BMW X5 Killed Bicyclist in Japan. Photos.

[Beemerworld]

This is very sad. Drive safely.
Picture 1.

 

[Tom]

Ouch, that's a lot of damage from a bicycle.

 

[Beemerworld]

Picture 2.

 

[Beemerworld]

Picture 3.

 

[codex57]

Somehow I suspect the damage is from the body. Is that in Japan or China? Looks like China to me judging from the few faces I can see clearly and the fact that there's a farm vehicle on the road (saw tons in China when I visited, none in Japan).

 

[mrferg]

I looked it up, the license plate on the X5 is a Chinese plate.

Poor biker. But I do see alot of bikers in the states who dart in and out of traffic, they deserve to be hit![fake]

 

[xLibelle]

bad situation. nice plate, would have been more interesting if it were missing one 6. picture three, taken 100 feet from vehicle by the looks of the damage on the x5.

 

[MrElussive]

Terrible to see that. It looks like the X5 crashed into that tree???

 

[tony51]

It looks like the X5 is a crap. All of this from a litter bike??

 

[Sexualwasabi]

That dude probably weighed 120-130 lbs if that, I don't think thats enough to crush the front end like that, plus blow the tire?

I think he hit the guy on the bike and crashed into the tree, note all the leaves and brances around the X5 and also that guy is checking out the tree

 

[MrElussive]

Yeah, he must have hit the tree. The X5 is the safest SUV on the planet and the body is supposed to be incredibly strong. When BMW Planet (BMW forum) was around, the X5 owners talked about the accidents they got into and how their vehicles suffered very little damage, which was amazing considering the impacts they experienced. One owner rammed into a Toyota at 30-35mph and the only damage to the X5 was that it needed a new headlight washer on one side and some minor touch-ups to the front bumper!

 

[Beemerworld]

Hi

The more the car will crush the safest is it for the passenger. Safest doesn't mean it wont get damage.

 

[Bryan330i]

The X5 is a great, very safe vehicle from what I understand. But remember what happens at 40 MPH, total destruction of the entire front of the vehicle and a total loss of the vehicle in general. Also, the marginal 5 MPH bumper test is good compared to most but still shows a $1,000.00 or so repair bill depending on who you ask and how it is hit.

 

[CTBMW]

Maybe the bike was an old Swinn?
Beemerworld-Post your bike, not your car.
-Mel
(you are perpetuating a wrong)

 

[ODDferkOUT]

Yikers...

 

[donmbmw]

Ya gotta love auto forums. Here we have some poor bicycle riding peasant getting killed by a $50K+ BMW and we ponder the damage to the vehicle. Did anybody notice the mangled body? And just who owns a German built SUV in the land of Mao anyway? Some Chinese version of Paris Hilton no doubt.

 

[fatddyslam]

i normally would suspect that to be a dummy, it looks soo flattened out (the body of course) and as far as the BMW goes, i think it hit the guy, and that is all, and the guy continued on to hit the tree, and ricoche off the tree into the street? But who knows, and this post is VERY disturbing nonetheless...

 

[Ghost]

I agree with donm, but I don't think the bicycle rider was making other plans.

 

[donmbmw]

Welcome to the board. How refreshing. A gear head who quotes Nietzsche. Hope to hear more from you.

 

[Ghost]

Thanks.

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