- A dirt bike rider crash involving a Honda Civic was captured on dashcam.
- The incident happened in California and shows the dangers of inattention.
- Rider initially walks away but later went to the hospital with serious injuries.
There is a reason riders are grimly referred to as “donors” in parts of the medical world. A motorcycle offers almost no protection in a collision with a car. As a result, riders often face the bulk of injuries and damage when accidents happen. One crash captured on dashcam video in California shows just how fast a crash can happen at a seemingly innocuous intersection.
In footage shared online, including on Reddit, we get the viewpoint of a Tesla, which thankfully provides multiple angles of what happened here. The Tesla is stopped at a junction where it can go left or right. As they wait, a Honda Civic is approaching from the right and about to make a turn to the left. It seems that the Honda driver doesn’t realize that a dirt bike rider is in the oncoming lane and moving at a quick pace.
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As the Honda commits to the turn, the rider meets them with nowhere to go. The bike smashes into the front driver’s side headlight of the Civic, the rider flies over the handlebars, and actually manages to touch the ground feet first. They roll over one more time before immediately popping up as if nothing had happened. It wasn’t that they’re uninjured, though. Likely, their quick recovery was a reaction to an adrenaline rush more than anything else.
Warning: video below shows the crash in full, so viewer discretion is advised.
Video Reddit
According to the person who posted a video from the Tesla, the “biker couldn’t talk, he was lying flat on the sidewalk after his adrenaline wore off. The ambulance took him away with carriers.”
That said, the fact is that this entire thing could’ve been a lot worse had the timing only been slightly different. The rider could’ve ended up hitting far more of the Civic, or the Honda could’ve been a giant truck rather than a car in the first place.
No doubt the Honda driver should’ve seen the dirt bike. At the same time, the bike does not appear to have any visible lighting, which could have affected its visibility and raises questions about whether it was being operated in accordance with local road regulations. Hopefully, everyone here makes a speedy recovery and learns a lesson in the process.
