[tharian]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

whoa!! that's a nasty crash! was the woman alright? did she need medical assistance?

looks like she went from left lane to right lane and into the divider pretty fast! probably loss of concentration.

She was fine although she had to be pulled out from the car probably because of the shock. Also wearing the seat belt would have saved her from injuries.
The cabbies here, on a postive note, help a lot in these cases. There was a bunch of cabs behind me, all of them whom came running and pulled her out and lifted and slid the car to the side so traffic could move.

She was already on the fast lane. My guess is she scrapped the divider and in the sudden panic would have yanked the steering even more to the right or the right wheel would have caught onto the divider and lifted the car since all the pots on the divider in that portion were smashed .

[IronH4WK]

Just crossed BETL; the car has been removed and traffic is flowing normally.

[Jignesh]

BEST bus knocks down Malad (Mumbai) youth, runs over his face

Another day, another accident involving Best Bus in Mumbai. The deceased, Leon Pascal Rodriquez, 21 Year old, was employed at a mall and was on his way home. According to police, around 11.20pm, BEST bus no. 272 rammed into his bike from behind at Mith Chowki junction. Leon was thrown off the bike and the rear tyre of the bus crushed his face.

Full Article here: BEST bus knocks down Malad youth, runs over his face - The Times of India

Seems Best Buses in Mumbai are becoming once dreaded Blue line Buses of Delhi...

Thanks,

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by tharian

Was witness to this live accident around 3p today on BETL. I was around 100 mts behind when I saw the car hit the divider and do a spin which was almost a 360 and ended up blocking both the lanes.

It was a lady driver who was quite shaken up after the crash, Luckily there was just one vehicle behind her who braked in time. Looks like she dozed off or was not concentrating and hit the median in quite an angle that the front was totally damaged.

saw the same car this morning parked near Total Mall.



when i saw your pictures first i thought it might be a i20 or Estillo, but its a Tata Indigo. hope the woman is fine and recovering.

[ameaa]

Originally Posted by Zed

And yet there exists an unreasonable expectation among the motoring public that 'brand A' is safer than 'brand B' in an accident such as the one being discussed.

Personally i dont agree to your point. I know that this is not the forum to discuss which brand is safer and as you rightly said that human bodies may not withstand the deceleration or other forces in an impact, there is a difference in the way the cars are constructed which may not nullify fatalities in an accident but will surely reduce the numbers. I think below video link shows the difference. Lets not debate at the brands as such.

Chinese car crash test failure - YouTube

Skoda Octavia Crash Test - YouTube

[Zed]

Originally Posted by ameaa

Personally i dont agree to your point. I know that this is not the forum to discuss which brand is safer and as you rightly said that human bodies may not withstand the deceleration or other forces in an impact, there is a difference in the way the cars are constructed which may not nullify fatalities in an accident but will surely reduce the numbers]

My comments were specific to the accident being discussed. All of us recognize and acknowledge crash test standards - thanks for the videos.

[jasmeetsingh]

All these are day to day happenings on the Highway.
But the Range Rover Evoque with Broken tailamps was a sight.

But the last one's a disaster.

[SDP]

Originally Posted by jasmeetsingh

..
But the last one's a disaster.

The Safari pic made me go
What could do that to a Safari? Did a tree fell on it?

[aparth]

Originally Posted by jasmeetsingh

All these are day to day happenings on the Highway.
But the Range Rover Evoque with Broken tailamps was a sight.

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I don't think the tail lamps are broken. I guess that's just the design. Can't really make out from the pic though.

Wonder what happened to the Safari :o

[jasmeetsingh]

Originally Posted by SDP

The Safari pic made me go
What could do that to a Safari? Did a tree fell on it?

It looks like the Safari was T Boned by a truck or a bus at high speed
because the Chasis is also broken.

Originally Posted by aparth

I don't think the tail lamps are broken. I guess that's just the design. Can't really make out from the pic though.

Wonder what happened to the Safari :o

Although i saw it personally, you can see that the other tail lamp is not clear glass this one looks like so because the glass is missing.

[gigy]

Romancing together with the first rains in Mumbai

[damanshaheed]

Wow, looking at the Safari scares me, considering that I drive one too, what could have happened, probably flipped and hit a tree or a pole....

[raj_5004]

Originally Posted by gigy

Romancing together with the first rains in Mumbai

Is this the Gandhinagar flyover?

[gigy]

Originally Posted by raj_5004

Is this the Gandhinagar flyover?

Same place. also witnessed about 26 bike falls at various speeds and styles due oil and water on it during the drizzle

[SupratikDebnath]

Picked this up from Facebook. Location is near Wipro, Saltlake Sector 5, Kolkata. These vehicles are in abundance working as shuttles. The way these are manoeuvred in traffic!
Oh dear god! :-(