Ultima crash in Fareham

[S7Paul]

See: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/transport/travel-...

Hope the guys recover OK; shame about the car. Anyone on here know the car/driver?

[Jonboy_t]

fk me, that must have hurt. Hope the car is the only write off.

[Woza]

Ouch - hope all involved are ok.

[JSS 911]

Few broken bones,and i think he is having an op today,he should be OK.Friend of a friend,so no more info than that.

[normalbloke]

On trade plates too.
All supposition, but I wonder if the vendor was in the passenger seat and a potential buyer was doing the pedalling?

Glad everyone survived.

[Steve_D]

Hi
I’ll keep this brief for obvious reasons.

It was Paul driving with the owner/builder as passenger.

We had the car for some minor finishing off jobs prior to testing.

They had simply gone out for a test drive prior to handing the car back to the customer.

We will hopefully understand more when we can examine the car. It stepped out under acceleration but we don’t know if something broke or it was simply new tyres with no miles on them.

Paul has cuts and bruises mainly to his left leg.
The customer has (I believe) possible pelvis and rib damage.

The photo in the News was after the roof, roll cage and part of the side structure had been removed by the fire service.


Steve

[qdos]

I was hoping it wasn't either of you guys but had a hunch it might have been. Hope both involved recover fully and speedily and just glad it wasn't any worse. The rescue services correctly prioritise people over any vehicle but they do tend to make any vehicle look a lot messier after they've chewed their way through to get full access to the occupants.

[Jonboy_t]

Testament to good build quality of it that the injuries weren't worse, looking at those pics.

Hope everyone makes a good recovery. Sad to see such a nice car absent from the road, but at least they'll both be out in another one pretty soon.

[danyeates]

Oh no, really sorry to hear that Paul/Steve. Best wishes to those involved. Hope you're ok and the matter is sorted with minimal stress.

[S7Paul]

Thanks for the update Steve. Best wishes to Paul, and I hope the owner makes a full recovery.

[Mark.]

qdos said:

I was hoping it wasn't either of you guys but had a hunch it might have been. Hope both involved recover fully and speedily and just glad it wasn't any worse.

+1 Didn't want to post publicly, so sent a mail to Paul - I won't expect a response.

Hope to catch up with you guys soon, need to drop the cars off for some work.

Best wishes to the big man (and customer).

[LukeBird]

Best wishes to Paul and the passenger.

[JSS 911]

Cheers Steve for the update,hopefully a speedy recovery for Nick and Paul.

[mgbond]

Lets hope everyone is ok.

Only found out about these guys recently and I think the Noble will be going to them in the future

Bondy

[DC]

Glad to hear the injuries are not as serious as initially suspected. Wishing them both a speedy recovery.

[ewolg]

DC said:

Glad to hear the injuries are not as serious as initially suspected. Wishing them both a speedy recovery.

Indeed, a speedy recovery for both of them.

[slippery]

Its the jealous nimbies that have to comment at the bottom of the story on the newspapers website that make me sick.

[S7Paul]

slippery said:

Its the jealous nimbies that have to comment at the bottom of the story on the newspapers website that make me sick.

I notice that the original comment, which was along the lines of "if it proves to be speed related, the driver should pay the bill for the emergency services" has been removed. Just as well too.

[Marko Le Rosso]

Got diverted around coming out of Stubbington just after the accident, it looked a mess from afar. Coming down Longfield saw the air ambulance arriving.

Hope all involved make a speedy recovery.

That part of Peak Lane is 50 mph, not 60 as stated in the paper, went down there yesterday to check!

Edited by Marko Le Rosso on Sunday 26th February 13:58

[slippery]

S7Paul said:

slippery said:

Its the jealous nimbies that have to comment at the bottom of the story on the newspapers website that make me sick.

I notice that the original comment, which was along the lines of "if it proves to be speed related, the driver should pay the bill for the emergency services" has been removed. Just as well too.

That's what I saw.
Glad they removed it, some people!