On July 11th I lost my daughter to a collision. Thank you for posting this video and helping me to understand the speed and force that she was dealing with and why she could not have survived the crash. I know it sounds odd, but it's comforting to have a better understanding of what must have happened to her.
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I can understand your position completely. This makes it very clear indeed that there would have been no prolonged suffering. Death would have been very very quick. Bless you and I hope you eventually come to peace with your tragic loss.
I almost had a head on at 60mph last night. Some idiot thought it was a wonderful idea to overtake a lorry just before a bend, which I'd just gone around. Safe to say I've never stood on the brakes so hard in my life. You could smell the burning rubber afterwards. I came here to see what would have been the outcome, had I reacted much slower, and it ain't pretty. I'm lucky. You might be impatient but, even if you stay behind, it will only add a few minutes to your drive. You never know who could be at the receiving end of your recklessness. Drive safe everyone!
My cousin and her husband hit head on with a BMW a few years ago. The BMW driver walked away with some broken bones . My cousin and her husband burned to death. The engine had 2 broken motor mounts so the engine was like a beach ball that jumped back and cut them in half. NEVER drive at night is my policy and I study plane accidents and car accident and your twice as likely to die due to DUI drivers and deer or bears I'm from Canada.....LOL Any accident over 40 MPH is not likely survival as the G forces will kill you but 40 mpg is the safer point.
Reading ur story is almost identical to what I had today as a passenger in a car in my gfs car doing 60. A car facing towards us tried to overtake a long trailer lorry carrying chopped down trees . My gf managed to slam on the brakes hard enough and so to avoid the type of Collison. This vid is worse than possibly imagined. Scary the amount of nutters on the roads
I almost rear ended a car on the motorway at 70mph because they decided they didn't want the exit that they had just taken, did a turn on the hatched bit right at the end of the lanes splitting and just pulled out on me. I slammed on so hard!
Was in a head on 55. Collapsed lung and numerous other injuries. Have a year of recovery. Shouldn't have lived. Any of us. Driver and passenger was okay, I was hurt the worst.
Same here needed surgery on my leg and my hand was fractured airbag saved me from any head injuries if i were driving my old civic with no airbags that day I wouldnt have been here...
+Shawn Bateman 90km/h (56 mph) is generally considered the limit for any car. What were you driving? It must have been good car, and you were incredibly lucky. Which vehicles were involved? Can you describe more?
SalveMonesvol I was driving a 1991 Chevy Cavalier. The other guy was driving a 1991 Sunbird Convertible. There were no airbags on my car, I just was lucky, that is all I can say.
SalveMonesvol Well the garage where my car was taken to, everyone at the garage was stunned when my mom went to see the car and she informed them I had survived. They thought for sure I was dead. Paramedics said they saw lesser accidents where the person or persons died. I still have anxiety driving sometimes because of this.
I was 27 weeks pregnant and survived a 55mph head on collision my car smashed and flipped. Not only did I survive my injuries were only a dislocated hip, concussion, sprained neck and busted face. Baby was fine and other driver was uninjured. Now tell me how in the hell did we all walk away from that.
Modern cars have been redesigned so that the front end crushes but the cabin doesn't. The force that goes into crushing the front is force that doesn't transfer into the passengers. It also takes time to crush the front end, and the longer it takes to slow down, the less force you experience.The passenger cabin has been redesigned to withstand crushing, forming a protective cage around the passengers. Seat belts and airbags keep the passengers in place and slow them down gradually instead of nearly instantly.
I was in a 60 mph head on wreck and somehow survived along with my mom and the driver in the other car. Absolutely crazy stuff. Broke 14 bones. Was in the hospital for a month. Sadly lost the passager in my car and the passenger in the other car passed. My car was a 2016 model so that’s pretty crazy
@@user-el5mg4it9t Only if you crash against a smaller car and the XC90 ends up on top. Or if the force is somehow deflected. But if it crashes with another vehicle just as big, perfectly head on.... you will suffer over 100G of acceleration, and your internal organs will not like that.
It is not physically possible to decelerate from 60 miles per hour to zero in one millisecond and not have your internal organs and bones crushed, I don't care what the fuck you are driving. It is simply not possible.
Almost got in a crash like that just 5 hours ago, that would have killed at least 3 people Still can't believe it almost happened, and that it was because of me and my impatience One should never think that they are not the kind to drive like an idiot and provoke accidents. That was still true for me this morning. The stupidity is always right around the corner, waiting to get a hold of your soul and use it for evil. We all surprise ourselves playing with death someday. For the ones who survive it, the real honor can only be claimed when they learn from that mistake.
When I was a wee thing, my father narrowly missed a head-on drunk driver, while with his family of 5 in the car. We were in a 60's-era blue Buick with fins, and he waited 'til the last second to kill his lights and drive off the road into the gravel. I still hear the sound of it, as it hit the car behind us head-on. I remember him asking my mother, over and over, all the way home, "There was nothing else I could do, was there?"
I was in a head on crash a couple years ago in my 2014 camry. a drunk driver in a 90s f150 on wrong side of road going 70 hit me i had time to brake and was going 50 when we hit. He died on impact i broke tibia, dislocated hip and broken wrists, ribs concussion. i still have back pain.. i believe my camry saved my life that day. if i was in any older version id be gone. It still haunts me and i drive in the far right lane and go 65 always looking far in the distance.
Ah I see my post had an error in it, should have been Volvo drivers dont have many accidents. ... Because its an old joke that Volvo drivers cause them but are oblivious to the fact they caused them.
These are the tests EURO NCAP should do, even better would be this same speed, off centre, on a corner as that actually happens on country roads when a shitty vauxhall understeers wide into oncoming traffic. The silly deformable barrier 30-40mph tests cars are designed for are bullshit, you have to be a terrible driver or very unlucky to have crashes like that. I expect a Tesla Model S / X could survive one of these tests.
My best friend died in a collision similar to this but it was at 75mph. They said the force was equivalent to hitting a brick wall at 115mph. She was 16 years old
The BMW looked to be doing 75-80mph really... But then I supposed thats realistic too! Truly shocking footages! I'd be interested how much stronger the newer BMW and Volvo cars fare up, although even in the newest car you have no chance at 140mph closing speed. Your head would probably be torn off your spine! :-o
Almost had a similar accident to this today... I was going 60 and someone crossed a double yellow, also going 60. However, I was driving a Land Rover lr3 and he was in an Altima. I don't know if that would have made a difference though.
1:52 BOOM! A kid I knew and his mother died in wreck like this. Only they were going about 65 mph and they were in a Chevy Impala and they collided with a big Ford truck. Sad situation he was 20 years old at the time.
dan sheppard I witnessed a crash similar but at 80 mph it isn't a pretty sight I my self have been in a car crash where the driver overcorrected and we hit a light pole on the passenger side neither of us had seatbelts on and we were very fortunate to walk away without serious injuries or death. I was sore for about a week and a half tho made my insides feel sore too.
I don’t know how me and my roommate are still alive…. My best friend was driving and didn’t make it. Instantly killed by an 18 year old kid… find myself wanting to call him still sometimes and then I break down and cry uncontrollably for a while. Chad Michael Tidwell died December 27th 2021, a total fucking legend. May his soul join mine when my time comes.
That BMW was going nearly 80MPH. You can tell by the speed gauge. It was also accelerating aggressively which is a key point. It was not driving a consistent speed- it was accelerating and the punch through was at about 90mph worth of energy. It's a big difference if you compare it to someone doing 60mph and hard braking down to around 50mph at actual impact. Anything over 10mph can be trouble but just saying- need to be more accurate in your title.
I was just hit head on at 60mph by a drunk driver in a 2011 chrysler 300c and we were in a 2003 ford focus. My Driver lived but flown cricital condition, passenger died, and me and my freinds sister in the back substained injuries but im still alive.
August of 2021, our 2021 Rav4 Hybrid collided with a 1996 3/4 ton pickup at at least 60 miles per hour. We spun. Our airbags were all deployed. We were badly banged up and flopped around like rag dolls. He had no air bags. He was bloodied up and banged up. The pictures of our Rav4 horrify me. Miraculous physics and probably a lot of luck that we all survived. No we are not going after the family for money. Nations brag about how advanced they are. Still putting out vehicles with safety issues. People still drive drunk, fall asleep, talk on the cell phones, stare at each other, experience road rage and all that stuff that makes life suck for millions that die every year in accidents. Slow the bleep down! Be 100+% ALERT and ready when you get behind that wheel! No distractions! Watch your speed and the other vehicles and people around you. Take care folks.
This is really chilling .. we all drive fast at times and just imagine much lighter and newer vehicles are likely crush even worse than these older models, particularly the Asian ones. All the same this is probably the best crash test I've come across on the web
Today, we were going from ross-on-wye to weedon bec in a 2014 renault captur (with a 5star euroncap rating) and the speed limit was 60mph and the road was quite narrow and no sign of anything a bit busy, just going round the corner at 60mph and CRASH INTO A PARKED CARAVAN WITH LOADS OF PEOPLE AROUND AND IN IT! WHY DO THAT AND IF SO MOVE UR VEHICLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BEND AND PUT A SIGN!!! Luckily, nobody was killed, nobody was seriously injured in the renault and a couple of people were injured in the land rover but came out of hospital within 1 week.
I survived a head on 45mph collision in my Ram against an International commercial box truck!!! I broke both my legs and fractured my skull!!! It's been over 8 months since the accident and I'm still not right... I should have died with my truck but somehow I lived!! Man I miss that Ram truck!!
PSA, stay out of the express lane at 3:00 in the morning, or else, you'll be like the beamer in this crash test if a wrong way driver in a Volvo hits you
my older brother got hit by a car going 60 when he was 12 then got hit again by the mom of the kid who my other brother beat up 10 years ago in elementary school because the kid my brother beat up used to try to bully him 10 years prior to my older brothers second accident which happened when he was 17 and that kids mom who hit him was on heroine at the time and then when he was 18 he got brain cancer and he still survived and hes walking normal talking normal till this day at 26 with a kid and a wife now and from the very first accident he had when he was 12 the doctors told him he had a 1% chance to live and if he even did live hed be a vegitable however he did get brain damage from the first accident and the brain cancer but you wouldnt even notice it because its just headaches
I fell asleep at the wheel and hit a truck stopped at a stoplight at around this speed. Fortunately, the truck was lifted so my car went under the bed and pushed it up. Extra crumple zone 🙏🙏🙏
Impact sounds like a dual blast from an 8-gauge shotgun... Would this FIfth Gear consider facing off the new BMW F10 against the latest Volvo S80 under similar conditions?
I'm a new driver, watching car crash videos online in an attempt to humble myself. I want to be less cocky in traffic, and so far my method works wonders. Be careful out there my friends.
I Hope it works for you Mister jack Lambert,,.............. I killed a young man in 1996 who, decided to come into my lane, At the last minute. I, was in an R model Mack, he a Volvo station wagon. It threw his car, 65 feet backwards from the point of impact. The drivers side head of the engine, laid on the road. All his hopes, dreams and aspirations............ Died that day in a seconds worth of time. 43 years for me now, Driving a truck......... But that day is still fresh as the day it happened All the hope in the world to you !!!!!!!!
Its an odd outcome, the BMW looked liked it shredded through the Volvo at impact but when it flipped to a stop it looked like everything in front of the A pillar had vaporized. How could this happen that way? Did all those parts break away and eject themselves?
Today I was driving my dads Nissan Altima with my friend around a curve in his 25mph neighborhood going 60+ MPH... I lost control on the turn and overcorrected, resulting in a fishtail and the rear of the car wrapped around a light pole. I got charged with reckless driving and criminal speeding. my day sucked
I wonder about the engine. It's proberly one massive chunk of metal and all, does'nt that actually make the collision worse ? A certain car is designed to absorb energy, if you look at the Tesla for example, that is scoring near perfect on all fronts, because it does'nt have an front engine thus having more space for actual crumple zone.
wow, i saw something like that long time ago when I was in a bus to school or something, really bad accident, but the victims both survived so.. I have a question.. Is my English bad? cuz i'm from Holland
I edited German scientists attempts at English for many years. It was wonderful work helping the scientists publish papers. The scientists who thought their English was quite adequate or good - usually had the more inferior language skills. It is a good sign that you are asking if it is bad ; ) . OK, looking at your writing I can help by saying the full expressions would be , "A long time ago. GOING to school or TRAVELING or ON ITS WAY TO school. A really bad accident. LUCKILY or SOMEHOW or AMAZINGLY the victims both survived.
I lost a friend 4 days ago head on crash wrong way due to alcohol. She was drunk. I drove drunk at 70mph against traffic on highway before I realized. Good I found exit 2 miles away. I remember trucks coming at me. I was so close to death. That was 3 years ago. I was drinking that night. I still remember the horror. I stopped drinking what so ever. But she didn't and now she's dead
Message the iihs on facebook and they will tell you most of the time 2 vehicle's with simular weights going around 60 mph in a frontal impact, it's not likely due to the kinetic energy, and yes that implies modern 2017-2018 top safety pick + awards, however you may survive in new large heavy pickup trucks or full size suv's with good crash worthiness going against smaller lighter vehicle's at simular speeds.
Was passenger in a car when we barely T-boned a guy (almost head on) at 45mph. Surprisingly my brother and i left the ER just a few hours later. The person who was at fault (I don't think they were being dumb when they pulled out in front of us, they presumably had a stroke) was in the hospital fot a few days but everyone was alive. That was terrifying to be in and this was terrifying to watch. Why am I watching this? Well... Really it's to relax and realize accidents are bound to happen to people, though now it's just a simple and brutally honest reminder.
On July 11th I lost my daughter to a collision. Thank you for posting this video and helping me to understand the speed and force that she was dealing with and why she could not have survived the crash. I know it sounds odd, but it's comforting to have a better understanding of what must have happened to her.
+Chad Norton Instant and painless. Peace be with you.
I e been in a car accident on Monday
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I can understand your position completely. This makes it very clear indeed that there would have been no prolonged suffering. Death would have been very very quick. Bless you and I hope you eventually come to peace with your tragic loss.
Logic Makes Sense 😢
Logic Makes Sense God will help you
I almost had a head on at 60mph last night. Some idiot thought it was a wonderful idea to overtake a lorry just before a bend, which I'd just gone around. Safe to say I've never stood on the brakes so hard in my life. You could smell the burning rubber afterwards. I came here to see what would have been the outcome, had I reacted much slower, and it ain't pretty. I'm lucky. You might be impatient but, even if you stay behind, it will only add a few minutes to your drive. You never know who could be at the receiving end of your recklessness. Drive safe everyone!
My cousin and her husband hit head on with a BMW a few years ago.
The BMW driver walked away with some broken bones .
My cousin and her husband burned to death.
The engine had 2 broken motor mounts so the engine was like a beach ball that jumped back and cut them in half.
NEVER drive at night is my policy and I study plane accidents and car accident and your twice as likely to die due to DUI drivers and deer or bears I'm from Canada.....LOL
Any accident over 40 MPH is not likely survival as the G forces will kill you but 40 mpg is the safer point.
Reading ur story is almost identical to what I had today as a passenger in a car in my gfs car doing 60. A car facing towards us tried to overtake a long trailer lorry carrying chopped down trees . My gf managed to slam on the brakes hard enough and so to avoid the type of Collison. This vid is worse than possibly imagined. Scary the amount of nutters on the roads
I had a head on collision with something and it totaled my car 60+mph it was no joke
I almost rear ended a car on the motorway at 70mph because they decided they didn't want the exit that they had just taken, did a turn on the hatched bit right at the end of the lanes splitting and just pulled out on me. I slammed on so hard!
The fucks a lorrie?
Was in a head on 55. Collapsed lung and numerous other injuries. Have a year of recovery. Shouldn't have lived. Any of us. Driver and passenger was okay, I was hurt the worst.
KindaCrazyCompany Well your alive something to be glad for i remember being in a bad wreck as a 5 year old child
Same here needed surgery on my leg and my hand was fractured airbag saved me from any head injuries if i were driving my old civic with no airbags that day I wouldnt have been here...
I got blindsided at 60 mph in 2016 went to rehab and been in mental hospital multiple times 2019 been a good year though 2020 gonna be better.
@@blueeyes45 had to come here just to lol @ you hoping 2020 was the good year to come lol
@@blueeyes45 how's 21 been to ya ?
Holy shit, the bmw went through the Volvo like a hot knife through butter, damn.
nah that's just the camera work and due to them being hit on the side. The bmw had much more damage
I was in a head on collision at 55 MPH and I survived with a broken leg and numerous other injuries. Scary as fuck.
+Shawn Bateman 90km/h (56 mph) is generally considered the limit for any car. What were you driving? It must have been good car, and you were incredibly lucky. Which vehicles were involved? Can you describe more?
SalveMonesvol I was driving a 1991 Chevy Cavalier. The other guy was driving a 1991 Sunbird Convertible. There were no airbags on my car, I just was lucky, that is all I can say.
SalveMonesvol Well the garage where my car was taken to, everyone at the garage was stunned when my mom went to see the car and she informed them I had survived. They thought for sure I was dead. Paramedics said they saw lesser accidents where the person or persons died. I still have anxiety driving sometimes because of this.
what kind of car were you driving
Noah Yaworowski 91 Chevy Cavalier
I was 27 weeks pregnant and survived a 55mph head on collision my car smashed and flipped. Not only did I survive my injuries were only a dislocated hip, concussion, sprained neck and busted face. Baby was fine and other driver was uninjured. Now tell me how in the hell did we all walk away from that.
God was with you that night I am glad you are alive stay safe on the road now since you have a baby stay alert at all times
what type of car did you have? i’m looking at safe cars currently
God loves you that’s how!
Glory to God
Modern cars have been redesigned so that the front end crushes but the cabin doesn't. The force that goes into crushing the front is force that doesn't transfer into the passengers. It also takes time to crush the front end, and the longer it takes to slow down, the less force you experience.The passenger cabin has been redesigned to withstand crushing, forming a protective cage around the passengers. Seat belts and airbags keep the passengers in place and slow them down gradually instead of nearly instantly.
I was in a 60 mph head on wreck and somehow survived along with my mom and the driver in the other car. Absolutely crazy stuff. Broke 14 bones. Was in the hospital for a month. Sadly lost the passager in my car and the passenger in the other car passed. My car was a 2016 model so that’s pretty crazy
That’s shocking im sorry for what happened, what modelof car was it? I highly recommend Volvo, a friend walked out of a 120 km/h wreck
Well, when you have two cars from the George Washington era, you can expect no survivors.
Anmol S you have better chances than in inside of one of these newer death traps
Head on, going 60mph? No car can protect you from that unless it steers away.
@@SalveMonesvol XC90
@@user-el5mg4it9t Only if you crash against a smaller car and the XC90 ends up on top. Or if the force is somehow deflected. But if it crashes with another vehicle just as big, perfectly head on.... you will suffer over 100G of acceleration, and your internal organs will not like that.
It is not physically possible to decelerate from 60 miles per hour to zero in one millisecond and not have your internal organs and bones crushed, I don't care what the fuck you are driving. It is simply not possible.
Now lets see a 2018 Volvo XC90 vs 2018 Audi Q7 at 60 mph.
Yer. And Volvo was always most secure car lol but here smash like a can O-o
Volvos are tanks
Ok I've seen a volo Xc60 smash into a dodge charger at 65 mph of course the Volvo won but your idea is something i wanna see
U paying
Almost got in a crash like that just 5 hours ago, that would have killed at least 3 people
Still can't believe it almost happened, and that it was because of me and my impatience
One should never think that they are not the kind to drive like an idiot and provoke accidents. That was still true for me this morning. The stupidity is always right around the corner, waiting to get a hold of your soul and use it for evil. We all surprise ourselves playing with death someday. For the ones who survive it, the real honor can only be claimed when they learn from that mistake.
VolcanoSama this is true
With all the road rage out there people have to be more careful now more than ever!
I showed this to my classmates a couple of years ago, i hope they took notice
best thing to do is drive safely and avoid the accident at all costs
When I was a wee thing, my father narrowly missed a head-on drunk driver, while with his family of 5 in the car. We were in a 60's-era blue Buick with fins, and he waited 'til the last second to kill his lights and drive off the road into the gravel. I still hear the sound of it, as it hit the car behind us head-on.
I remember him asking my mother, over and over, all the way home, "There was nothing else I could do, was there?"
I was in a head on crash a couple years ago in my 2014 camry. a drunk driver in a 90s f150 on wrong side of road going 70 hit me i had time to brake and was going 50 when we hit. He died on impact i broke tibia, dislocated hip and broken wrists, ribs concussion. i still have back pain.. i believe my camry saved my life that day. if i was in any older version id be gone. It still haunts me and i drive in the far right lane and go 65 always looking far in the distance.
This is scary to think about because just last week I was almost in a head on collision at 55 mph
Cleary the BMW was speeding!
yea 75mph, u can see the speedo
As always, but so was the Volvo driver, and that's a first.
Classic BMW driver
ah Volvo drivers so have many accidents, but geez they see a lot!!!! meaning they cause a lot!
You mean they see a lot of accidents in there life?
Ah I see my post had an error in it, should have been Volvo drivers dont have many accidents. ...
Because its an old joke that Volvo drivers cause them but are oblivious to the fact they caused them.
These are the tests EURO NCAP should do, even better would be this same speed, off centre, on a corner as that actually happens on country roads when a shitty vauxhall understeers wide into oncoming traffic.
The silly deformable barrier 30-40mph tests cars are designed for are bullshit, you have to be a terrible driver or very unlucky to have crashes like that.
I expect a Tesla Model S / X could survive one of these tests.
They had to use the BMW's,
the Jags didn't start.
My best friend died in a collision similar to this but it was at 75mph. They said the force was equivalent to hitting a brick wall at 115mph. She was 16 years old
The BMW looked to be doing 75-80mph really...
But then I supposed thats realistic too! Truly shocking footages! I'd be interested how much stronger the newer BMW and Volvo cars fare up, although even in the newest car you have no chance at 140mph closing speed. Your head would probably be torn off your spine! :-o
thats pretty good quality for a 2007 video
Almost had a similar accident to this today... I was going 60 and someone crossed a double yellow, also going 60. However, I was driving a Land Rover lr3 and he was in an Altima. I don't know if that would have made a difference though.
I wonder if the ppl that die. instantly in a head on collision feel any pain? or they just see. bright light and gone....
1:52 BOOM! A kid I knew and his mother died in wreck like this. Only they were going about 65 mph and they were in a Chevy Impala and they collided with a big Ford truck. Sad situation he was 20 years old at the time.
"No survivors?" If you were sitting in the back of either car (with your seatbelt on of course) you would have stood a chance!
Daniel D'Angelo The cars flipped over so quickly, the accident was also so sudden (they always are), no one would have survived this crash.
dan sheppard I witnessed a crash similar but at 80 mph it isn't a pretty sight I my self have been in a car crash where the driver overcorrected and we hit a light pole on the passenger side neither of us had seatbelts on and we were very fortunate to walk away without serious injuries or death. I was sore for about a week and a half tho made my insides feel sore too.
My uncle about a year ago survived a truck going 50mph, but he wasn’t in a car, he was walking. The only thing that saved him was his weight.
Beautifully horrific destruction, especially that slo-mo.
I almost got in a T bone and I’m so grateful the cop was there and God was watching over me
BMW is E34. It was sold from 88-96. The other is Volvo 940. Made from 90-98. So these cars are very old.
well atleast we have this creepy music to listen tooo
@upbeatmantis86 Actually 2 cars both at 60 mph headon is the exact same as a single car going 60 into a brick wall. Mythbusters did it.
I don’t know how me and my roommate are still alive…. My best friend was driving and didn’t make it. Instantly killed by an 18 year old kid… find myself wanting to call him still sometimes and then I break down and cry uncontrollably for a while. Chad Michael Tidwell died December 27th 2021, a total fucking legend. May his soul join mine when my time comes.
A reminder that humanity can pretend it is something it isn't all it wants, but the laws of physics and nature will always prevail.
That BMW was going nearly 80MPH. You can tell by the speed gauge. It was also accelerating aggressively which is a key point. It was not driving a consistent speed- it was accelerating and the punch through was at about 90mph worth of energy. It's a big difference if you compare it to someone doing 60mph and hard braking down to around 50mph at actual impact. Anything over 10mph can be trouble but just saying- need to be more accurate in your title.
I was just hit head on at 60mph by a drunk driver in a 2011 chrysler 300c and we were in a 2003 ford focus. My Driver lived but flown cricital condition, passenger died, and me and my freinds sister in the back substained injuries but im still alive.
August of 2021, our 2021 Rav4 Hybrid collided with a 1996 3/4 ton pickup at at least 60 miles per hour. We spun. Our airbags were all deployed. We were badly banged up and flopped around like rag dolls. He had no air bags. He was bloodied up and banged up. The pictures of our Rav4 horrify me. Miraculous physics and probably a lot of luck that we all survived. No we are not going after the family for money. Nations brag about how advanced they are. Still putting out vehicles with safety issues. People still drive drunk, fall asleep, talk on the cell phones, stare at each other, experience road rage and all that stuff that makes life suck for millions that die every year in accidents. Slow the bleep down! Be 100+% ALERT and ready when you get behind that wheel! No distractions! Watch your speed and the other vehicles and people around you. Take care folks.
This is really chilling .. we all drive fast at times and just imagine much lighter and newer vehicles are likely crush even worse than these older models, particularly the Asian ones. All the same this is probably the best crash test I've come across on the web
1:20 BOOM! Damn! Wow!
This is actually scary Because where i am the speed limit on a normal road is 60 and on highway it’s 100
i bet you that if that this was a standoff the volvo would still be able to drive home safely with enough petrol
I was half expecting Jaws to randomly appear from that music..
Today, we were going from ross-on-wye to weedon bec in a 2014 renault captur (with a 5star euroncap rating) and the speed limit was 60mph and the road was quite narrow and no sign of anything a bit busy, just going round the corner at 60mph and CRASH INTO A PARKED CARAVAN WITH LOADS OF PEOPLE AROUND AND IN IT! WHY DO THAT AND IF SO MOVE UR VEHICLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BEND AND PUT A SIGN!!! Luckily, nobody was killed, nobody was seriously injured in the renault and a couple of people were injured in the land rover but came out of hospital within 1 week.
I was in a crash at about 30 mph to a car that was going around 40-50 mph. The car itself was totally fucked. In fact, both of them.
I survived a head on 45mph collision in my Ram against an International commercial box truck!!! I broke both my legs and fractured my skull!!! It's been over 8 months since the accident and I'm still not right... I should have died with my truck but somehow I lived!! Man I miss that Ram truck!!
My neighbor head on at 70 legs were sticking straight up through the sunroof my brother identified the body! Let that sink tf in
So much for volvo's and BMW's being safe
occupants of both cars would be instantly killed
"What was here that isn't there anymore?"
"Well, you see, there used to be a car where this chunk of pavement is now visible."
This is why I drive a lifted heavy duty truck with road armor bumpers.
"If My Calculations Are Correct, When This Baby Hits 88 Miles Per Hour, You're Gonna See Some Serious S***.”
logic makes sense...my condolences to you and your family. your memories of your daughter will keep you strong.
I'd like to see the same test with modern cars to compare the results.
3:57 Scariest part of the whole damn video for anyone who's been in this type of wreck.
Nice BeamNG Dive Video
PSA, stay out of the express lane at 3:00 in the morning, or else, you'll be like the beamer in this crash test if a wrong way driver in a Volvo hits you
my older brother got hit by a car going 60 when he was 12 then got hit again by the mom of the kid who my other brother beat up 10 years ago in elementary school because the kid my brother beat up used to try to bully him 10 years prior to my older brothers second accident which happened when he was 17 and that kids mom who hit him was on heroine at the time and then when he was 18 he got brain cancer and he still survived and hes walking normal talking normal till this day at 26 with a kid and a wife now and from the very first accident he had when he was 12 the doctors told him he had a 1% chance to live and if he even did live hed be a vegitable however he did get brain damage from the first accident and the brain cancer but you wouldnt even notice it because its just headaches
I fell asleep at the wheel and hit a truck stopped at a stoplight at around this speed. Fortunately, the truck was lifted so my car went under the bed and pushed it up. Extra crumple zone 🙏🙏🙏
Give me a can of WD-40, some channel locks, and 25 minutes... good as new
Sounds just like a 12 gauge blast... this is why I hate driving on two lane backroad highways especially at night... damn
Impact sounds like a dual blast from an 8-gauge shotgun...
Would this FIfth Gear consider facing off the new BMW F10 against the latest Volvo S80 under similar conditions?
I WANT A RC CAR LIKE THESE :D
I'm a new driver, watching car crash videos online in an attempt to humble myself. I want to be less cocky in traffic, and so far my method works wonders.
Be careful out there my friends.
I Hope it works for you Mister jack Lambert,,..............
I killed a young man in 1996 who, decided to come into my lane,
At the last minute.
I, was in an R model Mack, he a Volvo station wagon.
It threw his car, 65 feet backwards from the point of impact.
The drivers side head of the engine, laid on the road.
All his hopes, dreams and aspirations............
Died that day in a seconds worth of time.
43 years for me now, Driving a truck.........
But that day is still fresh as the day it happened
All the hope in the world to you !!!!!!!!
@@wilburshuman I'm so sorry that happened to you! Accidents are terrible! Strength to you my friend!
Great! Never drive an old car and never drive more than 55mph on a two way road!
Its an odd outcome, the BMW looked liked it shredded through the Volvo at impact but when it flipped to a stop it looked like everything in front of the A pillar had vaporized. How could this happen that way? Did all those parts break away and eject themselves?
What’s the mass of those cars?
🥶 OTOH: look at what happens at 800mph...
Today I was driving my dads Nissan Altima with my friend around a curve in his 25mph neighborhood going 60+ MPH... I lost control on the turn and overcorrected, resulting in a fishtail and the rear of the car wrapped around a light pole. I got charged with reckless driving and criminal speeding. my day sucked
Why did they not rotate?
I wonder about the engine. It's proberly one massive chunk of metal and all, does'nt that actually make the collision worse ? A certain car is designed to absorb energy, if you look at the Tesla for example, that is scoring near perfect on all fronts, because it does'nt have an front engine thus having more space for actual crumple zone.
Moral of the story: drive Tesla Cybertruck. Excessive g-force may break your bones, but at least it won't fold like it's made out of foil.
I'd rather be alive and be the owner of a wrecked car than be dead and own a "unfolded" Cybertruck.
the bmw was tipping 80mph on impact
1:04 a ghost
wow, i saw something like that long time ago when I was in a bus to school or something, really bad accident, but the victims both survived so..
I have a question..
Is my English bad? cuz i'm from Holland
I edited German scientists attempts at English for many years. It was wonderful work helping the scientists publish papers. The scientists who thought their English was quite adequate or good - usually had the more inferior language skills.
It is a good sign that you are asking if it is bad ; ) . OK, looking at your writing I can help by saying the full expressions would be , "A long time ago. GOING to school or TRAVELING or ON ITS WAY TO school. A really bad accident. LUCKILY or SOMEHOW or AMAZINGLY the victims both survived.
Not a stationary car but a solid non-moving wall or giant steel block!
@upbeatmantis86 unless they were drunk. ever notice the drunk is always ok?
Impact sounds like a dual blast from an 8-gauge shotgun... :=/
Would Fifth Gear do a similar faceoff test between the latest F10 BMW & Volvo S80?
It sounds like an explosion!
My 1979 Lincoln Mark V has a 6 foot hood.
remember two cars traveling @ 60mph = 120mph..
I lost a friend 4 days ago head on crash wrong way due to alcohol. She was drunk. I drove drunk at 70mph against traffic on highway before I realized. Good I found exit 2 miles away. I remember trucks coming at me. I was so close to death. That was 3 years ago. I was drinking that night. I still remember the horror. I stopped drinking what so ever. But she didn't and now she's dead
can a modern IIHS top safety pick car/suv survive this??
Message the iihs on facebook and they will tell you most of the time 2 vehicle's with simular weights going around 60 mph in a frontal impact, it's not likely due to the kinetic energy, and yes that implies modern 2017-2018 top safety pick + awards, however you may survive in new large heavy pickup trucks or full size suv's with good crash worthiness going against smaller lighter vehicle's at simular speeds.
it looked like bmw went through that volvo for the fist time )
nice wid
dude, do you live the cave,,, its in UK, driver position on right.
This is why we need public transportation.
Wonder if I could pick one of those up at Toys-R-Us..
There were...
NO SURVIVORS!
Yet people still drive as if they're not in a death machine.
thanx alot
seeing results like this kind of makes you glad not be using these vehicles at all in some ways.
Was passenger in a car when we barely T-boned a guy (almost head on) at 45mph. Surprisingly my brother and i left the ER just a few hours later. The person who was at fault (I don't think they were being dumb when they pulled out in front of us, they presumably had a stroke) was in the hospital fot a few days but everyone was alive. That was terrifying to be in and this was terrifying to watch.
Why am I watching this? Well... Really it's to relax and realize accidents are bound to happen to people, though now it's just a simple and brutally honest reminder.
Reply to which one would you want to be in? This might be interesting.
There could have been one survivor on either car: back seat, and side opposite to the crash.
This kind of accident is quite rare. Or at least for me to ever hear about this nature of head on collisions
They happen a lot more than you think on two lane roads
They've put notorious criminals inside...
And RC system was set up by Dr.Emmet Brown
God is good alot of people prayed for me I'm so thankful to be here
good video.Is a impresionant impact!!!
Full sized RC car any man would love to have this job