Swift Accident

artofzen · 11th August 2005, 10:59

Saw this in a regional newspaper.Landed from a road 30 feet high.No serious injuries.

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 11:13

looks like the swift couldnt pull off the wheelie ..struck the tree coz the driver couldn see what was ahead ...

funny wreck..

bhp · 11th August 2005, 12:37

how the hell did the car manage to get in that postion man ??? lucky everyone was unhurt may be bcoz the toughness and the airbags ....

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 13:04

we dont know if it was the Zxi for sure ..hence it may not have air bags ...
either ways i hope they was nobody in the Rear Seats ..because the whiplash would have been severe ...

merve_extreme · 11th August 2005, 13:20

it aint a ZXi.see the wheel caps.

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 13:31

yeah ..i had a feeling but you cant be sure because the alloys have a similar design as the wheel caps ..dont they ?

ntomer · 11th August 2005, 15:06

the rear-view mirrors are of body-colour, so i guess IT IS a ZXi.

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sridhar24 · 11th August 2005, 15:17

Hey artofzen could you give us some more details about that.
How did it get into a position like that, looks funny though.

artofzen · 11th August 2005, 15:39

that is not Zxi.Bcz no alloys.And no idea how it managed to be in that position.

sandeepmdas · 11th August 2005, 15:51

@sridhar n artofzen,

It was coming from Tellichery to Trichur and the accident took place in the NH between Palghat and Trichur. It is an inclined section of the road, and the driver lost control while avoiding a pothole. It ended 30 feet below, but in four wheels.
That much of info is available from the local dailies.

Now the simple doubt is - a flying car will always nosedive, right? Or the swift has an ulta-pulta design?

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 16:00

the door handles are not body coloured hence its not a Zxi ..NO AIRBAGS !!

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It ended 30 feet below, but in four wheels.

on two wheels, the 2 wheels in front are still in the air ..

so, the car ran off an overpass and fell 30 feet neeche ..it certainly should have nose dived ..or maybe it was on a nose dive till it struck the tree trunk. Maybe thats what saved the driver from certain death ..because Swift aint well built enough to withstand a 30 feet head first plunge into the concrete .

amitoj · 11th August 2005, 17:07

i showed the pic to a few of my colleagues and told them the swift driver wanted to pluck a few coconuts in his swift...

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 17:24

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anyway s how did the car handle it does anynbody have ideas about it

how did it handle it ?
well it fell from 30feet and then tried to climb a coconut tree !

aseem · 11th August 2005, 17:25

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Originally Posted by turbo_lover

the door handles are not body coloured hence its not a Zxi ..NO AIRBAGS !!

on two wheels, the 2 wheels in front are still in the air ..

so, the car ran off an overpass and fell 30 feet neeche ..it certainly should have nose dived ..or maybe it was on a nose dive till it struck the tree trunk. Maybe thats what saved the driver from certain death ..because Swift aint well built enough to withstand a 30 feet head first plunge into the concrete .

Off the rest of the Maruti stable, Swift is the best built and the safest in the Euro safety rating. The interior being built to price has nothing to do with how strong the body is. The car is heavier than Baleno and can put many of the cars in other segments to shame with the security features it offers at the price.

turbo_lover · 11th August 2005, 17:36

how can you be confident that the driver would have survived a 30feet nose first crash ? that too without airbags..
the tree braked the fall or else it would have had been a disaster.

11th August 2005, 10:59	#1
artofzen BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: VOCI-LHR Posts: 735 Thanked: 68 Times View My Garage	Swift Accident Saw this in a regional newspaper.Landed from a road 30 feet high.No serious injuries.
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11th August 2005, 11:13	#2
turbo_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,377 Thanked: 9 Times	looks like the swift couldnt pull off the wheelie ..struck the tree coz the driver couldn see what was ahead ... funny wreck..
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11th August 2005, 12:37	#3
bhp BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: lokhandwala mumbai Posts: 840 Thanked: 168 Times View My Garage	how the hell did the car manage to get in that postion man ??? lucky everyone was unhurt may be bcoz the toughness and the airbags ....
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11th August 2005, 13:04	#4
turbo_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,377 Thanked: 9 Times	we dont know if it was the Zxi for sure ..hence it may not have air bags ... either ways i hope they was nobody in the Rear Seats ..because the whiplash would have been severe ...
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11th August 2005, 13:20	#5
merve_extreme Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,359 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	it aint a ZXi.see the wheel caps.
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11th August 2005, 13:31	#6
turbo_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,377 Thanked: 9 Times	yeah ..i had a feeling but you cant be sure because the alloys have a similar design as the wheel caps ..dont they ?
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11th August 2005, 15:06	#7
ntomer BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 643 Thanked: 134 Times	the rear-view mirrors are of body-colour, so i guess IT IS a ZXi. \N
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11th August 2005, 15:17	#8
sridhar24 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,046 Thanked: 88 Times	Hey artofzen could you give us some more details about that. How did it get into a position like that, looks funny though.
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11th August 2005, 15:39	#9
artofzen BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: VOCI-LHR Posts: 735 Thanked: 68 Times View My Garage	that is not Zxi.Bcz no alloys.And no idea how it managed to be in that position.
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11th August 2005, 15:51	#10
sandeepmdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Varkala Posts: 1,538 Thanked: 2,491 Times	@sridhar n artofzen, It was coming from Tellichery to Trichur and the accident took place in the NH between Palghat and Trichur. It is an inclined section of the road, and the driver lost control while avoiding a pothole. It ended 30 feet below, but in four wheels. That much of info is available from the local dailies. Now the simple doubt is - a flying car will always nosedive, right? Or the swift has an ulta-pulta design?
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11th August 2005, 17:07	#12
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,103 Times View My Garage	i showed the pic to a few of my colleagues and told them the swift driver wanted to pluck a few coconuts in his swift...
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11th August 2005, 17:36	#15
turbo_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,377 Thanked: 9 Times	how can you be confident that the driver would have survived a 30feet nose first crash ? that too without airbags.. the tree braked the fall or else it would have had been a disaster.
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