Team-BHP - Accidents in India

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Originally Posted by balenoed_ (Post 4505310)

Quite a lot of bad crashes during the last week end. Here is one more. (Which car is this, Safari?)

As Hemanth said, this is a Hexa. The seats and the plastic on the wheel arch give it away. If this is a rental, then aren't all rental Hexas limited to 80 kmph? Looking at the way the car has mangled, seems like the vehicle crashed at its full speed and no attempt was made to slow the car down. Speculation on my part, but could it be a case of driver dozing off or driving under influence?

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Originally Posted by venkyhere (Post 4505390)

Interesting to see that there seems to be no cross-members in the door frame. How does the hexa door feel (weight), when open/closing ? I have travelled once, but dont remember enough.

You can see the bent crossmember bent out of the door towards the right

A TSRTC city bus lost control and jumped the divider killing two, who are waiting on the divider to cross the road. This happened near Bharath nagar flyover on Sunday Morning. A video footage is available in youtube and it is very disturbing.

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Originally Posted by balenoed_ (Post 4505310)

Quite a lot of bad crashes during the last week end. Here is one more.

"The car went out of control of the driver"

I can hardly be bothered to comment on this stuff any longer
:deadhorse

These RENTAL CAR accidents are on the rise everyday which is pretty sad not only for the lives being lost but also because the rental rates will increase leading to a situation where you would pay much more than you would have otherwise.

People think if they can drive CAR NO1 they can drive CAR NO2 also similarly which is often never the case. Every car has its own character, its own sweet spot and when you push a laid-back car too hard bad things happen.

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Originally Posted by ajmat (Post 4505487)

You can see the bent crossmember bent out of the door towards the right

You mean the twin-pipe looking thing that has its one end wrapped around the fender ? Then its even scarier, isn't it? How come it came off easily, while the rest of the bottom half of the frame is relatively in its place? Also, it doesn't look as if anybody removed it by force for rescue purpose.

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Originally Posted by venkyhere (Post 4505864)

you mean the twin-pipe looking thing that has its one end wrapped around the fender ? Then its even scarier, isn't it ? How come it came off easily, while the rest of the bottom half of the frame is relatively in its place ? Also, it doesn't look as if anybody removed it by force for rescue purpose.

I think it did its job although it was futile. The cross rail is bent though. It must have separated when the outer door skin peeled off or was removed to access occupants. Too little info to assume anything.

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Originally Posted by v12 (Post 4469396)

Just came across this accident of a toppled Hyundai Creta. Both the front airbags deployed in this case.

https://youtu.be/vBuEIa9qh9U

Few things I noticed.
1. Trucker brakes hard in his lane and also starts his hazard lights Time 1:05.
2. People straighten out the toppled car this could aggravate a neck injury (if any) to occupants.
3. The wheel has come off, Why?

Rahul

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom (Post 4505571)

"The car went out of control of the driver"

:deadhorse

Sir,
This statement reminds me of the dialog in the movie Unstoppable, when the two Railway employee report about the runaway train =" It got away" and the manager says " What do you mean it got away, It's not a chipmunk for chrisssake":OT:deadhorse

On 2nd December, at 12:30 AM in Chromepet GST road (Chennai), we were in our TUV 300, on the way to Hosur. We spotted a rashly driven Ford Aspire. He zipped and zapped his way ahead of us but still got caught up in the traffic at Pallavaram, with the flyover construction. The fool spotted an open stretch to floor it, only to ram a Honda Jazz in the rear. I have it all on my dashcam but the video clip which shows the number plate of the Aspire after impact got overwritten. The clip I have (which shows the moment of impact) doesn't show the number plate clearly, so I can't prove my point that it's the same rash driver I have on tape from earlier...

But anyway, it happened. We all had a nice show (at the expense of the Jazz's owner sadly though). My brother-in-law had actually predicted that he'll crash when we first spotted him. But we had no idea that we'd get see a case of instant Karma!

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Originally Posted by venkyhere (Post 4505864)

The side impact beams have been pulled to one side as a result of rescue operations. I have witnessed a couple of rescue operations in the past and in most cases, no professionals with proper tools and equipment will be present. It will be at the discretion of local helping hands who selflessly try their best to rescue the occupants at any cost.

Having said this, the side impact beams in most cars are no vault like structures - can be pulled apart using a crow-bar with reasonable force.

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Originally Posted by Rahul Rao (Post 4506159)

Yes, very rare to find a truck with all lights getting used.
The car most probably collided with the concrete that is sticking out of the median, because it's a culvert of some sort. This impact would have resulted in the wheel coming off of the car swinging it to the left and toppling it in the process. There is also an overgrown bush a few meters before the culvert that could have obscured the driver's view of this particular piece of concrete "surprise" resulting in this mishap.

Completely agree to the second point.

TOI FB Page reported - "CISF personnel deployed for Rajasthan Assembly Election rescued 6 people trapped in a car after the vehicle met an accident near CISF Regional Training Centre (RTC) Behror."

Watch the rescue video:-

https://www.facebook.com/IndiaToday/...51095225199404