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Heavy crash with Dutch D3 on A28 in Netherlands
Crashed D3 on A28 yesterday in NL.
2 front occupants could exit the vehicle on their own. Rear passengers had to be freed by firemen.
All are save, but 3 of them have been brought to the hospital for checkup.
It crashed at high speed in the road barrier dividing an exit ramp
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22nd Jul 2018 10:25 am
kajtzu
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Glad to hear everyone is alright! And to see how well the vehicle takes an impact.
22nd Jul 2018 11:28 am
Dan_NL
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@def110.
Sorry to hear this mate ! I live near the A28 around Nunspeet. Where did you have the accident ?
I drive to The Hague almost every week along Utrecht and the A12...
Hope you all turn out to be OK.. If you want another D3 in mint condition ; my kids don't want to
come along anymore so I don't really need it anymore. Bought an F-Type for SWMO and me..
Dan
22nd Jul 2018 11:46 am
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Good to hear all OK, from the damage to the barrier that looks quite a bang.
And the D3 did her job well protecting the squishy bits sat in her. RIP to her.
Was it you def110 that was in the accident ? If so i,m happy to see that you are all ok The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
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22nd Jul 2018 12:05 pm
highlands
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That's a big hit.
I am convinced, following my own rather big hit in my previous (x2) D3 that it is a VERY safe car.Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
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22nd Jul 2018 12:58 pm
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its always good to see how our cars perform in real world accidents, looks like it stood up very well 2013 Discovery 4 HSE Lux | 2001 Defender 90 TD5 | 2007 Prodrive RB320
22nd Jul 2018 1:56 pm
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Looks like the crash structure end of the Armco did its bit too. Nice big lump of crumpled Armco there. That and the car working as designed means annoyed but alive occupants. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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22nd Jul 2018 7:44 pm
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Easier access to the short turbo hose now also! Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
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22nd Jul 2018 10:00 pm
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Looking at the second link with the video, I think it's UK registered and appears to be RHD looking at the wipers.Stu
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23rd Jul 2018 9:19 am
ds23man
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Indeed, and you can see the front passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt because of the bump in the windscreen.
23rd Jul 2018 9:37 am
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I’d doubt a driver not wearing a seatbelt would walk out of that without injury, esp if head connected with screen. I was thinking that damage to the screen could be the engine moving back into the firewall/bulkhead, forcing it up a bit and the screen warped when it met the resistance from the front edge of the roof?
23rd Jul 2018 9:43 am
nigel207
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If a passenger had hit the screen and caused that damage, they would be seriously injured (at least), but the upper windscreen damage does look rather like a head strike. Airbag deployment is likely to have damaged the screen too (but lower down). It is possible that something inside the car (unrestrained) hit the screen, so the occupants had an extremely lucky escape.
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