Being an EMT myself I can tell by the injuries you listed that this was a near death experience. Lets applaude everyone who was involved in your rescue and recovery. They did a great job!
Can tell by the video in full speed that its amazing he survived.. perhaps the car was going a little slower and he gets decapitated or a little faster and held the hill only to barrel roll the other side... he does lean inboard knowing he has lost control at that point instinctively but mental training also may have saved his life. To relax and exhale at impact.. not tension up every fiber and hormone in the whole body. Thanks first responders!! Kudos and respect
Thanks KDW I’ve pretty much made a full recovery. My lung on that side will never be the same as my diaphram was elevated in the crash but other than that I’m very good thankfully. Thanks for the comments and best wishes.
Only just watched this horrific accident. Could tell immediately driver was hurt. So glad to read you have made a near full reovery. Love this sport, hope you get back in seat. Best wishes..
The full speed footage didn't look too bad, but in slow motion you get an indication just how severe that impact was. Relieved to read that you got through this. It could have been life altering.
That looked… brutal. The way you collapsed when the car came to a rest was something else. If not for the comments and the fact that this is posted on TH-cam I’d have thought this had killed you. Glad to hear that you’ve more or less recovered.
Goodness me - that was very hard to watch. So glad you've made it out the other side mate. Hope you're OK and not dealing with any chronic pain as a result. I've had over 35 years of neck pain from a rugby accident as a teenager - it's no fun (nowhere near as glamorous as a motorsports accident!!). Take care and I hope you're able to keep doing the things you love to do! Thanks for sharing and cheers from Sydney, Dave
Cheers Dave I appreciate the comment mate. It's coming up for 3 years since the accident next month. I was struggling a lot with my back and hip a few months ago but I'm pleased to say that I found a really good physio therapist and I had my last session yesterday and I feel so much better than I did now. I got to a point where my muscles had tightened up so much I couldn't walk straight. It's something that I should have gotten sorted a lot sooner but I thought I was going to need surgery so I avoided it and hoped it go away but it just got worse and worse. I was very relieved when I realised that it could be improved with only physio. It may be worth seeing a physio therapist about your neck. I wouldn't of believed I got have improved as much as I have with just intense physio but it has amazed me. Certainly worth a try buddy. Best wishes
@@soulcapitalist6204 Sorry to hear that Andre. Mine was a simple shoulder roll in training but one of the guys in the team thought it would be smart to ankle-tap me. I went head first into the ground and knew something was not right as I got up. Lots of damage, lucky to still have my spinal cord. Not encouraging my son to play the game! Cheers - Dave
Wow, that was a crazy impact, very glad you survived to tell the tale. I'm watching this from the USA, knowing there'd have been a $1,000,000+ bill from the hospital for all the surgical procedures, if it had happened here.
Whew! The bushes looked so soft at first. Btw, read your comment about physio work. Had a bit of rehab myself over the years. Skiing, bobsled, auto, horses, bikes. Did the surgeries, rehab, massage, etc. All good stuff. Good people. BUT...best thing I ever did for recovery was ocean free diving/snorkling. Constant flexing and kicking down, stretching and breath holding for increased lung capacity, etc. So good for body awareness. Really aligns a body and mind. It worked like a miracle, for me. All the best from Wyoming, USA.
Algorithm strikes again. It looks like too much speed over the crest. You can see it's sister cars at 0:42, they have no wings to help keep them on track. You can hear the engine rev up at the top of the crest. That added to even more traction loss to the rear wheels, which is way the back stepped out. Driver was just a passenger from that point. Glad to hear they're OK in the end as they have no crash structure for side impacts.
I think you should be very carefull driving those lightweight car with 300 HP ! If 500 Kg vs 300 that's 1.67 kg / HP. If you fully press on the throttle you gonna get wheelspin.
Mate- that sucks! I hope that you still can enjoy your passion for motorsports even after something like this. Full credit to you for sharing this awful accident and hope you made a full recovery. Hats off to the attending medics too. You had a near miss and thankfully thats all it was. God bless!
Ouch. That looked bloomin horrible. A few yards either way and it would probably have been a walk-away crash but that was brutal. Glad to hear you're still around after that one. Even better that you're almost fully recovered. Top job by the medical folks.
Read the title, but after watching the first time thought you were gone! Very sobering footage of you after crash. Assuming you were out to it. Well done on fighting your way back, that would have surely taken some grit! Perhaps the Man above has more laps in store!!! All the best.
As I was right by your side right after your whoopsie, I can 100% say all marshals, rescue unit, doctor, clerk of the course and everyone else involved were amazing. Was the scariest thing I have ever seen, especially as you are a friend. Hope to see you and family soon ❤
Thanks for the messages Moo I would have been to watch an event in the last couple of years and would have seen you sooner but due to COVID there have been no spectators allowed so I haven’t been able too. I’ll definitely get out to watch a few this summer though and it will be good to see you again. I have a huge level of gratitude to everyone who helped me that day and beyond including yourself. Look forward to catching up again soon xx
@Mitch Foden-Clarke we are at Tregrehan 17th 18th June and Portreath in Aug. Let me know will put passes out for you, Hannah (if she wants to attend) and the Girls xx
Painful to watch (worse to experience!), but incredibly informative, thank you. So often we see incidents, and folks just walk away, it's easy to get complacent about what can happen. As a marshal with no medical training, its useful to see the extent of the possible injuries; no-one ever shows the bad ones like this, so helpful to know what to potentially expect from such an impact. Hopefully I'll never have to deal with one like this, but a little preparation is better than none at all.
I have helped at a few race meets and anytime there was an incident (much less severe than this one) the marshals would be running over to check on driver etc. The marshal in this vid seemed to just casually meander over, couldn't have been any slower.
@@brokenworld1 Yeah, but look what he's doing. It took 7 seconds walk to get about half way (maybe closer, given its a wide angle lens), and during that time he's on the radio. That stops other cars starting the stage and gets the medical crew en route, but of which are critical to the outcome. No marshal works alone, so communication is absolutely vital. If the car is not on fire, those few seconds (and it really is just a few) are unlikely to degrade the outcome significantly. We're taught to count to 10 after any incident, just to see how it pans out; all too often the driver composes themselves and drives off before we get anywhere near. And its hard to communicate coherently and run quickly. I might have jogged that one rather than walked it, but it looks very different from different perspectives, so I'm not going to criticise - I'm sure I have strolled to similar myself before the situation became clear. I have walked towards a car on fire, expecting the driver to come to me, only to find he stopped and left me a 100m sprint: it's hard to know exactly what has or will happen at any incident.
@@andyowens5494 Come on Andy, that was a very slow walk over, all I can think is that he did not realise how big of an accident it was. It takes no time at all to communicate an accident and give your location. Even when he was clearly off the radio at the end he was just walking over. I take your point that this probably looked very different from another angle. At the Caterham event I marshaled at we were told to respond as quickly as possible to any rolled vehicle, I believe in an event recent to that one an open topped car had rolled trapping a fellows arm under the car, he could not escape and fires can grow very rapidly.
That's sobering stuff. You can tell how light the car was getting, and with that tight a track there's very little margin for correction. Events like this are great, but safety barriers should be mandatory for all motorsport events. Glad you're on the mend fella.
Totally agree with you there mate the MSA have made the event organisers position hay bales in the spot where I crashed now so hopefully if it ever was to happen again the outcome wouldn’t be as severe. Appreciate the kind words thank you
Thanks for the slow motion retake. At first didn’t look too bad - thought maybe he was knocked out. After reading the list of injuries I’m glad this guy came out of this alive
Wow mate, that was heartbreaking and terrifying... Having a wonderful day, living your life at 10/10ths in that beautiful machine then..BAM! It didn't look too bad on film but your injuries were just horrible. Ive had a few spills on bikes and had a broken neck in an unrelated accident, but that was something else. So glad you made it back mate to live another day.
Somersaulted my S4 Lotus 7 back over front, doing 70mph. Uprooted a small tree, landing back on its wheels in a field.Had the (fabric) roof up, ordinary lap belt, no helmet. Car a write-off due to bent chassis...plus the rest. I climbed out shaken but unhurt. Lots of luck involved. Glad you made it through sir.
HI Graham sounds like you were extremely lucky there mate which I'm glad to hear. Especially considering you rolled a 7 with no helmet and a lap belt.... Someone must have been looking over you that day. Although I sustained several injuries I still consider myself very lucky as I'm still here to tell the tale and see my kids grow up. It's amazing how something that just seems so fun can end suddenly in disaster but I suppose it's the adrenalin which makes it so fun but you're often on a knifes edge whether you realise it or not. Best wishes mate, Cheers.
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 All part of 'misspent youth' I suppose. :D I also had a lovely S3 Lotus 7, but managed not to write that one off...and it's still going strong, complete with its own Facebook page. Anyway, all the best to you and yours sir.
I had similar injuries+some in a road car accident back in 1992, as much of a pita that a Hans device is I won't run without it these days, glad to hear your recovery is going well.
Just looking at the amount of body movement at the point of impact, do you think a HANS device would have made a difference or was the impact too great?
Hi Chris I do think a HANS device would of helped my neck a lot. I didn’t break anything in my neck thankfully but my neck hurt and ached for several months after and I didn’t know why it was hurting so much until I watched this video back. A HANS wouldn’t of helped the other injuries sustained but it wound of saved me a lot of neck pain following the accident. Thanks for the comment Mitch
Am I the only one bothered that no one rushed towards him? The one dude just blew his whistle as he made his way towards him like he was walking his dog.
Glad you're (relatively) ok! Wanted to commend you on how fast you went into counter steer, unfortunately it was never going to be recoverable, but your reflexes were top notch.
Thanks for saying that Mike I was fighting a loosing battle but I appreciate your comment. I always found some solace in the fact that I didn’t give up trying to catch it until I hit the wall unfortunately it was to no avail. Thanks a lot for your message take care buddy
I was down & competing that day..we were down the bottom queuing at the start line when the air ambulance arrived. Really pleased you done so well with your recovery. The emergency services did a great job for you 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Jonny thank you for the message mate. As you said the job the emergency services and everyone one at the scene did was incredible, I literally owe my life to them. It's a shame that COVID stopped spectators this season else I would have popped down to watch an event but hopefully next I'll be able to. See you around buddy, take care.
OMG mate,I wish you to have the best,strong and speedy recovery. I have a really bad crash on hill climb to ( 5 weeks ago ) with a caterham , ended upside down after I broke 4 small threes and spin 40 m in the air. Signed,Hari
Thanks for the best wishes buddy. I hope that you didn’t yourself too badly in your accident 🙏 sounds like the car must be trashed though. Caterhams and Westfields definitely aren’t the best things to crash in 🙈
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 I can't believe I am alive . See you soon on the track . You are my guest in one stage of European hill climb when we would be back on track
I think that's unfair, it looks like hes on the phone relaying it in, he's not a paramedic, in these situations you don't run unless its on fire or there are cars behind and further dangers, you assess, safety first, stay calm, call in appropriate help, go over and see how you can assist, not much here I'd imagine, with that neck whiplas we saw you can't really move him or do a lot, its the speed of critical care arriving that matters, not the bloke marshalling so much.
open vehicles like your in a hill climb is seriously dangerous, in a race track is not so bad but in a street road when there are trees brick wall etc is dangerous.. hope you had a fill recovery
Very glad to hear you survived and more or less recovered. I do track days and such, but I am basically a coward. Hillclimbs have always seemed very dangerous to me. Tight roads with little or no run-off, and solid objects like trees and embankments all along the course. Sort of dangerous in the same way as FIA rally.
Glad to hear you're (almost) fully recovered. I was concerned to see how the roll cage had broken and how much you moved in your seat, despite the (6 point?) harness. would that have been expected?
Hi James thanks for the message mate. I must say that I was surprised at how much I moved around in the car on impact when I first watched the video, I used to crank the harnesses up very tight at the start line too. If I was wearing a HANS device it may of prevented my head moving quite so much and I would advise anyone racing to wear one. Although the roll cage did snap I still believe that it probably saved my life. Cheers
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 Rather the rollcage snap than you, glad you made it out alive! And I was wondering if you had a hans device, in this case It may have been worse off as you moving slowed your deceleration
I'm no expert and I could be wrong but is it possible that you would have had less injury if you were not strapped in? Like being able to eject and fly into the bushes vs your whole body coming to a complete stop in such a short time.
Hi Mitch, thank you for posting this, a very illuminating experience for everyone to learn from. May I ask - given your comments elsewhere, and your poor battered bod - what hobby/pastime/toy have you replaced this with?
Hi Greg good question mate. I still git a quite a bit of pain in my hip and back and following the accident so I can't do a lot in the way of sports and I haven't had any toys since the accident up until this year when I brought an EVO7, followed by an EVO IX and just recently a Lotus Exige Cup 430. The EVO's were lacking a bit of drama for me which probably sounds mad after what happened but the itch hasn't completely gone away. I won't ever race again as pushing the limits when competing makes you go that bit further than you probably should but I still love cars and driving so I went to a few car shows this year and I'll do a few track days next summer. Planning a trip to the Nurburgring in the Lotus as well this summer too. I won't be going to crazy just going for the experience to tick it off the bucket list but I'm looking forward to it.
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 - My goodness me, there's no 'once--bitten-twice-shy' with you is there, I salute you Sir, and similarly congratulate you, your wife/family are without doubt, far more understanding and forgiving than most. Kind regards, and please, for their sake;s, if not yours ...... take care. G
gearbox clunk clearlyresponsibole. You can see it give out way prior to anything percievable by the driver PS just came after reading injuries sustained. Wow. That is massive. How does one jump back in a car after that?
That looked really nasty, glad you came through it👍 I’m reminded as seeing that why I never tracked my Caterham, even with a roll cage you’re very exposed.
Thanks matey. I did try to get traction control fitted on the car before the accident but the garage said that the ECU I had wouldn’t support it so I didn’t bother with it in the end..... In hindsight that may have been a bad decision 🙈😂😂 The car was past saving following the accident as the fire brigade had to cut it in half to get me out of it but I did manage to sell the engine and gearbox which was something. Take care buddy
Open cockpit cars going fast give me the absolute fear, yes you have a cage and all necessary safety equipment but had that same accident happened in a closed cockpit car I feel you would have had minor injuries and a bruised ego and that's about it. I applaud anyone with balls big enough to pilot such a car quickly, because I dont have the balls to do it. Glad you were ok in the end but my god that was nearly your last ride
Oh my god, going in I expected a crash and walk away completely fine situation, gotta say I was shocked when I saw it all going down and the injuries list; glad you recovered fully, too.
I am very happy to see you made it out alive. A real serious crash right there. But I have to say this, if that was my car, I would have a seat with side head protection and able to fit a Hans Device. Racing is fun, but safety is so important.
Ouch! Glad you were ultimately OK though! What happened? You come across as a smooth and very competent driver to put it mildly so I put it down to maybe coolant or oil on the track? She was gripping and then with no provocation she was chasing her own tail!
Bloody hell... Thanks for sharing, that was painful to watch but necessary viewing for anyone who participates in motorsport. There's always a risk but that is a very clear reminder that things can and DO go wrong in very short order, and that safety gear can only ameliorate what the driver experiences, never completely remove it.
Holy safety equipment fail! Did you not tighten the belts enough, did the harness fail, or did the entire frame fall apart like legos? Id say glad you are okay, but those are terrible injuries, so I guess I am glad you are alive.
I'm a doctor, and I knew on first seeing it was a very bad crash. Very sorry for you, you're lucky to have recover from that, and also not having an intracerebral hemorrhage.
That's why you need cross members on the sides. You were half-way out of the vehicle for the duration of the accident. Glad you made a full recovery and I really wish this situation just made you stronger.
Woooow, big impact!! At What speed was it? A few years ago I went for a trackday with the same car. We started with 8 guys and 8 cars. 1 guy stopped after 20 mins (scared) and after a day 5 cars were completely crashed. Mine was ok but I drove it not toooooo fast. Never trusted that car.
It still hurts mate mainly in my hip and back but considering what happened I’m very fortunate and I don’t take it for granted. Thank you for your message pal
Did something break on the off side ? the car seemed to dip to that side as it started to slide and turn to the left? Could have just been the off side dipping as it transferred weight to that side too? Pleased you are recovering, 90% fit is better than 0% fit!!
Happy to hear you fully recovered from the crash. As a motor racing fan for 50 years, I remember when in the seventies, road racing (rallying and hillclimb) was considered safer (well, let's say 'less dangerous') than circuit racing because of the lower absolute speeds involved. However, over the years, the safety of track racing has hugely improved and now road racing is the more dangerous discipline. The safety of the cars has got much better, but, unlike in a circuit, there is very little you can do to improve the safety conditions of the environment and the cars are quicker and quicker.
Rear end got light top of crest on gear change it seem that the rear wheels spun and momentum took control of the car. Did tyres go cold ? What changed ? Driver mistake ? I don’t know . Happy that driver didn’t loose his life , saved by grace .
Hi Laurie Good assessment and you're pretty much bang on, all of the above. At hillclimb events they banned tyre warming so you come of a cold often damp field (paddock) then as you make it onto the tarmac you have to hurtle up a hill at very high speeds seconds later. The MSA banned tyre warming at hillclimb events to reduce noise but surely driver safety should be placed ahead of noise reduction. It's not like circuit racing where you can get some heat into you tyres as the only chance you would have to warm the tyres on a hillclimb is to light the wheels up for a few seconds on the tarmac before your run. There's no saying that if I had warm tyres this wouldn't still have happened but who really knows. I think if had traction control on the car I would have gotten away with it though. Either way it was fun whilst it lasted but high adrenaline usually equals high risk. Thank you for your comment. Best wishes
I’ve been putting off watching this as I want to compete there. Crikey that was a heavy one. You moved out of the car a long way. I crashed at similar speeds recently, luckily I didn’t hit anything. Glad your ok, my little 1ltr bike engine seems tame to that 300bhp monster. Well driven
Hi mate thank you for the message. Don’t let me put you off the hill it is a great hillclimb and a great bunch of people there. I was competing in the road going class on road legal tyres which aren’t really good enough for that much power in a 500kg car. I was going to move to modified so I could run with slicks in the following season but I never made it that far 😬 It’s a real shame the MSA banned tyre warning as coming off a damp field then hurtling up a hill at high speeds is not something that you want to be doing on wet, cold tyres when it’s a dry day. Noise pollution shouldn’t be a priority over safety IMO. My ECU didn’t support traction control either but this would of been very helpful on the day 🙈😂 As you mentioned I too was very surprised how far a came out of the car as I was strapped in tight with the harness 😳 Best wishes
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 Its the car design , padded would have stopped 90% your injury list , you crashing into the exposed tubing caused it all literally a rolled up camping mat stuffed between you & body work would have stopped your hip & pelvis getting damaged....did you hit a chunky part of tree with your right upper body?
Hi Kyle thanks for the message buddy. At the time of the accident a HANS device was not required but it was made mandatory for the class the following year. Even though it wasn't mandatory at the time I do regret not using one as I'm sure it would of helped.
Holy sh .... That was a heavy crash !! I hope you have recovered after this accident and the injuries !! Still best wishes. Best regards from Austria *KDW Entertainment*
Hi Patrick thanks for the comment. I’m surprisingly well now 2 years on. My shoulders are a bit lob sided but other than that I can’t complain. They recon that I was doing around 70mph when I lost it. Take care
Being an EMT myself I can tell by the injuries you listed that this was a near death experience. Lets applaude everyone who was involved in your rescue and recovery. They did a great job!
Can tell by the video in full speed that its amazing he survived.. perhaps the car was going a little slower and he gets decapitated or a little faster and held the hill only to barrel roll the other side... he does lean inboard knowing he has lost control at that point instinctively but mental training also may have saved his life. To relax and exhale at impact.. not tension up every fiber and hormone in the whole body. Thanks first responders!! Kudos and respect
It also looked like he wasn't fastened in that tight, hence his body got bend sidewards out of the car. Fucking brutal injuries
i'm wrong or the litteral G broke is neck?
Thanks KDW I’ve pretty much made a full recovery. My lung on that side will never be the same as my diaphram was elevated in the crash but other than that I’m very good thankfully. Thanks for the comments and best wishes.
Glad to hear you made a recovery!!
Only just watched this horrific accident. Could tell immediately driver was hurt. So glad to read you have made a near full reovery. Love this sport, hope you get back in seat. Best wishes..
Glad to hear you recovered
Did you have Hans device?
Mate that's a big hit. Thanks for sharing and glad you're well.
Your reaction said it all… whenever a racer is so still after an accident, that’s a seriously worrying sign… glad you’re ok mate.
That’s so true, that right arm coming down slowly sent a chill through me. That injury list, might as well have himself off a roof.
@@ledgendsrus Yeah, I got chills from reading all those injuries..
Dear God, seeing this I'm so glad you made it out alive.
Thanks for the message
The full speed footage didn't look too bad, but in slow motion you get an indication just how severe that impact was. Relieved to read that you got through this. It could have been life altering.
Hi Chris that's so true mate I was extremely lucky
"The full speed footage didn't look too bad"
Seems like you would define the challenger accident a "minor malfunction"
"...could have been life altering."
It *WAS* life-altering, genius.
@@gavinvalentino1313 very much so ! 😳
You joking ? Full speed was terrifying! Sound of his head impacting the earth !!! Amazing the body can survive that.
That looked… brutal. The way you collapsed when the car came to a rest was something else. If not for the comments and the fact that this is posted on TH-cam I’d have thought this had killed you. Glad to hear that you’ve more or less recovered.
Goodness me - that was very hard to watch. So glad you've made it out the other side mate. Hope you're OK and not dealing with any chronic pain as a result. I've had over 35 years of neck pain from a rugby accident as a teenager - it's no fun (nowhere near as glamorous as a motorsports accident!!). Take care and I hope you're able to keep doing the things you love to do! Thanks for sharing and cheers from Sydney, Dave
Cheers Dave I appreciate the comment mate. It's coming up for 3 years since the accident next month. I was struggling a lot with my back and hip a few months ago but I'm pleased to say that I found a really good physio therapist and I had my last session yesterday and I feel so much better than I did now. I got to a point where my muscles had tightened up so much I couldn't walk straight. It's something that I should have gotten sorted a lot sooner but I thought I was going to need surgery so I avoided it and hoped it go away but it just got worse and worse. I was very relieved when I realised that it could be improved with only physio. It may be worth seeing a physio therapist about your neck. I wouldn't of believed I got have improved as much as I have with just intense physio but it has amazed me. Certainly worth a try buddy.
Best wishes
Hey Dave. I feel my rugby career in my neck the most as well. Never a serious injury, but never a moment without that reminder.
@@soulcapitalist6204 Sorry to hear that Andre. Mine was a simple shoulder roll in training but one of the guys in the team thought it would be smart to ankle-tap me. I went head first into the ground and knew something was not right as I got up. Lots of damage, lucky to still have my spinal cord. Not encouraging my son to play the game! Cheers - Dave
Advert for a full cage, decent harnesses and HANS device if ever I’ve seen one. Thanks for posting, glad you’re ok now.
Wow, that was a crazy impact, very glad you survived to tell the tale. I'm watching this from the USA, knowing there'd have been a $1,000,000+ bill from the hospital for all the surgical procedures, if it had happened here.
If you were so worried about his medical bills, why didn't you offer to pay them?
Whew!
The bushes looked so soft at first.
Btw, read your comment about physio work.
Had a bit of rehab myself over the years. Skiing, bobsled, auto, horses, bikes. Did the surgeries, rehab, massage, etc. All good stuff. Good people.
BUT...best thing I ever did for recovery was ocean free diving/snorkling.
Constant flexing and kicking down, stretching and breath holding for increased lung capacity, etc. So good for body awareness. Really aligns a body and mind. It worked like a miracle, for me.
All the best from Wyoming, USA.
The bushes are soft its the tree trunk thats hard....
@@lurk7967 Nooo...
I'm an ex-road racer and that first run had me very nervous, was difficult to watch.... Godspeed on your recovery.
Thanks mate.
jeezo....all those injuries in a split second, a miracle that you survived, glad you recovered well and lived to tell the tale.
Glad you're okay now matey, did you ever find out what caused the incident?
Algorithm strikes again.
It looks like too much speed over the crest. You can see it's sister cars at 0:42, they have no wings to help keep them on track. You can hear the engine rev up at the top of the crest. That added to even more traction loss to the rear wheels, which is way the back stepped out. Driver was just a passenger from that point. Glad to hear they're OK in the end as they have no crash structure for side impacts.
I think you should be very carefull driving those lightweight car with 300 HP ! If 500 Kg vs 300 that's 1.67 kg / HP. If you fully press on the throttle you gonna get wheelspin.
@@_Greenflag_ why are these comments so recent on a 3 yesr old video lol
@@bandaidboy7806 lol i thought the same XD
@@bandaidboy7806 that's just how TH-cam be sometimes
Your injury list is bigger that mine for a weekly shop..
Mate- that sucks! I hope that you still can enjoy your passion for motorsports even after something like this. Full credit to you for sharing this awful accident and hope you made a full recovery. Hats off to the attending medics too. You had a near miss and thankfully thats all it was. God bless!
Ouch. That looked bloomin horrible. A few yards either way and it would probably have been a walk-away crash but that was brutal. Glad to hear you're still around after that one.
Even better that you're almost fully recovered. Top job by the medical folks.
Read the title, but after watching the first time thought you were gone! Very sobering footage of you after crash. Assuming you were out to it. Well done on fighting your way back, that would have surely taken some grit! Perhaps the Man above has more laps in store!!! All the best.
As I was right by your side right after your whoopsie, I can 100% say all marshals, rescue unit, doctor, clerk of the course and everyone else involved were amazing. Was the scariest thing I have ever seen, especially as you are a friend. Hope to see you and family soon ❤
Thanks for the messages Moo I would have been to watch an event in the last couple of years and would have seen you sooner but due to COVID there have been no spectators allowed so I haven’t been able too. I’ll definitely get out to watch a few this summer though and it will be good to see you again.
I have a huge level of gratitude to everyone who helped me that day and beyond including yourself. Look forward to catching up again soon xx
@Mitch Foden-Clarke we are at Tregrehan 17th 18th June and Portreath in Aug. Let me know will put passes out for you, Hannah (if she wants to attend) and the Girls xx
@@aldnd69 Ahh that's so nice of you, thanks you. I'll definietly be there, see you at Tregrehan soon xXx
@Mitch Foden-Clarke will see you there. Will make sure the kettle is hot 😃
Painful to watch (worse to experience!), but incredibly informative, thank you. So often we see incidents, and folks just walk away, it's easy to get complacent about what can happen. As a marshal with no medical training, its useful to see the extent of the possible injuries; no-one ever shows the bad ones like this, so helpful to know what to potentially expect from such an impact. Hopefully I'll never have to deal with one like this, but a little preparation is better than none at all.
I have helped at a few race meets and anytime there was an incident (much less severe than this one) the marshals would be running over to check on driver etc. The marshal in this vid seemed to just casually meander over, couldn't have been any slower.
@@brokenworld1 Yeah, but look what he's doing. It took 7 seconds walk to get about half way (maybe closer, given its a wide angle lens), and during that time he's on the radio. That stops other cars starting the stage and gets the medical crew en route, but of which are critical to the outcome. No marshal works alone, so communication is absolutely vital. If the car is not on fire, those few seconds (and it really is just a few) are unlikely to degrade the outcome significantly. We're taught to count to 10 after any incident, just to see how it pans out; all too often the driver composes themselves and drives off before we get anywhere near. And its hard to communicate coherently and run quickly. I might have jogged that one rather than walked it, but it looks very different from different perspectives, so I'm not going to criticise - I'm sure I have strolled to similar myself before the situation became clear. I have walked towards a car on fire, expecting the driver to come to me, only to find he stopped and left me a 100m sprint: it's hard to know exactly what has or will happen at any incident.
@@andyowens5494 Come on Andy, that was a very slow walk over, all I can think is that he did not realise how big of an accident it was. It takes no time at all to communicate an accident and give your location. Even when he was clearly off the radio at the end he was just walking over. I take your point that this probably looked very different from another angle. At the Caterham event I marshaled at we were told to respond as quickly as possible to any rolled vehicle, I believe in an event recent to that one an open topped car had rolled trapping a fellows arm under the car, he could not escape and fires can grow very rapidly.
That's sobering stuff. You can tell how light the car was getting, and with that tight a track there's very little margin for correction. Events like this are great, but safety barriers should be mandatory for all motorsport events. Glad you're on the mend fella.
Totally agree with you there mate the MSA have made the event organisers position hay bales in the spot where I crashed now so hopefully if it ever was to happen again the outcome wouldn’t be as severe. Appreciate the kind words thank you
Thanks for the slow motion retake. At first didn’t look too bad - thought maybe he was knocked out. After reading the list of injuries I’m glad this guy came out of this alive
I'm thankful this video was shared.
Wow mate, that was heartbreaking and terrifying... Having a wonderful day, living your life at 10/10ths in that beautiful machine then..BAM!
It didn't look too bad on film but your injuries were just horrible. Ive had a few spills on bikes and had a broken neck in an unrelated accident, but that was something else.
So glad you made it back mate to live another day.
Cheers buddy, it makes you realise how quickly it can all change. I'm living life at 2/10ths now lol
Take care
That looked absolutely brutal! Glad you've recovered.
Somersaulted my S4 Lotus 7 back over front, doing 70mph. Uprooted a small tree, landing back on its wheels in a field.Had the (fabric) roof up, ordinary lap belt, no helmet. Car a write-off due to bent chassis...plus the rest. I climbed out shaken but unhurt. Lots of luck involved. Glad you made it through sir.
HI Graham sounds like you were extremely lucky there mate which I'm glad to hear. Especially considering you rolled a 7 with no helmet and a lap belt.... Someone must have been looking over you that day. Although I sustained several injuries I still consider myself very lucky as I'm still here to tell the tale and see my kids grow up. It's amazing how something that just seems so fun can end suddenly in disaster but I suppose it's the adrenalin which makes it so fun but you're often on a knifes edge whether you realise it or not. Best wishes mate, Cheers.
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 All part of 'misspent youth' I suppose. :D I also had a lovely S3 Lotus 7, but managed not to write that one off...and it's still going strong, complete with its own Facebook page. Anyway, all the best to you and yours sir.
Brutal , makes you realise how quickly it can go bad. Glad you survived!
I had similar injuries+some in a road car accident back in 1992, as much of a pita that a Hans device is I won't run without it these days, glad to hear your recovery is going well.
Just looking at the amount of body movement at the point of impact, do you think a HANS device would have made a difference or was the impact too great?
Hi Chris I do think a HANS device would of helped my neck a lot. I didn’t break anything in my neck thankfully but my neck hurt and ached for several months after and I didn’t know why it was hurting so much until I watched this video back. A HANS wouldn’t of helped the other injuries sustained but it wound of saved me a lot of neck pain following the accident.
Thanks for the comment Mitch
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 Interesting. I'm just looking at helmets for 2019 and I think I'll be opting for a HANS ready one. Glad you're still with us!
Anything that helps to protect you is well worth the money mate. Good luck next season
Thank for the message
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 Were you using a full containment seat looked like you moved a lot in that crash
was looking for this comment as it did seem he moved around alot
Glad to hear you've made a recovery!
At least those marshalls were running over quickly! Glad you've recovered.
Holy smoke that was frightening to watch. I do hope you have made a full recovery 🙌
Am I the only one bothered that no one rushed towards him? The one dude just blew his whistle as he made his way towards him like he was walking his dog.
@@hejalll Yeah, I noticed that too!!!
Glad you're (relatively) ok! Wanted to commend you on how fast you went into counter steer, unfortunately it was never going to be recoverable, but your reflexes were top notch.
Thanks for saying that Mike I was fighting a loosing battle but I appreciate your comment. I always found some solace in the fact that I didn’t give up trying to catch it until I hit the wall unfortunately it was to no avail. Thanks a lot for your message take care buddy
I was down & competing that day..we were down the bottom queuing at the start line when the air ambulance arrived. Really pleased you done so well with your recovery. The emergency services did a great job for you 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Jonny thank you for the message mate. As you said the job the emergency services and everyone one at the scene did was incredible, I literally owe my life to them. It's a shame that COVID stopped spectators this season else I would have popped down to watch an event but hopefully next I'll be able to. See you around buddy, take care.
OMG mate,I wish you to have the best,strong and speedy recovery. I have a really bad crash on hill climb to ( 5 weeks ago ) with a caterham , ended upside down after I broke 4 small threes and spin 40 m in the air. Signed,Hari
Thanks for the best wishes buddy. I hope that you didn’t yourself too badly in your accident 🙏 sounds like the car must be trashed though. Caterhams and Westfields definitely aren’t the best things to crash in 🙈
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 I can't believe I am alive . See you soon on the track . You are my guest in one stage of European hill climb when we would be back on track
1:07 was surprised the marshal's didn't explode out of their station to give assistance?
Me too, should have been urgent response.
@@Grambo-w6z See my reply further up the comments.
I think that's unfair, it looks like hes on the phone relaying it in, he's not a paramedic, in these situations you don't run unless its on fire or there are cars behind and further dangers, you assess, safety first, stay calm, call in appropriate help, go over and see how you can assist, not much here I'd imagine, with that neck whiplas we saw you can't really move him or do a lot, its the speed of critical care arriving that matters, not the bloke marshalling so much.
Because they're track workers, not trained paramedics.
What caused the crash?
Holy sh!t man! That was huge, so glad you’re ok and fully recovered
After seeing this, I’m really surprised that engine still worked after it all! It did two track day seasons with me and now is used in a GT Series.
open vehicles like your in a hill climb is seriously dangerous, in a race track is not so bad but in a street road when there are trees brick wall etc is dangerous.. hope you had a fill recovery
I applaud him for going full send
Thank the lord you are OK, it happened do quick, hope you get back to having a go soon.
All the best
Appreciate the message thanks pal 😊
Jeeeeezzz, so pleased you made it out the other side, god bless and keep on the good path to the best possible recovery
This just shows how quickly a accident happens while racing
Very glad to hear you survived and more or less recovered. I do track days and such, but I am basically a coward. Hillclimbs have always seemed very dangerous to me. Tight roads with little or no run-off, and solid objects like trees and embankments all along the course. Sort of dangerous in the same way as FIA rally.
As an American I don't get it. I'm sure it made sense 100 years ago but now it's like a club that never evolved with the times.
@@justonemori It’s like rally driving. Only on the same hill.
Sitting there slumped over, motionless. That was scary.
I almost feel like there should be a crossbar on the sides. You are asking for trouble for whatever inpales the side of the cart.
Lack of down force coupled with a monster engine and car getting light over crest...
Thanks for sharing this video
Glad to hear you're (almost) fully recovered. I was concerned to see how the roll cage had broken and how much you moved in your seat, despite the (6 point?) harness. would that have been expected?
Hi James thanks for the message mate. I must say that I was surprised at how much I moved around in the car on impact when I first watched the video, I used to crank the harnesses up very tight at the start line too. If I was wearing a HANS device it may of prevented my head moving quite so much and I would advise anyone racing to wear one. Although the roll cage did snap I still believe that it probably saved my life. Cheers
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 Rather the rollcage snap than you, glad you made it out alive! And I was wondering if you had a hans device, in this case It may have been worse off as you moving slowed your deceleration
Who put that tree / bush there? Glad you're ok, that looked like a widowmaker right there!
God bless my friend. I'm glad you recovered.
I'm no expert and I could be wrong but is it possible that you would have had less injury if you were not strapped in? Like being able to eject and fly into the bushes vs your whole body coming to a complete stop in such a short time.
i'm glad you're alive 💪👍
Hi Mitch, thank you for posting this, a very illuminating experience for everyone to learn from. May I ask - given your comments elsewhere, and your poor battered bod - what hobby/pastime/toy have you replaced this with?
Hi Greg good question mate. I still git a quite a bit of pain in my hip and back and following the accident so I can't do a lot in the way of sports and I haven't had any toys since the accident up until this year when I brought an EVO7, followed by an EVO IX and just recently a Lotus Exige Cup 430. The EVO's were lacking a bit of drama for me which probably sounds mad after what happened but the itch hasn't completely gone away. I won't ever race again as pushing the limits when competing makes you go that bit further than you probably should but I still love cars and driving so I went to a few car shows this year and I'll do a few track days next summer. Planning a trip to the Nurburgring in the Lotus as well this summer too. I won't be going to crazy just going for the experience to tick it off the bucket list but I'm looking forward to it.
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666 - My goodness me, there's no 'once--bitten-twice-shy' with you is there, I salute you Sir, and similarly congratulate you, your wife/family are without doubt, far more understanding and forgiving than most. Kind regards, and please, for their sake;s, if not yours ...... take care. G
gearbox clunk clearlyresponsibole. You can see it give out way prior to anything percievable by the driver
PS just came after reading injuries sustained. Wow. That is massive. How does one jump back in a car after that?
That looked really nasty, glad you came through it👍
I’m reminded as seeing that why I never tracked my Caterham, even with a roll cage you’re very exposed.
Glad that you recover. Very fast and Nice driving. In some way or another, just keep your passion alive. Cheers
Good to know your on the "mend" and will be fitting traction control to the rebuilt car :)
Thanks matey. I did try to get traction control fitted on the car before the accident but the garage said that the ECU I had wouldn’t support it so I didn’t bother with it in the end..... In hindsight that may have been a bad decision 🙈😂😂
The car was past saving following the accident as the fire brigade had to cut it in half to get me out of it but I did manage to sell the engine and gearbox which was something. Take care buddy
Oh my god. I hope you are okay now.
Open cockpit cars going fast give me the absolute fear, yes you have a cage and all necessary safety equipment but had that same accident happened in a closed cockpit car I feel you would have had minor injuries and a bruised ego and that's about it. I applaud anyone with balls big enough to pilot such a car quickly, because I dont have the balls to do it. Glad you were ok in the end but my god that was nearly your last ride
Oh my god, going in I expected a crash and walk away completely fine situation, gotta say I was shocked when I saw it all going down and the injuries list; glad you recovered fully, too.
WHAT A HORRIBLE SICKENING FEELING !!! GLAD YOUR STILL HERE 👍👍👍
mate after watching that im so chuffed to hear your ok after, honestly that was brutal mate
Glad you're alive. A Hans device is a good investment
So glad your ok, that was one hell of an impact. I was wondering though, what was the purpose of the green button on the bottom of the steering wheel?
I am very happy to see you made it out alive. A real serious crash right there. But I have to say this, if that was my car, I would have a seat with side head protection and able to fit a Hans Device. Racing is fun, but safety is so important.
did it hit the tree trunk? roll bar even cracked.... brutal hit.
Ouch! Glad you were ultimately OK though! What happened? You come across as a smooth and very competent driver to put it mildly so I put it down to maybe coolant or oil on the track? She was gripping and then with no provocation she was chasing her own tail!
Bloody hell...
Thanks for sharing, that was painful to watch but necessary viewing for anyone who participates in motorsport. There's always a risk but that is a very clear reminder that things can and DO go wrong in very short order, and that safety gear can only ameliorate what the driver experiences, never completely remove it.
Holy safety equipment fail! Did you not tighten the belts enough, did the harness fail, or did the entire frame fall apart like legos? Id say glad you are okay, but those are terrible injuries, so I guess I am glad you are alive.
I was thinking the same thing. It looked like a lot of body movement
Oh man that was horrible. I am glad that you are ok.
I'm a doctor, and I knew on first seeing it was a very bad crash. Very sorry for you, you're lucky to have recover from that, and also not having an intracerebral hemorrhage.
Sorry to see you crash but glad you are ok ,do race again
Holy heavens! Glad you're alive from that!
Glad you’ve made a recovery buddy. Have a great Xmas .
That's why you need cross members on the sides. You were half-way out of the vehicle for the duration of the accident. Glad you made a full recovery and I really wish this situation just made you stronger.
Bloomin eck! That was a hell of a crash! Hope your okay now fella!
Woooow, big impact!! At What speed was it? A few years ago I went for a trackday with the same car. We started with 8 guys and 8 cars. 1 guy stopped after 20 mins (scared) and after a day 5 cars were completely crashed. Mine was ok but I drove it not toooooo fast. Never trusted that car.
How are you now sir?
It still hurts mate mainly in my hip and back but considering what happened I’m very fortunate and I don’t take it for granted. Thank you for your message pal
Damn dude. Glad you made it. Been through some similar shit. So it’s good to hear you’re alright
Wow. Any comment on what additional safety precautions would have helped prevent that level of injury?
Holy crap, when I saw you moving slowly post-impact, I knew you took a hit. Glad you’re okay
That was horrible... like that tree had a bungee tied to your car and was pulling you in. So glad to hear you recovered from that list of injuries.
Man glad your alive
Did something break on the off side ? the car seemed to dip to that side as it started to slide and turn to the left? Could have just been the off side dipping as it transferred weight to that side too? Pleased you are recovering, 90% fit is better than 0% fit!!
Jesus, glad you're OK now, that was nasty! I feel so exposed any time I drive a Westy or similar, and I don't take them up Hillclimbs!
Glad you recovered. But I have analysed the footage and think I can see the problem. You don't appear to have any front wheels.
Happy to hear you fully recovered from the crash.
As a motor racing fan for 50 years, I remember when in the seventies, road racing (rallying and hillclimb) was considered safer (well, let's say 'less dangerous') than circuit racing because of the lower absolute speeds involved. However, over the years, the safety of track racing has hugely improved and now road racing is the more dangerous discipline. The safety of the cars has got much better, but, unlike in a circuit, there is very little you can do to improve the safety conditions of the environment and the cars are quicker and quicker.
Rear end got light top of crest on gear change it seem that the rear wheels spun and momentum took control of the car. Did tyres go cold ? What changed ? Driver mistake ? I don’t know . Happy that driver didn’t loose his life , saved by grace .
Hi Laurie Good assessment and you're pretty much bang on, all of the above. At hillclimb events they banned tyre warming so you come of a cold often damp field (paddock) then as you make it onto the tarmac you have to hurtle up a hill at very high speeds seconds later. The MSA banned tyre warming at hillclimb events to reduce noise but surely driver safety should be placed ahead of noise reduction. It's not like circuit racing where you can get some heat into you tyres as the only chance you would have to warm the tyres on a hillclimb is to light the wheels up for a few seconds on the tarmac before your run. There's no saying that if I had warm tyres this wouldn't still have happened but who really knows. I think if had traction control on the car I would have gotten away with it though. Either way it was fun whilst it lasted but high adrenaline usually equals high risk. Thank you for your comment. Best wishes
Glad you came through to post this. I didn't like hoe the rollcage reacted tho, snap at welds and bent far to easy.
I’ve been putting off watching this as I want to compete there. Crikey that was a heavy one. You moved out of the car a long way. I crashed at similar speeds recently, luckily I didn’t hit anything. Glad your ok, my little 1ltr bike engine seems tame to that 300bhp monster. Well driven
Hi mate thank you for the message. Don’t let me put you off the hill it is a great hillclimb and a great bunch of people there. I was competing in the road going class on road legal tyres which aren’t really good enough for that much power in a 500kg car. I was going to move to modified so I could run with slicks in the following season but I never made it that far 😬 It’s a real shame the MSA banned tyre warning as coming off a damp field then hurtling up a hill at high speeds is not something that you want to be doing on wet, cold tyres when it’s a dry day. Noise pollution shouldn’t be a priority over safety IMO. My ECU didn’t support traction control either but this would of been very helpful on the day 🙈😂 As you mentioned I too was very surprised how far a came out of the car as I was strapped in tight with the harness 😳 Best wishes
@@mitchfoden-clarke1666
Its the car design , padded would have stopped 90% your injury list , you crashing into the exposed tubing caused it all literally a rolled up camping mat stuffed between you & body work would have stopped your hip & pelvis getting damaged....did you hit a chunky part of tree with your right upper body?
Stay well mate, im speechless!! Take care bruv
Glad you're okay, that was a really scary crash.
No HANS device?
Glad you recovered. No HANS required?
Hi Kyle thanks for the message buddy. At the time of the accident a HANS device was not required but it was made mandatory for the class the following year. Even though it wasn't mandatory at the time I do regret not using one as I'm sure it would of helped.
Holy sh .... That was a heavy crash !! I hope you have recovered after this accident and the injuries !! Still best wishes.
Best regards from Austria *KDW Entertainment*
Thank you 😊 I’m not too bad these days considering. I’m definitely not complaining after what happened anyway. Best wishes pal
Bloody hell that was some impact. Hope you are ok now. How fast did you hit the bank at?
Safe driving.
Hi Patrick thanks for the comment. I’m surprisingly well now 2 years on. My shoulders are a bit lob sided but other than that I can’t complain. They recon that I was doing around 70mph when I lost it. Take care
Hey buddy glad your ok scary impact is there a design to help close the gaps on the side maybe etc for future racing ?
As an ex hillclimber who had a nasty accident I know your pain. Not just as bad as this though. Good to see from the comments you're ok
That is some scary snap oversteer...Zero chance of saving that one. Glad you made a full recovery
You could tell he was severally injured,the whiplash was immense.
Hopefully fully recovered 🙏