Rowan Atkinson crashes his 2.5 million pound car into a tree, survives - Polidicks

[quote] Actor Rowan Atkinson was hurt when he crashed his McLaren F1 supercar into a tree in Cambridgeshire. The Blackadder and Mr Bean star suffered a shoulder injury in the accident, near Peterborough. He is said to have walked from the car, which caught fire, after the crash on the A605 at Haddon on Thursday evening and waited for an ambulance. Atkinson, 56, was admitted to Peterborough City Hospital and discharged on Friday afternoon. A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Crews brought the fire under control by 8.13pm. They made the vehicle safe and used one hose reel to put out the fire. Top Gear challenge "There was one casualty but he was not trapped." East of England Ambulance Service said a man had been taken to Peterborough City Hospital with "a minor shoulder injury" following the crash. Appearing on Top Gear, Rowan Atkinson told Jeremy Clarkson about his love of the McLaren F1 supercar Atkinson, known to be a car enthusiast, recently topped the leader's board on BBC Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car contest. He told presenter Jeremy Clarkson he was keen on racing and was currently driving a 1964 Ford Falcon. The star notched up the fastest time on the show, broadcast on 17 July, completing the circuit in a Kia Cee'd in 1 minute 42.2 seconds. Atkinson achieved fame through BBC shows Not The Nine O'Clock News and Blackadder, before gaining international recognition in Mr Bean, in which his hapless character drives an old Mini.[/quote] Silly, silly man.

That's what you get when you drive a car sitting in a sofa on it's roof.

If any non-celebrity crashed a car like that the news report would at least have some indication of how it happened... going too fast, under the influence, driver error etc. But just because it's Mr Bean who can do no wrong, it's just totally glossed over.

He's so silly.

He was probably brushing his teeth at the time.

I saw this on bbc news yesterday at 6am. It's not far from me either.

he probably ran the 3 wheeled blue car off the road aswell

[QUOTE=Lhuth;31566118]If any non-celebrity crashed a car like that the news report would at least have some indication of how it happened... going too fast, under the influence, driver error etc. But just because it's Mr Bean who can do no wrong, it's just totally glossed over.[/QUOTE] He obviously can do wrong seeing as he crashed his supercar.

[QUOTE=stealth_camo;31566408]he probably ran the 3 wheeled blue car off the road aswell[/QUOTE] A Reliable? They never crash! :v:

[QUOTE=stealth_camo;31566408]he probably ran the 3 wheeled blue car off the road aswell[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv6z6clc3Jg[/media]

They tried to kill laughter but the laughter was too strong

I would be sad if Rowin Atkinson died. I loved that guy in Blackadder

thats a really heavy car! :v:

No, not the McLaren.

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Oh boy, Jeremy Clarkson is going to love this.

He wanted to go back in time! :D

[QUOTE=STeel;31566002]That's what you get when you drive a car sitting in a sofa on it's roof.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/YGegg.jpg[/img]

Am I the only person who briefly questioned why Rowan Atkinson would be driving such a heavy car?

Shame he doesn't do anything funny anymore.

haha oh wow mclaren f1 is my favorite car, shame to see it go to waste

Was he trying to be Ryan Dunn?

[QUOTE=MrParalegal;31567826]Was he trying to be Ryan Dunn?[/QUOTE] Rowan Atkinson is not a jackass.

[QUOTE=Mattk50;31566557]thats a really heavy car! :v:[/QUOTE] As corny and stupid as that was, I laughed. [editline]6th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=RainbowStalin;31567478]Shame he doesn't do anything funny anymore.[/QUOTE] dude johnny english 2

Ah... Johhny English was a great movie

[quote]Rowan Atkinson crashes his [b]2.5 million pound[/b] car into a tree, survives[/quote] It took me a confusing second to realize it wasn't weight

I scrolled past it and got this mixed in with the Seal Team Six thread so I saw "Rowan Atkinson possibly dead due to crashing his car" :ohdear:

To provide a source: [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2022680/Rowan-Atkinson-escapes-death-broken-shoulder-McLaren-F1-supercar-crash.html[/url] It's apparently only a 635,000 pound car.

As soon as I saw this I immediately went "Oooouf" Poor guy.

I hope insurance is going to cover that for him