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[biggav]

.god knows what they went through.

dashboard, bulkhead and engine by all accounts.

[Nickh_16]

that other car must've been flyying
arse

[biggav]

he's dead too. lights are still on.. you can see an arm and some blood... I have theother scene pics but i'm not allowed to show them.

[Ouster]

Eeek!

[shorty]

Eeek!

what was once a full sized mini is now only fit for trailer purposes..
still shame about the driver.

[minimanclive]

If the Mini was doing 40, how fast must what looks like a Peugeot must have been going?

For a comparision, here's a BMW and a Volvo both doing 60 in a more or less head on collision.

http://fifthgear.fiv...sp?lnk=901&id=1

[shorty]

If the Mini was doing 40, how fast must what looks like a Peugeot must have been going?

For a comparision, here's a BMW and a Volvo both doing 60 in a more or less head on collision.

http://fifthgear.fiv...sp?lnk=901&id=1

mini doin 40mph id say the other car must have been pretti fast to do that amount of damage

[Ouster]

Looks like any passengers in the Mini would have survived though.

My friends are always bringing up the fact that my mini is terribly unsafe, it really irks me. I know its not as safe as some cars, but then again, it can hold its ground. At motorway speeds, a shunt in any car will end badly - mini or Volvo.

[shorty]

Looks like any passengers in the Mini would have survived though.

My friends are always bringing up the fact that my mini is terribly unsafe, it really irks me. I know its not as safe as some cars, but then again, it can hold its ground. At motorway speeds, a shunt in any car will end badly - mini or Volvo.

all minis are unsafe at high speed collisions especially seen as they avnt got air bags(which can sometimes do worse damage)
just the way they were made back in teh day.

[biggav]

Looks like any passengers in the Mini would have survived though.

i very much doubt it. front seat passenger would be wearing the engine, rear passengers would have been largely intact and not mechanically trapped but due to the force of impact, you would expect Brain and Spinal injury, if they had not worn seatbelts, they would have been killed, but seatbelts would have probably caused liver damage (suspensory ligament literally cuts the liver in half) also it's not unusual for large impact casualtys to have a severed aorta. Twice i have known people to be concious and alert only to die immediatley upon being released from the car and laid onto a back board due to the aorta breaking and remaining in place until they are moved... and there's not much you can do about it.

[Mini_Magic]

all minis are unsafe at high speed collisions especially seen as they avnt got air bags(which can sometimes do worse damage)

Some Minis do "av" air bags.

[shorty]

all minis are unsafe at high speed collisions especially seen as they avnt got air bags(which can sometimes do worse damage)

Some Minis do "av" air bags.

oh yeh i no some do sorry my bad...i was on bout the reet old ones like mine lol.

an havin ure lvier cut in half sounds nasty...just makes me not want to get into a crash even more now tbf an i bloody hope i dont.

[shedonwheels]

this made me feel sick. the boyfriend is a policeman and used to work at a recovery garage, hes seen some sights and told me ALL about it, but to actually see a photo, god.
Airbags, are they that much safer?

[Rossyboy]

Well this one stood up rather well to a 50mph head on with a larger car: -

http://desinihotos.f...t/c1184982.html

You can read about all the gory details on this thread (scroll down to Ade's messages at the bottom). And yes he walked away from that.

http://www.minifinit...=598324#p598324

well it would be a larger car wouldn't it...

[Spenner]

this made me feel sick. the boyfriend is a policeman and used to work at a recovery garage, hes seen some sights and told me ALL about it, but to actually see a photo, god.
Airbags, are they that much safer?

I wouldnt of thought even a airbag would of saved a life in this one