*****Just heard from Owen and im afraid we have bad news. He has been in an accident. He is fine first off.Now for the details as much as i know. Junction 3 flyover at asda,woodchurch in the past hour or so he hit a lamppost and put the car on its side. He climbed out un-aided and is fine apart from a slight headache and a possible broken bone or two in his left hand. The astra on the other hand was not so lucky and has lost an entire leg. Wheel/suspension and driveshaft dissapeared off down the road. The car will more than likely be written off. Owen is in arrowe park as we speak and i wish him Get well soon and dont worry about the car,it can be replaced.*****

****, keep us updated and pass on All our regards from Cruisewirral Admin, Mods and all members mate to owen and his family if you would be so kind.

As you say the car can be replaced, lets hope Owen is okay

Just left a post in his mod topic, but again, hope he's ok. Gutted about the car but at least it can be replaced.

Owen hope your ok matey get well soon the car can be replace you can't hope to see you soon matey take it easy were all thinking of you dude

Owen mate hope your ok like everyone's said cars can be replaced dont worry about that. Lets just hope your up and about today

breaking bits of your car hurts but breakin bits o urself hurts more. get well soon chap

Hope your ok mate Cars can always be replaced!

hope your ok owen. an remember we r all here for you xxxxxxxx

owen im gutted for your car, bodyies heal, cars dont, you ll be ok soon. this could be a blessing in disguise to get a honda.

Ello guys, thanks very much for all the concern, i appreciate it alot. Dont worry though im doin fine, a few cuts an bruises but apart from that im good.

Cant say the same for the car though ..... definately a write off, not sure whats gonna happen as far as a car goes now so might not be out for a while.

Anyway thanks again for the concern and hope to see you guys again soon

R.I.P the astra <img border="0" alt="[I surrender]" title="" src="graemlins/cwemotions075.gif" />

Thinking of you mate, glad your ok but gutted your car isn't, stay in touch mate, keep us updated and take care!

Dont loose touch fella,
you have alot of good mates around you.
Hope to see you around soon.

Glad your okay,

One of lifes cruel lessons mate.

It may not be as bad as first thought?
Keep us updated.

Gald your ok

Gutted about the car mate, but as everyone's said, cars can be replaced

Good to hear your not as badly injured as you could have been!

Hopefully see ya up n about soon and hope to see ya sortin a new car soon mate

Take care bud

Glad to hear you're ok buddy. Take care.

Owen when you feel better give us a shout if you want a lift to any of the meets. Get well soon fella

Dont worry guys ill keep in touch .... probably be on the boards alot now i aint got a car to go out in.

And cheers Tupac, i appreciate the offer mate, think ill be givin it a miss this week though

gutted 2 hear bout ya car hun, glad 2 hear ya ok tho. hope 2 c ya soon xx

regards matey

Glad to hear that your ok mate. Gutted about your car. Hope you are out about soon.

=\ gutted to hear that mate, seen you about a lot in that car! Hope you are feeling better..

get wel soon dude, glad ypur ok thats the main thing

Bit late on here but glad your alright mate thats the main thing

Gutted for ya !! G

bloody hell, shows i done read the borads much, sorry to hear this own lad. glad to hear your ok. hopefully see you out and about in a new ride soon

Whilst trying to sort my head out i wrote down what happened basically ... and i guess i may aswell post it up to let you guys know what happened exactly.

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I was driving home late last night, it was raining hard, i was only going 40 mph cause i had not long passed a speed camera. Which was lucky.

Anyway I was going up the slight hill on the main road headin towards asda, from what i know i either ran over something on the road or clipped the kerb which resulted in the car jumping up onto the central reservation.

The car then collided head on into the large iron lamp post, the car was then flipped onto the left (passenger) side of the car and slided along a few yards or so.

I think i was momentarily knocked out and soon i realised i was suspended by my seatbelt, having to hold myself up i got the seat belt loose and got upright. Tried the doors and they were all stuck, neither would the windows open. Passerby's came to help but they couldnt get me out either. Trying to get out i kicked the windscreen in repeatedly but to no success, eventually i ended up having to climb out of the driver side window ( which was above me seeing as the car was sideways. ) from where i was helped down and escorted to an ambulance that arrived soon after.

However the car is gone, totally destroyed the front of the car, the front wheel was ripped off an flung down the road, still with its suspension spring attached.
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and well ..... the street light is no longer there.

As you can tell its been quite "traumatic" i guess ..... very shaken up and kind of goin through a range of feelings. The ambulance and police from the scene said i was actually lucky to walk away from it. So as you can imagine i feel very horrible going over all the "what if's"

But, thanks for the comments, kinda helps, and is appreciated.

Good gosh owen mate. So so sorry to hear it. Made up ya not seriously injured tho. Chin up matey and see you soon.

it sounds like a badun i hope your feeling better soon

sorry to hear it but glad your ok

At times some things will seem hard to overcome in terms of the loss of a material item.

What would have been harder to overcome if the accident was more serious!! Its the loss or injury of a friend or relative that makes those material things irrelevant.

You might have had good memories in that car etc but the toss up between life and a material assets thing should not be under estimated.

Life is a very precious gift and alot of people take it for granted..

I am made up that you are okay mate.

I dont know you that well but I reckon its better getting to know you this way then never getting to know you at all.

Stay Cool

Cheers man

So sorry to hear about it Owen.
You are very lucky. Glad you are alright mate.

See you soon xxxxx

hay hun,sorry to hear about what happend,
stay tough mate, every1 is thinkin about u.

sorry to hear about the accident mate, best thing is your ok, i just hope yuor fully comp insurnace! get better soon and n back drivin even quiker!

sorry to hear about the accident

Update: The pictures!

Rear left(the side the car slid on


Front left


Left side scratched to hell


Inside the back,note the LED bar


Scoop steals the interior neons LOL


Airbags galore


Bonnet was almost fine...almost


Camp hand on a rather bent K&N

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How low can u go!!!



Impressive huh???

those pics r horrible, lmao at scoop stealin the neons, and who's is the camp hand on the K&N??

Sorry to hear about the accident mate

Least you ok though, thats the main thing

gutted

hope you back on the road sonn mate

heh, those pics look nasty dont they ..... and that would be Scoop's camp hand on the K&N heheh.

yea hope im back on the road too, i do have a courtesy car at the moment but i feel very wary when driving it, prefer not to at the moment.