenly got out of the car while on the phone to let the dispatcher know, he saw this, went around us and floored it. I told the dispatcher he is taking off and gave his plate to the dispatcher. Being that there was no damage and that the guy took off, the cop told us over the phone we can just leave. As we got home the officer called my back saying he pulled the guy over and was asking if he had someone with him at the time of the accident I said no. He apparently picked someone up after he fled and told the cop the person was with him the entire time.

The 2nd "accident" was when i was with my grandpa and driving his S10, we were stopping at the local ACE to get something and I overshot the turn and clipped a car parking.. No damage other than some chipped paint on the car i clipped and a scratch on the bumper of the S10. We saw no one around so we went into the store where the owner of the car came up to us. my grandpa just gave his insurance information and that was it no police involvement. no increased insurance rates either.

The 1st and 2nd close calls happened last July (2014) at the SAME intersection 2 weeks apart.

the 1st incident happened when i was heading east. My grandpa was in the car with me and if it wasn't for him yelling "WATCH OUT!" it would of been a crash. It was a 4 way stop intersection and the car heading south ran the stop sign.

the 2nd incident happened while i was heading west. At the same 4 way stop with my grandpa a different car heading south ran the stop sign i hit the brakes and layed on the horn.

EDIT: July 2014 was the worst case of driving I have ever seen in SE Rochester, I layed on my horn more in july then I ever have.