What a 50 mph rear-end collison does ...

dkg999
dkg999 Posts: 5,647
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
To my Grand Cherokee. Tuesday morning, on my way into the office, stopped at a red light, a Dodge Dakota comes over the hill behind me and plows into the rear of my Jeep at what the investigator estimates as at least 50 mph. He never hits the brakes or tries to veer into the ditch. I took the main blow, however the impact shoved all four vehicles in front of me together. I am one hurting unit, working from home and trying to recover!
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    dude feel better soon. Lucky.. it could've been worse.
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited January 2006
    That sucks man glad you're okay, I bet something good will happen to you to balance it out.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2006
    ouch, man

    Get better real quick! I hope you went to the ER and they gave you some feel-good medicine...

    BTW- in that first pic... is the door glass... bent?
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited January 2006
    friggin HOLY SH^T that HAD to hurt. glad your (relativly) ok. that could have been worse injury wise.
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  • up2youjoe
    up2youjoe Posts: 114
    edited January 2006
    I will assume there will be a lawsuit. That being said, be very careful what you say here on the board as the lawyers will look for anything to show that u were fine or u said u were OK. Get checked out completely since something might not show up right away. A friend of mine was hit and it got nasty once the other guy hired a lawyer. They will sue u. He ended up with a six figure settlement but has constant neck and back pain.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    Man! Ouch!

    Glad you're at least in condition to be able to type! Don't know how bad you're hurt, but I hope you recover soon/easily enough. That totally sucks for your Jeep. Hope you weren't carting around any audio gear in the back! :D

    nadams - If you look at the bottom left corner of the back panel of glass in the back door, you can see that the rubber surrounding the glass is not flush with the door. That makes me think that the glass is still straight, while the door bent.

    Hmm...working at home...give you more time to rock out?
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2006
    nadams - the glass is actually popped out of the door frame. The amazing thing is the lack of glass breakage! The sunroof glass cracked from the roof buckling and the windshield glass cracked from a rear headrest that shot like a rocket into it. Something to be said for vehicles with some sort of steel framework. The frame is buckled on both sides all the way up to the motor mounts as it tried to absorb the impact. Gas is expensive, however I am now thinking that spending a little more on gas to drive a bigger vehicle in Chicago traffic is not a bad thing!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2006
    No comments on the medical aspects of this will be made on the forum! We will see how it goes, my insurance company investigators and lawyers are already on it.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    I've been rear-ended several times. Usually after a few days you really feel it. After a few times I got to the point where I was just pissed off. So far, nothing permanent. Never anything to the extent of your wreck, maybe 25 mph.
    Good luck!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2006
    ^^^^

    :eek:

    Hope you feel better soon, DKG.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited January 2006
    Did this happen in Chicago? If so, where were you at? Hope you feel better!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2006
    Wodom1 - Rt 59 and Hwy 72, Hoffman Estates, right after I exited the 90 tollway coming in from Belvidere.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,687
    edited January 2006
    OUCH!!!

    Thank God for crumple zones.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,199
    edited January 2006
    Damn :eek: :eek: :eek: . Traffic is a **** in these parts isn't it Doug? Glad you came away without having to be hospitalized. What the hell was the other guy thinking, coming over the hill, no attempt to brake or avoid? Hopefully your injuries will not follow you around for the rest of your life. Take Care

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2006
    One of my neighbors got rear ended last week, 70 mph hit. 1:30 am, the lady is (was) an elementary school teacher coming home from the bar.

    She made out without a scratch, his back and one leg are a little jacked up. It even broke his seat (and he's not a very big dude at all.) *edit* looks like your seat broke also.

    Damn right crumple zones. It was a 2004, cracked the frame in several places. Made me think of Ford's ad campaign on their new 'fully boxed' frames.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,199
    edited January 2006
    Passive safety is so much better now. 10-12 years ago and both these accidents could have resulted in either party being seriously injured. Scary **** :(

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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited January 2006
    dkg999 wrote:
    Wodom1 - Rt 59 and Hwy 72, Hoffman Estates, right after I exited the 90 tollway coming in from Belvidere.

    Hey that's just a few miles from Record Breakers! You aint foolin' anybody!!! You were on the way to the record shop!!!! :eek:

    OK, fooling aside. Sorry to hear of your misfortune and pain :( . Hope there are no lasting side effects, and that you get well soon.

    Take Care.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,509
    edited January 2006
    I got rear ended by a Chevy pickup at a stop back in '02, only he was going around 30 MPH and I didn't hit anyone else. The worst part was seeing his 10 year old boy laying on the floor of the truck crying. He wasn't buckled in and hit the dash. No seat belt, no insurance, no brains.

    I hope there are no long term injuries out of this Doug. Take care, rest, recuperate.
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  • dholmes
    dholmes Posts: 1,136
    edited January 2006
    Was you wearing a seatbelt? I hope you where by yourself
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2006
    Woohoo....new vehicle time!
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited January 2006
    Holy crap. I'm glad you're relatively ok. What was the guy's story? Was he drunk? Not paying attention?
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  • masanz1
    masanz1 Posts: 511
    edited January 2006
    damn that sucks hope you feel better. Here is what a 50mph tbone does to a Silverado

    www.sanzones.com/truckwreck.htm
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited January 2006
    Damn. Glad you're OK. What a bummer.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2006
    Wow that looks bad & you are very lucky. I hope you feel better soon!
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2006
    Damn! You're gonna be sore for a long time. Hopefully a new vehicle will snap you back into shape!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2006
    masanz1 wrote:
    damn that sucks hope you feel better. Here is what a 50mph tbone does to a Silverado

    www.sanzones.com/truckwreck.htm

    Looks to me like it held-up quite well considering it was t-boned at 50.
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited January 2006
    well glad you're still alive at least! Get well soon and hope everything works out with the car...new car...truck...

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