Some of you here have met my wife Allison so this is slightly more personal to some on here. I had a call from her yesterday morning whilst I was working away - she had had a bit of an accident - turns out it was a little more serious than that.
She had slid on ice (along with 4 others) straight into the side of a Micra parked sideways across the road in a very minor 4 car pile up. Very little damage done at all to all the cars, but both her CRX now at 45 degrees and the Micra were now not entirely on the correct side of the road. She gets out to swap check the micra driver and finds herself stood on sheet ice. Enter white van man from the bend behind her and heading towards a now partially blocked road ...............
He came around the corner and hit her CRX on the N/S rear quarter throwing her car into her and bowling her down the road. Unfortunatly her face took a lot of the impact and shes looking pretty beaten up right now.
Massive gash on her head plus others to nose/chin/cheek that completely soaked her coat, Blouse and trousers, a couple of chipped teeth and a face full of gravel formed the basis of her injuries but she also has no skin on both knees, a broken big toe on her right foot and about 15 bruises spread all over!
I will try and find the car tomorrow and get it recovered but i have been told its been totalled - this is just days after I fitted a new gearbox, clutch, serviced it and it had a fresh MOT just last saturday.
I'm pretty thankfull that she managed to get away so lightly, especially as she could have been caught between the 2 cars and that quite frankly just doesnt bear thinking about .
Any accident you can walk away from is a good one
Mark
She had slid on ice (along with 4 others) straight into the side of a Micra parked sideways across the road in a very minor 4 car pile up. Very little damage done at all to all the cars, but both her CRX now at 45 degrees and the Micra were now not entirely on the correct side of the road. She gets out to swap check the micra driver and finds herself stood on sheet ice. Enter white van man from the bend behind her and heading towards a now partially blocked road ...............
He came around the corner and hit her CRX on the N/S rear quarter throwing her car into her and bowling her down the road. Unfortunatly her face took a lot of the impact and shes looking pretty beaten up right now.
Massive gash on her head plus others to nose/chin/cheek that completely soaked her coat, Blouse and trousers, a couple of chipped teeth and a face full of gravel formed the basis of her injuries but she also has no skin on both knees, a broken big toe on her right foot and about 15 bruises spread all over!
I will try and find the car tomorrow and get it recovered but i have been told its been totalled - this is just days after I fitted a new gearbox, clutch, serviced it and it had a fresh MOT just last saturday.
I'm pretty thankfull that she managed to get away so lightly, especially as she could have been caught between the 2 cars and that quite frankly just doesnt bear thinking about .
Any accident you can walk away from is a good one
Mark