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I keep thinking that I should have held onto my helmet and braced myself. I remember ducking down but that was after the impact. Situations like this can be quite surreal. It's as if you're in your own movie.

I haven't been back to the car since the crash. We took it back to the workshop and put it on a hoist and it's sat there ever since. We had a bit of a look around from underneath on the night and it 'seemed' ok but no real checks have been done.
I'm going back there this weekend to have more of a look and hopefully the following week it will have the damaged panels removed and we can assess the damage to the chassis etc. The Windscreen/roof appeared straight and the chassis rails from underneath looked straight. The left hand tie rod is bent but the rest 'appeared' ok. I think I was very lucky to have hit pretty much perfectly side on and into the tyre barrier. They absorbed a lot of the impact and sort of wrapped around the left hand side to a degree. Fingers crossed all I will need is some more panels and a bit of paint...but I've learned to harness hope in this field.