Witnessed accident today

[veldora909]

I witnessed an accident driving down the interstate today. It involved a newer model Civic and maybe a newer or previous generation Lexus IS. Apparently they were racing and the Civic tapped the rear quarter panel of the Lexus. Both ran into the grass median on the right shoulder. The Lexus flipped two or three times and landed on it wheels. The Civic did a 360 in the grass.There was one person in the Civic and two people in the Lexus. The driver of the Civic got out of his car and appeared fine. The driver of the Lexus got out and laid down on the grass. His passenger seemed to be OK too. The steering wheel airbag deployed in the Civic and it appeared that all airbags deployed in the Lexus. I was running up to the Lexus expecting to see someone ejected or dead. They would’ve been if they had not been wearing their seatbelts.

I am not a crazy driver, nor can I be in a 2025 OB Bronco. We do not have to full soft top, but we did install a Bestop Skyrider this past summer. I want to be careful when I ask this and respectful. Have you or anyone else you know, been in an accident like this in their Bronco? I know there are many factors when an accident occurs and vehicles flip over. I know they can flip over when they are off the road but at interstate speeds it’s another story

I witnessed an accident driving down the interstate today. It involved a newer model Civic and maybe a newer or previous generation Lexus IS. Apparently they were racing and the Civic tapped the rear quarter panel of the Lexus. Both ran into the grass median on the right shoulder. The Lexus flipped two or three times and landed on it wheels. The Civic did a 360 in the grass.There was one person in the Civic and two people in the Lexus. The driver of the Civic got out of his car and appeared fine. The driver of the Lexus got out and laid down on the grass. His passenger seemed to be OK too. The steering wheel airbag deployed in the Civic and it appeared that all airbags deployed in the Lexus. I was running up to the Lexus expecting to see someone ejected or dead. They would’ve been if they had not been wearing their seatbelts.

I am not a crazy driver, nor can I be in a 2025 OB Bronco. We do not have to full soft top, but we did install a Bestop Skyrider this past summer. I want to be careful when I ask this and respectful. Have you or anyone else you know, been in an accident like this in their Bronco? I know there are many factors when an accident occurs and vehicles flip over. I know they can flip over when they are off the road but at interstate speeds it’s another story

We want to give our daughter the Bronco when she is old enough to drive. She is overly cautious and sometimes scared of her own shadow. I highly doubt she will ever drive above 60 to 65 mph on the interstate.

I’m having second thought about giving it to her now.

BTW: Please dont make any smart@$$ comments, saying “If you don’t feel safe, then sell it.” Or “No vehicle can be safe when it flips over multiple times.“ I’ve lost several friends when they were driving too fast and flipped their cars. I don’t want to sell the vehicle. My main question is what is the survivability rate?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

We want to give our daughter the Bronco when she is old enough to drive. She is overly cautious and sometimes scared of her own shadow. I highly doubt she will ever drive above 60 to 65 mph on the interstate.

I’m having second thought about giving it to her now.

BTW: Please dont make any smart@$$ comments, saying “If you don’t feel safe, then sell it.” Or “No vehicle can be safe when it flips over multiple times.“ I’ve lost several friends when they were driving too fast and flipped their cars. I don’t want to sell the vehicle. My main question is what is the survivability rate?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

It really depends on the vehicle's generation, but the newer 6th gen Broncos have a high-strength steel sport cage and great roof strength ratings. If everyone wears seatbelts like in the crash you saw, the safety tech does exactly what it's engineered to do.

A rollover looks horrific, but modern tech is crazy. My cousin handles insurance claims in Colorado and frequently coordinates with Grand Junction drunk driver accident lawyer Chadwick McGrady, and he always says the worst injuries from highway flips almost always involve missing seatbelts or insane speeds. If your daughter stays around 60 mph, the Bronco is a tank.

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