Tell us about your car crash experiences!

I’ve only been in one crash. I was about 8 years old, sitting in the back of my dad’s Taurus. We got hit in an intersection. I can still remember the terrible smell of the airbags. Nobody was hurt. The guy who hit us was running late to a job interview. I got a lollipop from the kind policeman. 😊

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Been in three.
Never while I was behind the wheel.
1. T-boned at junction by some idiot not paying attention.
2. Motorcycle weaving in and out of traffic caught my neighbours car door mirror and he then fell off.
3. And the big one. Out with my Cousin in a car he'd spent all summer rebuilding.
On the day it passed all its roadworthy tests we went on a drive.
It was nice. Comfortable. All good.
And then a drunk driver going the opposite direction in the wrong lane at speed hit us head on and we ended up upside down in a ditch.
Nearly two hours until the fire guys arrived to cut us out.
Broke my shoulder and left arm; fractured my left leg; cuts and bruises.... scared me to death !
Really horrible when it happens in an isolated area and all you can do is try and control your breathing while all your senses are focused on the smell of petrol and fried electrics.
If I hadn't been wearing a seatbelt....