Last night I had the worst accident I have ever had in 7 years of driving.
Coming back from a night out with friends in a pool team which I captain, the team won 7-0 and we were going back to our pub to celebrate from an away match. Following each other back, it was a fantastic night out lol!
I approached an unfamiliar bend on a country road in damp/wet conditions, the back end kicked out, I briefly corrected it and the next thing I know I hit the verge of the road and being upside down, crawling out of the passenger seat unharmed which hasn't really sunk in yet. My friends stopped further down the road and came to see if I was ok.
Apparently according to the police the bend is well known for drivers skidding off as there is an entrance to a farmers field which brings a lot crap onto the road, my speed was well under the limit and did have full control of the car, however once the car began to slide I couldn't prevent it from hitting the verge. How the car ended up upside down is just bizarre, it must have hit the verge and flipped it up and over.
It's now in the hands of my insurers, I cannot gain access to the car as the police arranged pick up through a local company who have placed it in a police compound.
A tad annoyed as we where not informed of this and cannot get access. It's not a police matter due to no other cars being involved which will speed up the process. The Police where great, didn't even give me any crap about speeding or asked if I'd been drinking (which I don't). The Officer was amazed how calm and collective I was and apart from letting us know we shall not be able to get access to car, they were on the scene in minutes and acted very professionally.
The damage to the car from what I could see last night will make it a write off, substantial damage to the rear end of the car, skirts ripped off, windows smashed, passenger side wheel pushed in possible axle damage. Over all toyota's build quality did me well, the corolla is built like a tank and protected me, no air bag went off though, which surprised me.
I'm a little shaky this morning, but doing ok and very lucky to get out alive. If I can get photo's of the car I will do, but at present I don't think I will be able to unless it goes for repair, which I doubt.
R.I.P my beloved corolla.
Coming back from a night out with friends in a pool team which I captain, the team won 7-0 and we were going back to our pub to celebrate from an away match. Following each other back, it was a fantastic night out lol!
I approached an unfamiliar bend on a country road in damp/wet conditions, the back end kicked out, I briefly corrected it and the next thing I know I hit the verge of the road and being upside down, crawling out of the passenger seat unharmed which hasn't really sunk in yet. My friends stopped further down the road and came to see if I was ok.
Apparently according to the police the bend is well known for drivers skidding off as there is an entrance to a farmers field which brings a lot crap onto the road, my speed was well under the limit and did have full control of the car, however once the car began to slide I couldn't prevent it from hitting the verge. How the car ended up upside down is just bizarre, it must have hit the verge and flipped it up and over.
It's now in the hands of my insurers, I cannot gain access to the car as the police arranged pick up through a local company who have placed it in a police compound.
A tad annoyed as we where not informed of this and cannot get access. It's not a police matter due to no other cars being involved which will speed up the process. The Police where great, didn't even give me any crap about speeding or asked if I'd been drinking (which I don't). The Officer was amazed how calm and collective I was and apart from letting us know we shall not be able to get access to car, they were on the scene in minutes and acted very professionally.
The damage to the car from what I could see last night will make it a write off, substantial damage to the rear end of the car, skirts ripped off, windows smashed, passenger side wheel pushed in possible axle damage. Over all toyota's build quality did me well, the corolla is built like a tank and protected me, no air bag went off though, which surprised me.
I'm a little shaky this morning, but doing ok and very lucky to get out alive. If I can get photo's of the car I will do, but at present I don't think I will be able to unless it goes for repair, which I doubt.
R.I.P my beloved corolla.
