Well, I might be Transit less for the first time in 7 years

[DazC]

And maybe for a good while yet!!

I was traveling along passing some wagons in the second lane on the M1 near junction 17 north bound when traffic started to build up in the second lane in front of me (2 more trucks had pulled into the second lane).

I then moved over into the third lane to pass the traffic in the second lane but as I did, the third lane started to slow too. I was looking over the top of all the cars in front and watched as a Nissan Primera ran into the back of a Luton Sprinter van.

The rear of the Pirmera lifted about a meter off the floor and landed over to the left. I immediately slammed on the brakes managing to stop the van with no collisions.

Just as I came to rest about half a meter behind an Audi A3 in front, I looked in the door mirrors to see an Astra with tyre smoke pouring out from it's fron arches.

The Astra ploughed into the back of my van with such force that I was pushed into the Audi. The Audi was then pushed into an Alfa Romeo in front and that in turn was pushed into a Mercedes E class.

I was expecting to see the rear doors over the rear wheels with the force that I was hit. I got out and noticed that the spare wheel was on the floor some 1.5 meters behind the van with the Astra being another 1.5 meters behind that. I picked up the wheel and threw it in through the side loading door. I reversed the van out of the Audi's bottom and moved the van off to the hard shoulder.

Unfortunately the van may be written off and is borderline on being repaired. I'll be gutted if it goes as I got it with all the bits and pieces I wanted on it and it was barely 2 years old with just 30k on the clock.

I'll post some pictures of the devastation tomorrow evening as they are on my lap top.

[djswampy]

ooo, nasty. Could of been avoided if everyone kept their stopping distances and were alert. But this is the real world.

At least you're safe. I guess no one else was seriously hurt. Where was this?

[sus]

sorry to hear that

[AndyG]

That's just bad luck

Glad you're ok though

Just make sure the insurance pay the right amount for you to be able to replace it

[DazC]

I don't think there was anyone seriously hurt. Everyone was walking around although some suffered more than others!! Bruised shoulders from seat belts and all that.

I am fine apart from my neck aching constantly and hurting badly if I put it in 1 position. Plus it's making some horrible cracking noises!! My back is also playing up and I get a really sharp pain in the centre of my back that causes me to react very quickly as it hurts so much! It constantly aches too!

Come to think of it/try it here, I can't turn my head as far to the left as I can to the right!!!!!

[AndyG]

Mate you need to get yourself to the Hospital QUICK

You will not be able to move tomorrow

You are swelling up and the pain will get worse You'll need pain killers

Or call out the "night doctor"

[DazC]

Mate you need to get yourself to the Hospital QUICK

You will not be able to move tomorrow

You are swelling up and the pain will get worse You'll need pain killers

Or call out the "night doctor"

Don't worry too much mate!! The accident happened on August the 1st!! I've just not had chance to get on here much!!

I've been like this since the accident and all the hospital say is take ibuprofen!!

[AndyG]

Oh I thought it was today

Have you had a doctor's report for the insurance

[MrMPuk]

I've been like this since the accident and all the hospital say is take ibuprofen!!

Get a prescription and get the stronger ibuprofen.

[sus]

go for co codemol thats nice and strong

[FredTransit]

I have just caught up with this. Daz you need to get more pushy about this with the doctors, when one of our Lutons was hit form behind by an artic, the passenger walked away but it turned out he had two crushed vertebrae. Sorry to hear about your van too.

[DazC]

Sorry for the delay in producing the pictures!! Been busy and haven't had access to the pictures!!

First off, the car that caused the whole thing!! This ploughed into the back of a Sprinter.




The Sprinter that the Primera hit.



The Audi that I was pushed into.



The Alfa that the Audi was pushed into.



The front of my van. Impact damage from shunting the Audi.



The rear of the van from being shuted by an Astra.



The Astra that hit the back of my van!!!



And the damage to the rear chassis legs that may push the cost of repair to high. I hope not as I want it back!!




Van drove exactly as it always had all the way home. The only noticable difference to it was a small vibration from thw exhaust touching the floor pan.

[MONSTER 0NE]

That astra is well and truly f**ked

[Luke]

gonna be close if the transits written off or not but even tho its newish my guess is write off

[sc_BK]

Lol aye what a feckin dipstick

TBH the van doesn't look too bad, lets hope it's fixable.


I saw a crashed focus estate on the A82 a few days ago. The guy lost control on a very sharp corner, went down about 5 metres into a large kinda ditch (no water), taking out a snowpole and going over a plastic bollard. The car ended up pointing the way it'd just came, wedged in tight. There was barely a scrath on the thing, rear bumper was hanging off but that was it! The driver was walking about and that (I was talking to him), IMO he was lucky it didn't flip, he'd have been f*cked then