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[luke.]

As mentioned in the other thread for who is going to donington. There was a lotus which crashed into the wall coming onto the straight just before the pits. I have been told he broke his leg and arm, and apparently a few ribs. Whoever the driver was i wish him a speedy recovery. Just goes to show that although these little cars disintergrate they are a fairly safe unit inside the 'cockpit'

[theolodian]

That's a solid impact. However, from the angle of impact I am a bit surprised that he broke an arm, and very surprised that he broke a leg.

[luke.]

PH Forum link on the crash

Airlifted to hospital aswell so must have done some damage

Edited by luke., 30 August 2010 - 01:05 PM.

[smiley]

The red vx chasing him from here? http://www.vimeo.com/14509242

[luke.]

yes it does seem to be that one. i remember that lotus because not only the decals down the side but it was the only loud lotus down the straight

[VIX]

Ouch, sad to see. Hope the driver recovers ok. A salient reminder that it can go horribly wrong on a track day - even when you're wearing a long sleeved shirt!

[peterg]

plus it does look like he was only using the inertia reel seatbelts rather than a full harness, a harness would have possibly prevented some of the rib injury although the impact must have been severe to break a leg as well an an arm

[mandarinvx]

Leg injuries 'tend' to happen due to submarining - if that were the case here the plate below the dash is designed to trap the occupant by the knees, which in severe cases will result in a broken leg, again this may have been prevented by a harness if using one of the schroth ones or a five point. A mate of a guy I work with worked on the design of the closure plate ergonomics, one of the reasons I decided to get harnesses after having that discussion. Rare thing to happen tho - only heard of it once in a Vx, and that was a head on collision Wishing the driver a speedy recovery

[mandarinvx]

Turns out it was his pelvis, not his leg: 7 broken ribs (in 2 places each, front and back) A broken collar bone Broke his pelvis in 3 places (relatively minor fractures of some of the smaller bones from what I can understand) A partially collapsed lung (not serious enough for a chest drain, but serious enough for them to be concerned about infection) Ouch

[VIX]

I was concerned about submarining so went for the 6-point harnesses. I was also concerned that if I didn't do the harnesses up correctly - lap straps across the pelvis etc - in the event of an accident I'd do myself more damage than using a normal seat belt.

[iceman]

Gosh..poor guy. Get well soon mate [/grouphug]

[theolodian]

That sounds really painful, but totally recoverable so all should be well soon enough. It will feel like forever though. I expect even a 4-point harness would have helped a lot. Still, I'd rather end up like that than rollover and break my neck.