Saxo banana'd by lamppost......

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oilslick said:

The third photo is really quite frightening, how fast would you have to be going to do that?

I'm going to suggest an impact speed with the lamp post of approx 45mph, no more.

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surveyor said:

SuperPav said:

Before someone else says it... That's what happens when you fit mismatched budget tyres.

I think it's more what happens if you crash into a lamppost in a tinny Saxo.

Don't think your "tank" will save you either:

XC90_pole_test

And that's just 18mph!!!

(although with an "immovable" pole, rather than a lamp post (but because the impact point is so close to the base of the post, a real lamp post is pretty immovable too....)

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surveyor said:

Max_Torque said:

surveyor said:

SuperPav said:

Before someone else says it... That's what happens when you fit mismatched budget tyres.

I think it's more what happens if you crash into a lamppost in a tinny Saxo.

Don't think your "tank" will save you either:

XC90_pole_test

And that's just 18mph!!!

(although with an "immovable" pole, rather than a lamp post (but because the impact point is so close to the base of the post, a real lamp post is pretty immovable too....)

Would like to see the Saxo on that test

I expect it would exit in two halves!

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Sheepshanks said:

Krikkit said:

Problem is he hit the lamp-post, they're not very bendy, and much like hitting a tree a crash structure can only take so much.

Lamp-posts are designed to snap. Tree wouldn't budge but it's wider so may have spread the impact more, but the deceleration would be faster so more likely to cause death.

If he hadn't hit the lamp-post or a tree, he could have been skewered by the wooden fence.

I vividly remember seeing a Saxo having been rear-ended on the M40 - it was basically just folded over on itself. Both front seat occupants died.

"Modern" (ie ~last 10 years) lampposts have a bolted set of shear plates at their base so they can be displaced sideways in an impact. Judging by the bent over post, still attached at the base, in the pics from this scene, this unfortunately driver certainly didn't hit a "modern" lamppost........

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hman said:

Max_Torque said:

Don't think your "tank" will save you either:

XC90_pole_test

And that's just 18mph!!!

(although with an "immovable" pole, rather than a lamp post (but because the impact point is so close to the base of the post, a real lamp post is pretty immovable too....)

First, thats an xc60 - not an xc90

Second, that pole test resulted in a 5 star rating.

Third, so yes, that (little) "tank" probably would save you.

Well, you keep driving round like an idiot then and lets hope you're only doing 18mph when you collect "your" bit of road furniture......

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Is that a space saver on the back?!

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Mr2Mike said:

The Nur said:

When I have kids they're having a defender, whether they like it or not.

No thanks, likely just as bad or worse than the Saxo in a side impact, and 1950's brakes and handling to ensure you minimise your chances of escaping a dodgy situation if you get into one.

Not to mention zero ROP and zero crumple zones (so the occupants get thrown at the hard spikey interior when the vehicle stops dead....)