Pictures of my car accident

[no_1_dave]

Someone came the wrong way down the dual carriage way.
80Mph head on crash.
Broken Femur, multiple broken rips & really bad whiplash. 5 months off work & had to learn to walk again.
My misses had really bad bruising and whiplash so had to give up breast feeding. Plus has suffered psychologically, has trouble driving now.
My little girl, 1 month old at the time was fine, only crying because she was hungry.
The guy coming the wrong way was drunk, had very serious internal injuries & was sentenced to 8 months in prison.

 

[no_1_dave]

Holy crap! That's insane. So so pleased to hear that you are all 'ok' relatively. sorry to hear of the injuries you and your mrs did suffer though to hear your child was just 'hungry' is amazing news.

Any recollection of what vehicle he was driving?

He was driving a Corsa.
Accident was on Christmas day 2007.
Just thought i'd post these as all the memories were back after my final hospital appointment today.
Apparently i'm fully healed apart from the aches when its cold & the fact I still cant run without it hurting. I have a metal rod in my leg from hip to knee.

 

[no_1_dave]

Looking at the car I am very suprised that there were no fatalities, especially considering the speed!

I hope the idiot who did that is paying you some sort of damages! (....and I normally hate the 'blame and claim' culture!).

Its going through the insurance's still.
They drag their feet every time they can so my solicitor has to keep giving them 14 days to reply to every letter she sends. Then on the 14th day in the afternoon she receives a faxed reply

 

[no_1_dave]

Without any disrespect to the OP, that is not the result of a combined 160 mph crash. It would be far far worse.

Vauxhall can keep all their advertising and marketing spend. If there was anything that would ever make me buy another one it is something like this, although to balance this out, I'm sure there are other similar stories from other manufacturers.

Combined speed was 120Mph, he was doing 40Mph, I was doing 80Mph, overtaking in the fast lane.
Was 7pm Christmas day, so was dark, in the distance the lights looked as though they were on the correct side, by the time you realise he is on your side there is only time to think "oh ****!"

 

[no_1_dave]

OMFG look at how little tread you have left on your O/S front tyre!.

The third pic from the end shows more grip.
Didnt realise it was that low, must have warn un-evenly as thats the inside

 

[no_1_dave]

Brutal wreckage, is that the speedo still showing 80 in the interior shot?

yes

 

[no_1_dave]

I had a similar crash. Except it was 10mph instead of 80mph and it was a bicycle instead of a car and it was a head on collision with a tree....

Lol