So I arrived into work this morning.... "Did you see the crash in the car park?" nope, no I did not! "How the chuff that guy managed to do what he did, wiping out two cars, flying over the bank I will never know"

...Hold on? he jumped the bank and managed to stuff two cars? I have to see this.

So I walked from my office to the car park, and at first, I didnt see much more than a few bodies standing around.... and It would have been rude to take blatant photo's of the situation, so I didnt do that, but I assessed the situation....

So this is our shared office car park:

Entry road on the right, and the barrier there.

Now somehow, this guy has managed to try and park in the bay (marked by the red arrow), he has then jumped somehow up a 4 or 6 inch kerb, and followed the white line trajectory.

He then, managed to take out the tree (marked as a white T!) and then progressed to follow his trajectory, where he managed to smash into two parked cars! He cut the bumper clean on the yellow car (marked by the yellow scribbles) and the dark blue car, he just pushed the back end in. Thankfully no one was injured, but seriously, how you can accomplish this in our car park, I wont know. Especially given the bay he was heading into, had a car either side of it (undamaged) so he cant have lost control coming round the corner too quick!

My guess, is he has either jammed the accelerator under the carpet, and lost control of the car, swung to avoid the tree, and instead parked in two cars, or, he thought his car looked like a 4x4, so he wanted to sneak across the grass and park in that space, rather than the conventional method!

Either way, I am glad I wasnt on the receiving end of it! the situation itself is amusing. his car is looking much worse for wear. It was a Citroen Cactus (I wonder if this will result in a safety recall...)

His front end was smashed, his headlight and fog lights where nowhere to be seen! the yellow car lost the quarter bumper and the blue car seemed to suffer the least damage, it honestly looks like if you put your hand behind it, you could push the damage out and you would never know anything had happened.

Can someone please tell me how he managed thios, given the space he crossed was about 15 feet, and I havent a clue how he could gather that much momentum on wet grass!

Lol, that would have made a good Youtube video if there were any dashcams recording it.

Wouldn't it just.

Was the car an auto by any chance?

Some parking accidents happen with autos when people hit the accelerator instead of the brake which obviously floors the pedal.

May well have been.

Was the car an auto by any chance?

Some parking accidents happen with autos when people hit the accelerator instead of the brake which obviously floors the pedal.

If you are liable to mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake then you need to either switch to a manual or stop driving!!

The most concerning part of this story is the fact that he was driving a Citroen Cactus

Very bizarre accident indeed. Did the police attend?

The most concerning part of this story is the fact that he was driving a Citroen Cactus

Very bizarre accident indeed. Did the police attend?

True, very true.

It makes me wonder what car manufacturers are thinking when they name cars like that...

I mean, can you imagine somebody asking what kind of car you have? "Oh, I've got a Cactus". Yeah, me too - I've got a few on the windowsill.

Maybe the driver is like the outside of a real cactus- full of pri...... oops! let's not go there eh?

Haha, well it was a weird one. No police required, though I do wonder of his sobriety at the time...

As for Clive.... Lol

Thread hi-jack, but it is kinda related ;-)

http://automotivejustice.com/elderly-man-hits-throttle-instead-of-brake-flies-car-into-side-of-building-survives/

^ Wow, not only is it amazing he survived that, but that the cars he flew over weren't damaged at all lol.

I got sent that video a week ago. Mainly cos me and my mate at first thought it was an insignia and he knows I hate vauxhalls with a passion. Sadly though it was a subaru

And the bigger irony is the fact it's a bodyshop lol

I just want to see it in slow-mo with The Dukes Of Hazzard theme playing! :-)

I just want to see it in slow-mo with The Dukes Of Hazzard theme playing! :-)

Haha, someone else said the same in the comments section of that link :)

The most concerning part of this story is the fact that he was driving a Citroen Cactus

Well, Cactus is a better name than "Golf" or "Passat"!

Didn't manage to get a pic jeebs?

Well, Cactus is a better name than "Golf" or "Passat"!

Didn't manage to get a pic jeebs?

Says the French car fanboy :P

Yeah well not everyone wants to be boring and drive a silver Golf. :P

Well, Cactus is a better name than "Golf" or "Passat"!

Didn't manage to get a pic jeebs?

Nah I sympathised and at the time I thought it would be rude having already walked from my office to see the disaster - to gawp and take photos. The young lass looked distraught and the guy looked like he was going to throttle someone. I didn't plan on testing how they would react.