The most scary accident I've ever seen

PULLY6 · 10-06-2005, 10:46 AM

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/japancrash1.html

Wow. The driver of the ferarri could not have survived that, contrary to the caption on the video.

Perana · 10-06-2005, 10:50 AM

Vary bad that one... I have seen it before on the .com forums i think.... and he did actually survive which is pretty amazing

Twisted · 10-06-2005, 11:02 AM

Damn, very nasty. If he survived then he's a lucky bugger.

Kryton · 10-06-2005, 11:03 AM

yeah he did survive. there was an article about it. he ended up recieving some compensation for it.

MITCHAY · 10-06-2005, 11:09 AM

Yer at the start of the video i was like wtf thats nothing but then it slammed into another car and BOOM. That would be the worst ive seen. I could not comprehend how someone could survive that.

Rodp · 10-06-2005, 11:13 AM

That is pretty damn gruesome and the camera seems to be focused on the Ferarri engulfed in flames for a long time without any noticeable movement in or around the car. I guess his nomex suit paid for itself right there!

mcflux · 10-06-2005, 11:28 AM

I didn't realise Ferarris had door-mounted fuel tanks!

Damn, that's a big hit! Only a Valiant could drive away from something like that...

-Dave-

lv619 · 10-06-2005, 05:23 PM

God damn... thats shocking to say the least!!! No way anyone could survive that.

MickyB · 10-06-2005, 05:32 PM

I haven't actually clicked the link, but I am assuming it's the car going up in flames in some Japanese race, a very graphic accident IIRC.
The worst motorsport accident would have to the Le Mans one in the 50s (I think), it involved a car flipping and the wing flying off and decapitating over 50 spectators, I think the death toll was huge in the end. I'm sure there's something on the internet about it, but I can't be bothered trying to find it now, but it would have been shocking.

bscampbell · 10-06-2005, 05:32 PM

How on earth could the Ferrari driver have survived that?
Even a suit wouldn't withstand those kind of temps...would they?
You couldn't see the drivers side, but the passenger side was pretty stuffed!
Anyone with 'proof of life' on this guy?

MickyB · 10-06-2005, 05:35 PM

Ok, I found a link http://members.aol.com/healeypics/lemans.html

Olympus · 10-06-2005, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickyB

I haven't actually clicked the link, but I am assuming it's the car going up in flames in some Japanese race, a very graphic accident IIRC.
The worst motorsport accident would have to the Le Mans one in the 50s (I think), it involved a car flipping and the wing flying off and decapitating over 50 spectators, I think the death toll was huge in the end. I'm sure there's something on the internet about it, but I can't be bothered trying to find it now, but it would have been shocking.

That's disastrous, check out the link here.

**Mechan1k** · 10-06-2005, 06:58 PM

Holy shit.

Kryton · 10-06-2005, 07:11 PM

read my earlier post.
go over to FF.COM (not .au) and find the original posting of this video.
there should be a link to a report/article about it.
as i mentioned, he DID survive and also got compensation. something to do with the marshals and the track owner or something.
ICBF looking and since i know for a fact he survived, im not going to bother to look for it either.
if you dont believe me, then you can find the info yourself.

montyv8 · 11-06-2005, 03:05 AM

heres the article:

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archi...9000c.html#top

hard to believe, but he survived...

mik · 11-06-2005, 03:30 AM

what was the marshall thinkin of