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Saw this at another site.

A guy in a silver Insight was doing 60-65mph and punted off Hwy 101 in LA by a drunk doing about 100mph. He was walked from the ER after three hours, but the drunk got bail two days later! :mad:

On the positive side, it's incredible what an Insight like mine can take. :)

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That'll buff right out...

I'm glad that guy lived! 40mph differential velocity is pretty significant.

****!

Am I allowed to say that?


...I guess not.

There has been discussion over the years on whether or not there have been deaths in an Insight:

13,500 were built
Average vehicle death per 10,000 is 1.9
According to http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ (http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/), no Insight deaths have been recorded.If there have been, it will definitely be recorded at the site listed above. It's possible someone may have been killed, but it's worth noting that it would take three fatalities for the Insight to rate below average.

Does this mean the Insight is bulletproof? No, but neither is the perception a lot of the public has that subcompacts are dangerous. Detroit seems willing to promote that myth.