Pictures & Videos Of Automobiles Involved in Accidents

[SilverEyez]

Not exactly an accident, but could have easily been one as this time I was the one who directly faced the an idiot head-on!!

Look at the video gentlemen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBKef6NQP9o


What happened?
I was overtaking this 18 wheeler on a narrow 4 lane dual carriageway, the car ahead of me already overtook the truck and could manage to swerve to left to avoid the idiot, the car behind me was closely following; but still had the room to brake and swerve to save himself. Me? Well, I am running parallel to the 18 wheeler, with around 2-3 inches on my right (after I swerved slightly to save) and hardly 4-5 inches on my left between me and the idiot who came in wrong side.

• Observation: The Bolero ahead of the Innova I was following has swerved to left
• Inference: Either a bullock cart or an idiot on the road
• Action: Idiot alert activated and I backed off the gas

• Obervation 2: The driver behind is closely following
• Inference: No scope of hard braking
• Action: Light braking action while making sure I am at the right point if an idiot appears

Sooner I saw the Bolero swerving, I backed off the throttle increasing the gap between my car and the Innova I was following. Suddenly I saw that the Innova driver also gave a high steering input and swerved to the left after having overtaken the truck.


I didn't had this option of swerving to left, but still I maintained my car parallel to the side under run bars; just in case I have to swerve to the left, then at least I will hit the bars and not a rotating tyre.



Suddenly this idiot appears in front of my car and his characteristics were:

• High beam ON
• Hazard lights ON (I saw in ORVM)
• Not on the shoulder - even if he was on the wrong side; he wanted to drive on the road too

I was really surprised to see such a behaviour, the car behind me managed to brake and swerve to left, the car ahead of me too did the same. What actually surprised me was that how this person even managed to drive in the opposite side of such a busy stretch!! Anyone who knows the Delhi-Meerut stretch will understand what sort of traffic density I am talking of.

How much money can these morons save by driving like this
It was such a dangerous situation with so many cars driving back to back, he could have caused a pile-up accident.
Great anticipation Vipul, Thank god that you crossed him safely.

 

[Nairrk]

17 dead, 35 injured after speeding bus hits road divider, overturns in UP

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Lucknow: At least 17 people died and over 35 injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district on Wednesday morning after a bus rammed into a road divider and overturned, news agency ANI reported.

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[TSIVipul]

What is the most painful feeling for an enthusiast? To see / post his / her (if any) own car in this thread!!

Murphy's Law states the following:​

"Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong"​

Something similar happened to me on a recent trip which had multiple states, high passes, ice, water, snow, clouds, poor to no roads, water crossings and whatever horrific item you may think of.

What happened?
Let the picture below explain:​

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Back to Murphy's law:
What all can you expect to go wrong on a hilly road?​

• A state transport bus on a hilly route (they are already a pain even on expressways, imagine on a narrow hilly road)
• A bus taking a corner at high speed
• A bus overtaking a truck on the corner
• A bus completely in wrong side around the corner
• A bus approaching the corner without blowing horn
• YOUR CAR ENTERING THE CORNER AT THE SAME MOMENT!!
• The bus didn't even slowing down
• The bus hitting your car and then run away
• Your Dash-cam to be off at the same time!

What can go wrong, will go wrong; and it all went wrong at the same time with me.

Somewhere on a narrow road of Himanchal pradesh, I was leisurely driving my car at a really slow pace (30-40 kph), blowing horn at every single turn and strictly following "first you sir" rule for letting others pass by stopping my car wherever I got the opportunity. Now this is a speciality of 90% of the drivers at least, neither they blow the horn on blind turns, nor they blow back when you do! Hence I was a bit extra careful too.

The Wicked HPRTC (Himanchal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation)
Now, as it can be seen in the picture posted above; this guy was overtaking a truck on a straight stretch, that was neither straight enough, nor long enough to pull out a clean overtake. Hence he was fast (As they say, overtake as fast as you can - well, he was right at his point then) and was probably right in trying to do it very fast (I was at the wrong place at a wrong time).

While doing this maneuver, he had approached the turn (right hand side blind corner, probably 240 degree turn or maybe even more), neither he blew any horn nor was he attentive if anyone can be there on the other side. I blew my horn but didn't get any response (My car has windtones), so I entered the corner keeping my car on my side and that's when I had that magical moment (Wow!! I have a hill, a cliff, a bus and a truck... what a confusion, what shall I drive into?

)

I applied hard brake and gave a very quick steering input towards left and then heard a sound like 'BAM'!

My car literally jumped around 6 inches and my left front tyre landed in a roadside pit, the left ORVM hit the hill and said goodbye to me (Oh yes, he was swinging) and my right ORVM was already smashed by the bus, and he was gone too

Let some more pictures do the talking now:

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What I liked about the Ecosport is the way it took the impact. And this particular crash has made me believe that I took a very very wise decision by not going with some fuel efficient SUV (Yes, Vitara Brezza) and took something whose sheet metal itself is strong enough that no impact easily reaches inside to the main parts.

For once I was surprised to see that it's only and solely the front quarter panel which has literally taken the hit from the rear wheel arch of the bus, and faced the force that was strong enough to entirely deflect the car to its left. There is absolutely zero damage to any criritcal components and all the damage is focussed to is:

• Front bumper
• Both ORVMs
• Front right hand side headlamp and foglamp (Indicator)
• Front right quarter panel

Nothing else, absolutely nothing. The car was driven to Delhi and then to Meerut in same condition and it worked perfectly (Got it inspected at Saluja ford, Solan).

Does sheet metal play it's role? Well, after multiple such experiences; I would say that even if it doesn't, it still takes a lot of the impact; if the manufacturer is not someone who sells the FE. I don;t want fuel efficient cars which easily get ripped apart, my baby took a kick from a bus and still brought me home, I got what I paid the money for (Safety).

I rest my case, thanks for reading.
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[Akash1886]

@Vipul, Firstly, It is extremely unfortunate to be a party to such uncalled situations. But as it's said, "streets are filled with idiots" so beyond a limit one can't do anything. Thankfully you are safe which is all what matters my bro. Coming to the car, from the pics it does look that this EcoSport did quite well during the impact and yes as you said about the sheet metal, it is correct too. Though sheet metal alone can't make the car 100% tank like safe but yes it does have pivotal role to play during impact which in your case is evident. Indeed there are OEMs who put FE figures beyond everything else but luckily we do have some OEMs who give priority to good quality built too. I hope all damage is covered under insurance and you won't have to pay from your pocket a big amount. Lastly, Anth bhala toh sab bhala bhai.

Regards

Akash

 

[SilverEyez]

What is the most painful feeling for an enthusiast? To see / post his / her (if any) own car in this thread!!

Murphy's Law states the following:​

"Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong"​

Something similar happened to me on a recent trip which had multiple states, high passes, ice, water, snow, clouds, poor to no roads, water crossings and whatever horrific item you may think of.

What happened?
Let the picture below explain:​

View attachment 245433​

Back to Murphy's law:
What all can you expect to go wrong on a hilly road?​

• A state transport bus on a hilly route (they are already a pain even on expressways, imagine on a narrow hilly road)
• A bus taking a corner at high speed
• A bus overtaking a truck on the corner
• A bus completely in wrong side around the corner
• A bus approaching the corner without blowing horn
• YOUR CAR ENTERING THE CORNER AT THE SAME MOMENT!!
• The bus didn't even slowing down
• The bus hitting your car and then run away
• Your Dash-cam to be off at the same time!

What can go wrong, will go wrong; and it all went wrong at the same time with me. image

Somewhere on a narrow road of Himanchal pradesh, I was leisurely driving my car at a really slow pace (30-40 kph), blowing horn at every single turn and strictly following "first you sir" rule for letting others pass by stopping my car wherever I got the opportunity. Now this is a speciality of 90% of the drivers at least, neither they blow the horn on blind turns, nor they blow back when you do! Hence I was a bit extra careful too.

The Wicked HPRTC (Himanchal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation)
Now, as it can be seen in the picture posted above; this guy was overtaking a truck on a straight stretch, that was neither straight enough, nor long enough to pull out a clean overtake. Hence he was fast (As they say, overtake as fast as you can - well, he was right at his point then) and was probably right in trying to do it very fast (I was at the wrong place at a wrong time).

While doing this maneuver, he had approached the turn (right hand side blind corner, probably 240 degree turn or maybe even more), neither he blew any horn nor was he attentive if anyone can be there on the other side. I blew my horn but didn't get any response (My car has windtones), so I entered the corner keeping my car on my side and that's when I had that magical moment (Wow!! I have a hill, a cliff, a bus and a truck... what a confusion, what shall I drive into?image)

I applied hard brake and gave a very quick steering input towards left and then heard a sound like 'BAM'!

My car literally jumped around 6 inches and my left front tyre landed in a roadside pit, the left ORVM hit the hill and said goodbye to me (Oh yes, he was swinging) and my right ORVM was already smashed by the bus, and he was gone too

Let some more pictures do the talking now:

View attachment 245434

View attachment 245435

View attachment 245436

View attachment 245437​

What I liked about the Ecosport is the way it took the impact. And this particular crash has made me believe that I took a very very wise decision by not going with some fuel efficient SUV (Yes, Vitara Brezza) and took something whose sheet metal itself is strong enough that no impact easily reaches inside to the main parts.

For once I was surprised to see that it's only and solely the front quarter panel which has literally taken the hit from the rear wheel arch of the bus, and faced the force that was strong enough to entirely deflect the car to its left. There is absolutely zero damage to any criritcal components and all the damage is focussed to is:

• Front bumper
• Both ORVMs
• Front right hand side headlamp and foglamp (Indicator)
• Front right quarter panel

Nothing else, absolutely nothing. The car was driven to Delhi and then to Meerut in same condition and it worked perfectly (Got it inspected at Saluja ford, Solan).

Does sheet metal play it's role? Well, after multiple such experiences; I would say that even if it doesn't, it still takes a lot of the impact; if the manufacturer is not someone who sells the FE. I don;t want fuel efficient cars which easily get ripped apart, my baby took a kick from a bus and still brought me home, I got what I paid the money for (Safety).

I rest my case, thanks for reading.
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hi TSI Vipul,
Sorry to know about the unfortunate accident, thank God that you and family are safe.
I always have the habit of Honking at every corners and blind turns on single lane roads, but i was unaware that even after being cautious there can be an accident due to others negligence.

 

[anshuman8]

Very unfortunate incident. Happy all are safe as impact would had been worse if speed was more.

 

[bhvm]

What is the most painful feeling for an enthusiast? To see / post his / her (if any) own car in this thread!!

Thats really sad, Vipul.
BTW at the same time, I am quite happy you all are safe. Thankfully you were on the cliff side. I dont even want to imagine the valley side. Those stupid Bus drivers should have their licenses cancelled for life.

Last month my SUV saved my life on a similar incident. Thankfully the brakes were powerful and my Beast got away without any hit. The Idiot was overtaking on a curve, on a Diversion, and on a Dirt road at the same time with slight incline too.

 

[roadrunner]

In March I decided to install a dashcam. A week later, caught the first accident. A guy on an RE Bullet was moving toward the left, as he was behind a truck, but he did not see the divider just at the start of the flyover. This happened on Delhi's Outer Ring Road near Nehru Place.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HupNS5UNLWk

 

[BooYaaKaa]

Anyone who knows the Delhi-Meerut stretch will understand what sort of traffic density I am talking of.

This route is filled with absolute idiots. I am from Meerut too and have been travelling a lot on this route since childhood.
Thanks to the illegal cuts being closed at Modinagar-Muradnagar region, the condition has somewhat improved(but still very bad) else they used to pop out of nowhere in the middle of the road.

 

[AbhisekVerma]

Holes Digging everywhere.

Recently I witnessed this. My relatives came and we hired a Zoomcar XUV 5OO. First unfortunate thing was Zoomcar itself gave a punctured car which we realized later. We mended it at a puncture shop and as expected they don't give bills. My cousin went to return the car and since we didn't have the bills Zoomcar won't refund us the money.
So I took my Tia(go) to pick him up from the nearest Zoomcar parking place which was in a small apartment in a dim muddy street and no one knew about Zoomcar nearby! Finally after some hassles I found the place and I was reversing my car to take a U turn. My car was not reversing and I thought my front left wheel qas in big pothole. 1st gear could also not make the car move.
Then I came out of car and witnessed a 5 ft deep hole dug by BBMP and there was not even ba stone/board kept to mark the hole. What would happen if a kid/old person/pregnant woman fell in that place? My car was on its body. Almost 1200kgs with my heavy cousin on the driver seat. Soon few locals gathered and I asked them to push the car back while my cousin tried reversing. The car came out in the second attempt.
Luckily due to the strong chassis of Tata, only a slight dent happened in the lower part which isn't visible if you don't pay attention to. Also the fromt mudflap got misaligned from its place and now touches the wheel on extreme turns.
Now let the pictures do the talking:

 

[mayankdixit]

Thank god your wheel did not land into the pot hole. It could have been worse. Now get the WA and WB checked ASAP.

 

[Nairrk]

Lorry-jeep collides killing 5 in Kasargod

In an early morning road accident, 5 people lost their lives when a jeep hit a lorry at Uppala in Kasaragod district. The jeep was going towards Mangalore.

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[CasualSurfer]

Holes Digging everywhere. Then I came out of car and witnessed a 5 ft deep hole dug by BBMP and there was not even ba stone/board kept to mark the hole. What would happen if a kid/old person/pregnant woman fell in that place? My car was on its body.
Luckily due to the strong chassis of Tata, only a slight dent happened in the lower part which isn't visible if you don't pay attention to. Also the fromt mudflap got misaligned from its place and now touches the wheel on extreme turns.

Thank goodness! You are very lucky, man. These BBMP folks are way too erratic in their behaviour, digging holes without even consideration for anything else. Report it to Bangalore Mirror.

A simple clamp (if the bumber fitting is broken on the inside) should hold the bumper in place. Don't worry about the small dent. Also check the underbody in the service centre to see if any suspension parts / bushes need to replaced/re-torqued. They aren't designed to hold the entire weight directly.

 

[Prabhagar]

This video is of two different clips of the same lorry.

First Clip @ 3:30pm:
The lorry slowly swayed towards the bus, making us think driver was drowsy. Thankfully it was a near miss, which otherwise would involved lot of injuries.

Second Clip: @ 4:30pm:
Same lorry found in accident during its downhill ghat ride between Dhimbham and Bannari. This makes me think either he is inexperienced to drive a big vehicle or is just a bad driver. We even noticed him honking like a maniac for no reason during our tea break around 4:00pm.

Two important factors that saved his life:
1. Lorry didn't fall down the valley, thanks to the concrete/cement blocks that stopped it.
2. He didn't fall out of the lorry. Front windshield had several cracks and was bulging outward without breaking. He must have hit the windshield from inside during the crash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5JlzbS5G5A

 

[AbhisekVerma]

Thank goodness! You are very lucky, man. These BBMP folks are way too erratic in their behaviour, digging holes without even consideration for anything else. Report it to Bangalore Mirror.

A simple clamp (if the bumber fitting is broken on the inside) should hold the bumper in place. Don't worry about the small dent. Also check the underbody in the service centre to see if any suspension parts / bushes need to replaced/re-torqued. They aren't designed to hold the entire weight directly.

Thanks Mayank, Casual. Really never thought of reporting it to Bangalore Mirror. I wonder why the local residents never reported who are in constant danger. It happend 8-10 days back so not sure if reporting would help as they might have filled it by now not sure. Anyways next time would keep it in mind to report it to BM. I went to SVC for some other issue in between. Car is working very normal so I thought there is not issue but would get it checked when I get time. Also would be completing 10K kms soon so would get WA and WB done then at some reputed tyre shop.