I was involved in a head-on collision last week, and the driver of the other car passed on impact. Witnesses said that he likely fell asleep or had a medical episode while behind the wheel. My mind keeps going back to the fact that we were both still alive when the cars hit, and he was only feet away from me, but I lived and he didn't. Like his light went out and mine didn't in that same instant. This person will forever be a part of my life even though we never met. The universe decided that our paths should cross in this way, and I'll never know why.

Has anyone else been involved in something like this? Do you eventually stop wondering about them as a person, like who they were? I just keep hoping he was asleep and didn't wake up to see anything, and I think about his family and how sad they must be.

I have injuries from the collision, and people say I should be mad or upset, but I just feel sad that he's gone. He made a mistake and paid the ultimate price, so what more do people want??

If you've been through something like this, please let me know how you reconciled things in your mind, or how you felt after finding out you were the only survivor. This is an odd situation, and I just don't have anyone that I can relate to right now.

I crashed my car while I was driving to my boyfriend's house for Thanksgiving. I'm physically okay, airbags didn't even deploy, and I didn't hurt anyone. The car is a bit damaged but not too much, I was even able to drive myself to a safe location afterwards with the adrenaline rush. But I really thought I was going to die. I lost control of my car due to snowy conditions and I could do nothing but scream. It scared me to not be in control at all, I remember screaming "No please I don't want to die!" before hitting the guardrail. My own voice scared me so much, I said that without thinking about anything, I was just bracing myself for the impact. I've always had a lot of car accident nightmares, even though I'd never been into one before. The things I saw when I lost control of my car were the exact same POV of my nightmares, that's horrible, it's like my brain was right all along.

I think I'm a good driver, I've been driving for almost 10 years and never been in any incident before. However, I just moved to the US in a state where there can be a lot of snow in the winter, and I never drove in snowy conditions before. I was extra careful but I didn't think it would be that bad... Once I got home safely I thought I was gonna be okay, but it's been a few days and I'm still scared, I even walked to work today. I'm extremely lucky to not have a single bruise or anything -I'm very grateful, but I'm scared to drive again.

I used to love snow because it's rare in my home country, but now when I look outside my window and see snow I feel nothing but dread. I don't see the magic anymore, I just see the possible consequences. We went to a car wash yesterday, and when we were locked inside the car with soap all over the windshield I literally froze and my heart sunk, I think it reminded my brain of the snowstorm?? It's so weird. I don't know how to deal with my feelings. I know it's only been a few days, and I'm physically okay so it's really not that bad, but I'm so scared to die, I feel like I could lose control anytime. I'm hoping this feeling is going to go away in a few days, but in the meantime I'm really scared.

Hi everyone, I need some advice regarding a recent car accident. On Tuesday, November 26, I was involved in an accident that wasn’t my fault. The other driver, a 17-year-old, was driving his dad’s car. The car was insured, but the son wasn’t listed on the policy. The accident happened just three days after the car was purchased, and the driver was charged with making an unsafe lane change.

When the police provided us with the insurance information, we contacted the insurance company and opened a claim. Since my car was totaled, I requested a rental car while they processed the claim. However, on Wednesday, the insurance adjuster called and informed us that they wouldn’t cover the accident because the son wasn’t added to the policy, even though the car itself was insured.

I’ve reported the accident to my own insurance, but since it was Thanksgiving week, I haven’t heard back yet. I’m feeling stuck because I’ve lost my car, and I’m unsure what my next steps should be. If anyone has advice or has dealt with a similar situation, I would greatly appreciate your input.

Thank you so much!

I never really do these things but recently I started struggling with it mentally. in may of last year I had been in a car crash on the highway and we got break checked and hit the median. last year of may I was with a drunk driver. we hit a parked vehicle and flipped over I fractured my shin and had bruises all over and was pretty shaken up from it, I got therapy and the same thing occurred again in february but with my sibling we had crashed into a few mail boxes as well as a house..(was a passenger in all of them)I havent went to therapy for that one and my familys brushing it off because she was drunk. its starting to mess with me recently I havent been able to sleep and im not sure what to do I thought id come on here and ask for advice on how to cope I know it wasnt super extreme but anything helps:) thank you

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Going to office today at 6am a car being chased by the police hit me in the driver seat side. I thought I was going to die. I have a 10 month old baby and a caring wife. This event gave me pespective and I saw now how ungrateful I was being with life in general, and how life can go from your hands at any moment.

Luckily no physical harm happen to me, can’t say the same for the drunk driver who almost got ejected from the car, firemen had to pull him out of his car.

Nice to see this community, while little, exists.

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Basically title. 25M. I was in a car crash two months back, everyone else got out without a scratch. After 5 surgeries and lots of ups and downs there is a good chance now that I’ll survive. Had obliterated urethra, prostate and 4 fractures on pelvic ring that made it unstable. I’ll be on wheelchair for 5 more months. I survived, my parents are also here taking care of me 24/7, have a toxic work from home crappy job that is not up-to my standards but I need that money to pay the bills. I can’t talk about mental health with/in-front of my parents, they just brush it off like it’s a taboo, typical asian parents.

Now I’m not sure if surviving was a good thing. I have no good career prospects, haven’t achieved anything till now or ever will, I’m just a burden on my parents, they are sad/worried all the time, I will not find love because all the chicks just wanna use you. Never felt enough and never will because I lost a whole year of my 20s to this accident. Does it get better or what are my options if I wanna end it all medically?

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A Life Forever Changed

Fourteen years ago, my world shattered when I was involved in a devastating car accident on December 5, 2009, leaving me with life-altering facial injuries.

I lost control of the car while driving in treacherous snow and ice, and it slid off the road, crashing through an eight-foot fence.

My face was brutally broken, with injuries including a shattered right cheekbone, destroyed nostril system, quarter-inch jawbone fracture and forehead crack extending to the skull and broke all but two teeth. was very painfully

I was rushed to the hospital by helicopter, my future uncertain, and underwent thirteen hours of reconstructive surgery followed by extensive recovery.

In my darkest moment, my heart stopped, and I fell into a coma, but I persevered.

This tragedy forged resilience within me, yet its scars transcend physical pain, leaving emotional wounds that linger.

Today, I rise above the heartache, driven to create a brighter future for myself and loved ones, though scars remain, my spirit endures.

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It was a t-bone, the front of the car hit their side. Other driver ran a red light, it's surreal because nobody seems to be hurt. Just happened like 1 hour ago. I hope I don't feel it in the morning. It felt kinda slow, but it's really hard to tell in cars

Hello this is gonna be kinda long but i need advice. I was recently in a car accident in the beginning of October. Ever since then I have been terrified of driving and riding in cars. I walk everywhere now and get scared when I feel like cars are too close to the sidewalk. I have talked to doctors about it and they all say I will get over it with time. I tell myself I will heal from my injury and move on but I still feel bad ALL DAY EVERYDAY. I was hit by a large suv in the front of my car. Every single airbag went off and my car was ruined. I can deal with that just fine vehicles are replaceable. The problem I'm having is my dominant arm was snapped in half. I had to have an almost 6 hours surgery to repair the damage. It was extremely scary to see my bone sticking out of the skin (thankfully the skin didnt rip) and my arm just dangling the wrong direction. I had to climb out of the car through the passenger side and hold my arm together the whole time. I couldn't find my phone so i went over to the suv that had hit me and asked for help. The person in the car told me I was dramatic and not injured as bad as I claimed or I wouldn't be awake to even speak. All they would talk to me about was the damage to the cars and insurance claims while I begged for help. They were all uninjured in the suv and told me multiple times they were all fine. I was very happy nobody in the suv was injured because I saw 2 small children in the car. I asked for them to call an ambulance multiple times and the response was "why we are all fine no need for an ambulance" it was horrible having to beg for help while my arm was in half. I kept explaining to them how hurt I was and they kept telling me I was dramatic and making their kids scared when they didn't need to be because they were all unijured and they only want my insurance info and to leave. I told them I was badly hurt and needed an ambulance one last time before they rolled up all the windows and said they would call the police since I was "being dramatic" and to give them my insurance. I walked away and was trying to get anyone to help me. People were all around but they we just taking pictures and videos of me not calling for help. A woman saw what was happening and got out to help claiming she was a nurse. She call an ambulance for me and told me I was in shock and wouldn't be able to walk to the hospital like I was telling her I was doing. Eventually an ambulance came and I was taken into emergency surgery. I was starting to move on from the whole ordeal and let insurance handle everything so i could focus on recovering and gaining the use of my arm back. my insurance company told me the people in the suv are claiming to all have been injured and are seeking compensation. It has me very confused since they reported no injury in the police report and told the paramedics and myself they were all uninjured I know all of this but it litteraly keeps me up at night thinking those poor kids could have gotten hurt. I want to focus on the future and trying to move on but I can't get over this whole accident I can't get over thinking some innocent little kids got hurt and it makes me sadder than I already was. I feel terrible all day and don't know how to fix it. It's literally making my hair fall out and I've lost 20lbs it's truly affecting me and my life I dont know how to move on. I just wanted to know if anyone has gone through something similar and if you have any advice on how to cope with it all

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so I was in a head-on collision seven weeks ago. My MRI showed that I’ve got fractures in my spine to find out today. I possibly won’t be allowed to go back to work until after Christmas. How do people deal with the frustration of not being able to do anything?

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Scenario: driver makes a merge/left hand turn from the right lane of a two lane highway into my daughter’s lane of traffic. My daughter essentially T-bones her. We have full coverage for our car and medical. Caveat: our used car was/is worth more to us than the actual on paper value of the car. What we are being offered isn’t enough to purchase a used car so that my daughter can continue to have transportation in the countryside while at college. (Won’t be able to get to her job) Also- OUR insurance is currently working with us. Shouldn’t the perpetrator’a insurance be the one I am negotiating with? Also- my daughter is going to need some massage and most likely PT for whiplash. Can someone advise me on the best way to procede? Do I need to lawyer up?

Done taking life for granted. Rolling down a hill and not dying, should make me second guess my actions. Thank you god for sure you had my back tonight.

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So 9 months ago I was t-boned by a food delivery car by a black Audi car going for 30-40 km/hr in a pedestrian crossing between my university’s car park and gym

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Last year I was involved in a head on collision. I was making a left turn and a truck ran the red light and hit me head on going 80mph. I was in a ‘95 tbird and he was in a new f150.

yes i turned in front of him, no i was not found at fault.

I was told by multiple first responders and doctors that I should not have survived that accident, let alone walk away with only 5 broken bones. I’m just curious what the fatality rate is for an accident like mine, and the possibility that I would have survived?

I'm not sure where else I can really talk about this, so thought I'd post in here. I'm finding it super hard to connect to people following what happened to me and I'm starting to struggle again.

In June, I was walking home from work, it was still daylight and it's the route I always walk.

Next thing I knew, I was waking up on the road, a crew of ambulance workers were standing over me and I was in more pain than I'll ever have words to describe.

They told me a car had driven into me and drove off. A hit and run while I was on a pedestrian crossing. They'd cut my clothes off me and had been treating me while I was still laying in the road.

I was admitted into hospital with major injuries, my pelvis was shattered (broken in at least 5 places) my shoulder was so badly broken they couldn't operate on it. My ear had been partially ripped off and I had wounds to my head.

I've had to fight my way through recovery, life has not been easy since it happened. I've been left with weakness down the right side of my body, issues with being able to sit and walk comfortably and PTSD.

I just feel so broken these days since it all happened. I have days where I can cope with the pain and discomfort and some days where my brain hits the panic button and I'm left terrified, despite the fact that I'm safe now. In my lowest points, I'm wishing that the SUV had just killed me.

I genuinely cannot believe the inhumanity, the fact this guy drove into me and then left me bleeding out on the road. I don't know how I'm supposed to get over this and get back to who I was. Worse, because it's a crime, this is going through the justice system and I'm likely going to need to attend court and make statements. Even though I don't remember the moments before the accident.

I've had poor care and very little mental health support because I'm in the UK and the NHS is stretched so thin, that I'm just rotting in a wait list.

If anyone has any kind words. It'd truly be appreciated.

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Dose anyone know if I’m required by law to pay for the pole insurance expired at 12pm and accident happen around happen around 4:30 am in the morning so didn’t have insurance was trying to figure out if I have to pay it or not course they going send me the bill that I already received but some business don’t require you to pay like the towing company that towed my truck didn’t require to pay the tow fees I could just leave the truck there they can’t force me to pay the impound

Hi I’m a 28yrs Male I was recently in a car accident i believe my car was declared total loss damage.It was a bad car accident both car ended up completely destroyed. So I got a question the accident took place in an intern section were the lights weren’t working at the moment it was almost midnight and they were stop sign on the sign which you need to be extra careful to see them I believe I was at fault since I didn’t stop at the stop sign I didn’t see them I slowed down a bit since the traffic lights were not working. Hopefully nobody got hurt badly besides our cars we call the police and then i found out that the people who I was involved into the car accident they didn’t have a driver license and the license plates of their car was expired. I have to call the police since they start acting hostile towards me.Once the police arrive they make a case report and they took all the info from both of us I couldn’t take to many pictures at the moment since they were a lot of them and I was afraid that they could try to do something to me I already call my insurance my question is should I get a lawyer or is there something I can do to help myself out in this situation. Please I need help any advice is appreciated.

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