MOL's crash pictures

At 12:10pm on Saturday the 11th of May, I was involved in an accident whilst driving MOL. A woman driving an Astra estate was travelling in the other direction, towards me, and turned right, into a car-park. Unfortunately, she drove across my path a couple of metres in front of me, leaving me with no escape from driving straight into her. The astra estate that I hit got away with not much more than a dented door. MOL however, came out a bit worse off. MOL's engine and subframe seem to be OK, but both wings, near-side inner wing, the bonnet, front panel, grille, bumper, headlights and near-side A-panel will need replacing, and the passenger door will need re-skinning and the whole lot re-spraying. I took some photos when I'd got MOL off the road at the crash scene...

Please click one of the links below to see a larger image...

		MOL looking very poorly indeed - Click for a larger image MOL parked just off the road from where I crashed.		MOL just after the crash - Click for a larger image MOL's fresly facelifted front end.
		The front panel catching the alternator - Click for a larger image After we'd hit, there was a really nasty noise, which turned out to be the slam panel bent into the alternator.		The wing folded around the tyre - Click for a larger image I couldn't steer properly because the offside wing was bent around the tyre.
		MOL with no grille/bonnet - Click for a larger image I removed the bonnet and grille, so that I could bend the slam panel back away from the alternator		The A-Panel - Click for a larger image The A-panel moved back and knackered the near-side door
		The wing coming away from the scuttle - Click for a larger image The crash tore the wing away from the windscreen scuttle.		MOL looking sad - Click for a larger image MOL looking very sorry for herself.
		Mangled MOL - Click for a larger image MOL with with some of the panels bent back into a slightly better shape		The crash scene - Click for a larger image I hit the Astra just about where the blue Mondeo is
		MOL's wheel arch - Click for a larger image I removed the wheel arch so we could bend the panels back away from the wheel		The front panel join - Click for a larger image A close-up of where the front panel came away from the wing
		The ex-headlight - Click for a larger image A close-up of what's left of the near-side headlamp		Road Arrows - Click for a larger image Arrows on the road before the crash spot, clearly indicating two lanes of traffic.

All Photos copyright Neil Brown 2002.