Bird strike on a motorway - swan through the windscreen

CreepingDeath

Normally only a concern for the aviation sector... a swan smashed through a womans windscreen on a motorway in Cork.

That's some collision... it buckled the roof.
I'm surprised and quite impressed that the windscreen held in practically one piece while the aluminium roof got crushed like a coke can.

(Warning: News link shows graphic photos of the unfortunate swan )

News Link

Harry Palmr

**** me, the glass did well to remain intact, just about the worst thing I could imagine is something arriving through the windscreen and ending up in the cabin a mess of blood and wings.

moleyv

Imagine being the one taking the initial call to insurance company

Tabnabs

google moose car accident photos. With their long legs and huge body mass, they are at the right height to pass over the bonnet and come through the windscreen.

cletus

Fair play to the driver. That could easily have turned into a huge incident, especially at motorway speeds

lameusername

Poor woman. I've hit a pigeon at 120 bleary eyed in the morning. Terrifying bang, wasn't sure what it was. Imagine a swan!

Stallingrad

Is that roof repairable?

dar83

"Swan Brake" ... oh dear.


And it got worse!

Indo wrote:

The skilled driver kept her cool while in the fast lane on the busy motorway

Nooooooooooo!

:P

CJhaughey

Tabnabs wrote: »

google moose car accident photos. With their long legs and huge body mass, they are at the right height to pass over the bonnet and come through the windscreen.

Deer, cattle and horses are the same here though.
Its definitely not something you'd like to see on the road.

dandyelevan

Stallingrad wrote: »

Is that roof repairable?

Probably, but it would still lake...

(I'll just get my coat)

The Backwards Man

Stallingrad wrote: »

Is that roof repairable?

I think any roof damage over the size of your fist is an automatic write off, but I may be wrong.

helimachoptor

A friend of mine hit a cow a few years back around 80kph in a brand new A4, he had just picked it up on the 1st of Jan, he was heading home after work on friday (dublin to rural mayo) so got to his house around 11 ish, the road leading up the house theres a long bend, cow was just stranding there, he was ok, car was totalled.

Cow walked back into the field it came from and died

MagicMarker

helimachoptor wrote: »

A friend of mine hit a cow a few years back around 80kph in a brand new A4, he had just picked it up on the 1st of Jan, he was heading home after work on friday (dublin to rural mayo) so got to his house around 11 ish, the road leading up the house theres a long bend, cow was just stranding there, he was ok, car was totalled.

Cow walked back into the field it came from and died

Hope he got a few steaks out of it .

hans aus dtschl

Lol at "motorway".
As if there'd be a motorway between our country's second and third biggest population centres!
(no fault on you OP, I'm in a pedantic mood!)

Alun

dar83 wrote: »

Nooooooooooo!
:P

The rather quaintly named "Cork-Limerick road" is the N20, so not a motorway either.

Yawlboy

Just saw this

I hadn't realised how much damage a swan could do to a car.

More info here:-

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/swan-meets-fowl-end-after-collision-with-windscreen-1.2371139

fancy pigeon

Already done.

Off to the swan on augnier st to drown your sorrows on what you have done

Yawlboy

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Already done.

Off to the swan on augnier st to drown your sorrows on what you have done

Did check for a thread on this before I posted but I missed it. Doh!

dandyelevan

Jeez, I'd say that swan's goose is cooked

Mint Sauce

moleyv wrote: »

Imagine being the one taking the initial call to insurance company

Hopefully the Swan had insurance.

dandyelevan

Swan (upon seeing himself yesterday morning in a pool of (Irish) water...'Gee, I AM a Swan......Wheeeeeeeeeee......(sound of a nasty crash, glass breaking....then silence)

Unhappy motorist to Insurance Agent...'Hey... an effin' Swan just dived through my windscreen on the motorway....'

Disinterested Insurance Agent...'A Swan you say ?.........'Ahhhhhh go onnnnn..........


(apologies to all those easily offended and to deceased Swans and their relatives everywhere)

uck51js9zml2yt

I wonder can she sue the dept of wildlife and forestry or whatever they're called for the damage their swan did.
Or , as its protected, can she be sued for killing it.

Oink

Jeeeesus! Look at the state of the windshield and the roof, and she didn't even crash! Some bawls of steel she has!

There's no hope the eejits behind her were maintaining the stopping distance anyway, so she was damn right not to brake!

galwaytt

helimachoptor wrote: »

Cow walked back into the field it came from and died

...probably from the shock of the repair bill.......

dashcamdanny

Some eating in that yoke!!

testicle

Alun wrote: »

The rather quaintly named "Cork-Limerick road" is the N20, so not a motorway either.

Some of it is. Not here mind...

TheBigGreen

helimachoptor wrote: »

A friend of mine hit a cow a few years back around 80kph in a brand new A4, he had just picked it up on the 1st of Jan, he was heading home after work on friday (dublin to rural mayo) so got to his house around 11 ish, the road leading up the house theres a long bend, cow was just stranding there, he was ok, car was totalled.

Cow walked back into the field it came from and died

Poor A4.

CreepingDeath

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Hopefully the Swan had insurance.

Yep, its4women.ie... they insure birds.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

**** me, the glass did well to remain intact, just about the worst thing I could imagine is something arriving through the windscreen and ending up in the cabin a mess of blood and wings.

According to the article the glass didn't remain intact...."The swan was killed instantly but the force of the impact drove the bird through the windscreen, knocking off Mary's rear view mirror with the animal left lying wedged on top of the steering column."

Of course, it didn't shatter into pieces, by design.

Golfgorfield

Yawlboy wrote: »

Just saw this

I hadn't realised how much damage a swan could do to a car.

More info here:-

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/swan-meets-fowl-end-after-collision-with-windscreen-1.2371139

Thats a big Quack in that windscreen

BMJD

RIP to the unfortunate swan