Nasty crash in Bray

Stevie Dakota · 14-01-2010 5:43pm #1

Looked like a BMW Z4 had an off-set head on collision with lovely old Merc E class estate (W124). Both are right offs but both looked like the drivers would have been OK, despite serious deformation of both. A third car also involved was written off. Sad to see the old Merc go but it looked like it saved it's driver against a much more modern car.

BrianD3 · 14-01-2010 5:55pm

How bad are we talking about here, something like this crash between a 206 and an E class? 2 people injured in this one.
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Stevie Dakota · 14-01-2010 5:58pm

Much the same actually. Would love to know how it happened, Southern Cross rd is pretty straight, but try and over take and you will be in the slippery stuff before you know it.

smash · 14-01-2010 6:03pm

Where in Bray was it?

Stevie Dakota · 14-01-2010 6:10pm

Southern Cross rd, about 2.30pm.

Alun · 14-01-2010 6:16pm

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Much the same actually. Would love to know how it happened, Southern Cross rd is pretty straight, but try and over take and you will be in the slippery stuff before you know it.

Not only that but it's 100% either solid white line or cross-hatching all the way, so no overtaking allowed anyway.

kirving · 14-01-2010 6:57pm

it looked like it saved it's driver against a much more modern car.

Probably due to the size and weight of the car, however, I'd still much rather be in a new (5 star car) in a crash, even if it was (a bit) smaller than the other vehilce.

Seweryn · 14-01-2010 8:33pm

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Looked like a BMW Z4 had an off-set head on collision with lovely old Merc E class estate (W124).

Sad story... Do you remember the colour of that S124?

Stevie Dakota · 14-01-2010 8:35pm

Silver

Seweryn · 14-01-2010 8:38pm

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Silver

Are you serious?

I sold my silver Estate less than a month ago (E300 Diesel 1994) to a gentleman from Co. Wicklow...

Update:
I just gave that man a call and he and his S124 are OK

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Tropheus · 14-01-2010 9:08pm

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Looked like a BMW Z4 had an off-set head on collision with lovely old Merc E class estate (W124). Both are right offs but both looked like the drivers would have been OK, despite serious deformation of both. A third car also involved was written off. Sad to see the old Merc go but it looked like it saved it's driver against a much more modern car.

Z4? Looks like a Peugeot.

robbie99 · 14-01-2010 9:16pm

ksimpson wrote: »

Z4? Looks like a Peugeot.

I was about to post similar about the merc being a saloon rather than an estate but that photo is not of today's accident.

" something like this crash between a 206 and an E class?"

unkel · 14-01-2010 9:27pm

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Probably due to the size and weight of the car, however, I'd still much rather be in a new (5 star car) in a crash, even if it was (a bit) smaller than the other vehilce.

You'd probably be surprised that the Merc W124 estate only weighs about 10% more than the BMW Z4!

nmacc · 15-01-2010 4:00am

The driver of the 124 may have been taken ill, but no overtaking or excessive speed was involved. The 124 first struck an Almera, then the BMW and then the high kerb at the bus stop.

The good news is that all involved walked away, although the driver of the 124 suffered a broken bone in the right foot. Which, considering the position of the RH front wheel and strut, is pretty good going.

Max Headroom · 15-01-2010 8:12am

I believe the guy in the z4 broke a nail and messed up his hair a bit.................:p

BrianD3 · 15-01-2010 11:49am

Good news that the only injury was a broken foot. If the impact (with the BMW) had been slightly faster and if it had been driver's side to driver side, it may have been a lot worse for the Mercedes driver. It looks like the BMW has started to "spear" through the Mercedes which is to be expected given the strength of modern cars. There is no doubt that the BMW is a far safer car even though the W124 was excellent in its day. Also, as unkel says a Z4 is not much lighter than a W124.