accident

Saw a heavily modified defender plow into the back of a mercedes which was then shunted into a skoda octavia in Alnwick, Northumberland this morning.

It was an enthusiasts vehicle... lifted, covered in stickers and had a hefty looking winch on the front.

I will go take a picture of it if it is still there.

Needless to say the land rover came out on top. The mercedes was crushed to buggery and the skoda suffered pretty badly as well.

Land rover suffered a bent grill and bumper... couldn't really see anymore damage than that.

any one hurt?

nope... just some hurt egos it seemed...

Everyone was at the side of the road writing down details.

I'm guessing mr defender was at fault, it is a 30mph road, there is a hospital turning at that point.

It looked like someone turned to go into the hospital... defender did not see the traffic stopped and ploughed into the back of them.

If your going to have an accident... it was probably the best place for it... lol

here are some pics of the landy... the other cars had already been towed.

mud tyres on tarmac, not a good mix if you need to stop in a hurry

Hehehehehehe ****part


Thats why it didn't stop

sounds like he werent watching the road rather than the tires being at fault.Still looks to be quite minor, my landy looks worse than that and i aint crashed it!

goonarmy said:

sounds like he werent watching the road rather than the tires being at fault.Still looks to be quite minor, my landy looks worse than that and i aint crashed it!

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Minor? Tell that to the poor lad in the Mercedes lol

Built german tough?

Same tyres as me it looks like...
that's why I always keep my distance and drive slowly, don't trust the tyres in case I have to brake hard.

Well the depender looks ok.I had a l200 drive into my defender with an A bar and the grille was more damaged than that.Closing speed bout 15mph max.

although them HD bumpers are good.Lifted my defender with a dozer on mine, no winch though it would have been trashed.

I wonder if he will take an offer?

I reckon that might have bent the chassis slightly.