Someone was having a bad day...

Freakbro · 1 Jun 2026 at 12:19

This was the car next to mine when I returned to a Q-Park yesterday... :eek:

Had a bit of a heart in mouth episode when approaching as I'm in a new courtesy car, with only 2k miles on the clock, but thankfully there was no damage to it.

I assume something like the person in the bay to the right still had it in reverse when they started it up, but that looks a hell of an impact from a standing start! I hope the person who did it didn't just drive off, as that should have been caught on the CCTV but I felt sorry for the poor bugger who had to come back and find that

Kurgen · 1 Jun 2026 at 12:27

was the car already there.. could it be the car was damaged when it drove into the car park

Freakbro · 1 Jun 2026 at 12:32

It wasn't there when I parked up, no.

I suppose it's possible they had the accident outside the car park and came in to park up? but I wasn't particularly near the entrance.

jpaul · 1 Jun 2026 at 13:27

malevolent exit barrier - looks like damage from a softened/protected edge or is it too low , was barrier near.
... you escaped.

Jonnycoupe · 1 Jun 2026 at 17:24

that is NOT exit barrier damage

tom_e · 1 Jun 2026 at 17:28

jpaul said:
malevolent exit barrier - looks like damage from a softened/protected edge or is it too low , was barrier near.
... you escaped.

They make exit barriers out of RSJs or something where you're from?

GhostWKD · 1 Jun 2026 at 17:29

tom_e said:
They make exit barriers out of RSJs or something where you're from?

It'd certainly make people think twice perhaps...

dvinell · 1 Jun 2026 at 20:26

Jonnycoupe said:
that is NOT exit barrier damage

Unless the exit barrier was a Range Rover going up and down.

wolfie138 · 1 Jun 2026 at 20:27

i would have said barrier-type, looks like the bonnet was hit and pushed back ~ the grille, lights and below look virtually untouched. can't explain how the end of it is still in line/aligned w/ the silver grille trim though, that shoulda been way outta whack given the deformation.

Jonnycoupe · 1 Jun 2026 at 20:45

Someone’s reversed into that!

jpaul · 1 Jun 2026 at 21:03

tom_e said:
They make exit barriers out of RSJs or something where you're from?

conversely the bonnet is made of cream cheese/aluminium ? but I guess jonny would know.
lack of paint cracking and metal folding looks weird.

what rears of cars other than pick-up trucks would have a contact point so high ... and I guess lorries are not in the car park

mid_gen · 2 Jun 2026 at 08:26

Someone's reversed a Chelsea tractor into it. Looks impressive because of the way the bonnet has folded up, probably the bottom of the spare wheel on the back has impacted would be my guess.

Firestar_3x · 2 Jun 2026 at 08:32

Given that the car is still in the parking space i doubt anyone has backed into it, he's rear-ended someone on the way to the carpark imho.

kefkef · 2 Jun 2026 at 09:53

Firestar_3x said:
Given that the car is still in the parking space i doubt anyone has backed into it, he's rear-ended someone on the way to the carpark imho.

That was my first thought. Can't see any plastics on the floor from lights, grille or other car etc either, but picture doesn't quite show enough of that part.

Kenai · 2 Jun 2026 at 10:15

@Freakbro next time this happens, could you please hang around until the owner returns so we can all find out what really happened?

Jamauk · 2 Jun 2026 at 10:52

It seems strange the level of damage when it doesn't look there has been airbag deployed.

Looking at it though, it's not that bad, I'm sure it would polish out!

GravyMonster · 2 Jun 2026 at 11:26

Firestar_3x said:
Given that the car is still in the parking space i doubt anyone has backed into it, he's rear-ended someone on the way to the carpark imho.

Alternatively, he could have been really far forward in the bay and whoever reversed in the space in front wasn't paying attention to it.

Jamauk said:
It seems strange the level of damage when it doesn't look there has been airbag deployed.

Do the airbags go off if the car is parked with the ignition off?

Nabinium · 2 Jun 2026 at 11:43

This is like a film with a terrible ending or rather no ending!

iamgigglz · 2 Jun 2026 at 11:46

Less than 50k on the clock too - someone's baby

Jamauk · 2 Jun 2026 at 12:00

GravyMonster said:
Do the airbags go off if the car is parked with the ignition off?

I wasn't sure if they did or not. Possibly not, airbag deployment destroys the interior, so would probably write most cars off. It would make sense to not deploy them with ignition off & locked & when unlocked there would be the risk of someone in the car and a vengeful SUV driver reverses into them.

A little more than just a car park bump in that picture, I'm sure most vehicles would have damage across the front of the car, other than a few scratches it does just look to be the bonnet that took most of the impact. Either way, I hope they do get some conclusion about it and that someone gets caught for not stopping.