206cc Smash

StephanieBe · Post by **StephanieBe** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:17 pm

I don't know if any of you have been unfortunate enough to have a smash in your 206cc but I experienced this last night.

I hit a wall head on at 55mph and spun round and hit the side of the car too.

My whole point in telling you all this is that even though I've completely written my car off I've walked away from it without a scratch or a bruise. The police said, that from looking at the car from the outside I should be dead or at least in hospital with several broken bones. So the safety features on these cars are truly amazing! Sitting in the inside you wouldn't know that it had been involved in a very serious smash.

You're all driving a VERY safe car.

WELL DONE PEUGEOT!!

Stephanie

rmh · Post by **rmh** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:22 pm

My CC was t-boned by an uninsured driver in March at about 30mph.

Result was 1 totalled passanger door (bent side impact bars far enough to damage the interior trim) and some superficial damage to the surrounding area. Reapaired in 3 days by Insurance company....

It did take 10 months to get a claim through the Motor Insurance Bureau and get my NCB re-instated but i walked away with mild whiplash injuries probably caused by the low seat belt mounting, but to be fair that was about it...

Rob

bif · Post by **bif** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:51 pm

Glad you were both Ok

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:59 pm

at least peugeot got something right - sounds like u were lucky

Post by **Lyndon** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:02 pm

blimey

so sorry to hear of your crash, the main thing is that your ok

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:29 pm

Good thing about most walls is that they collapse - meaing you don't stop all of a sudden, more of a gentle (ish!!) stop. Much better to hit a wall than a tree!!

clarelee · Post by **clarelee** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:33 am

Sorry to hear about the crash and good to hear that you are ok, i have a question for you, what was it like with the pretensioning seat belts, did they pull you back noticeably?

CML

StephanieBe · Post by **StephanieBe** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:06 pm

I can honestly say I'm not entirely sure because it all happened so fast but I must say I didn't get thrown forward so I'm guessing they must've worked. My shoulder didn't feel like it'd been pulled back either. I'm very impressed with them anyway. Spoke to Peugeot the other day and they were saying that they haven't have many fatalities in there cars. Don't expect your car to be much to look at if you do happen to crash it, mine's completely written off with Â£13,500 worth of damage but it saved me. Fingers crossed I'm getting another one in two weeks!

Hope you love yours as much as I loved mine - happy driving!

Post by **Lyndon** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:13 pm

excellent news

el_maniako · Post by **el_maniako** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:58 pm

first of all i'm glad u made it without a scratch

and second i must say that i didnt expect the car to be as safe as u clame! anyway i already had an accident where the ESP should have worked and it didnt! but at least i can now be sure that inspite of that i can always count on the other security mesures!

i hope u have your new car soon! good luck!

StephanieBe · Post by **StephanieBe** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:32 pm

That's unlucky but at least you're ok!!

And you can rest assured that I've crash tested it for everyone!

Should get my new car next week!! Insurance people have ordered one for me!

FINGERS CROSSED

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:02 pm

Good to hear you're OK. I wouldnt take TOO much notice of the emergency services - all of them always seem to say "you should be dead"!

Not to scare ya - just think of poor old Mr fireman getting beeped at 3am, running the 1/2 mile to the station (got 5 minutes to get there) then having to come out to your car crash. Perfect time for a bit of road safety lecturing!

Also, when you see how a relatively minor accident can cause a fatality, anything damaging more than four panels is a potentially worse situation.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:04 pm

By the way, good to hear the cc does stand up fairly well - some people keep telling me that a car crash is how i'll die - hopefully i'll manage to avoid proving them right.