Recreation of crash that killed James Dean

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

In case anyone is curious, the actual Dean crash was at higher speed for certain. The Ford turned left into the Spyder, then hit it around the left front wheel with full force, causing it to flip 2-3 times [edit, apparently it did not, it violently spun], . The Spyder was completely mangled, the front end obliterated, and Dean barely alive with a broken neck and numerous internal injuries, dying soon after. His mechanic, Rolf Wütherich, was badly injured as well, but survived. The Ford actually skidded some 40' past the point of impact from Dean's original direction. The movie Crash isn't a documentary about perfect recreation though, it's a pretty surreal movie.

[@robc7812]

well neither car flipped/rolled in the accident. according to all crash analysis then and now dean was going no more than 60 miles per hour, most put him at 55, (limit was 55) other than conspiracy dean is said to have died instantly at the scene but was pronounced at the hospital... all the only impact damage to the spyder is to the drivers side just a head of the left front wheel to the back of the cockpit. you can see in other pictures of the car that there is no impact on the right side. if you look at the rear deck lid you can see where dean is imprinted into it, would have been shoulder height/ lower neck, as well as the steering wheel being completely crushed and moved to the right. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKuUkHlqbM9ke6M

[@vadr6383]

@@robc7812 Dean survived the crashed. Died en route to hospital. He was still breathing at the scene. Ambulance had a minor crash on its way to the hospital. That crash and the fact that it took almost an hour to arrive is what did him in. I'm sure Dean wouldn't have wanted to survive either way. Dying a legend or living a crippled? Easy choice for him.

[@fasillimerick7394]

Indeed, I also thought it looked rather tame compared to a proper traffic collision. I know it's just a movie, and they used practical effects for the recreation, but there is proper violence when two tons of metal meets another two tons at speed.

[@sandrodream5418]

Broken neck... So he was paralized or tetraplegic?

[@LITTLE1994]

Quite sure the actual crash was way faster and more violent than this.

[@adamkentisaac]

The fact that this scene ISN'T EVEN IN THE BOOK is a testament to David Cronenberg's creativity and skill as a director.

[@brigidmadden5577]

Apparently this scene is a reference to other stunt shows like this in the book

[@angeliqueasher1913]

They can't obviously repeat it to point without dying themselves...

[@billyshepard5514]

Interesting but the porche spider went up in the air and flipped a few times. Also because it was a small car with a tiny windsheld Dean's head hit the bumper of the other car. Dean's car had the engine in the rear trunk. The front of the car was really unprotected

[@oonis.aucoix]

This is from "Crash", a David Cronenberg movie.

[@danhenderson783]

This is from the movie Crash circa approx 1994. James Spader was the star.

[@lisajack5108]

So you are telling me that he wasn't speeding and another car hit him ? If that's the truth then that makes his death much more devastating..that he didn't have any fault...😓

[@lnnrt0161]

No this is from a movie called Crash about a certain group of people that are obsessed with car crashes. In reality the sun was up and the driver of the other car couldn’t even see Dean because he was blinded by the sun. The driver of the other car was found not guilty

[@default6504]

Why the fuck did he get pulled over for speeding in the same day idiot?

[@lisajack5108]

@@default6504 I just recognized that😂 i'm really an idiot

[@fasillimerick7394]

According to Dean's passenger, the last thing Dean said on this Earth was about the other driver right before the crash: "I'm sure he sees us". Dean was on his way to a race with "Little Bastard", and his mechanic, the passenger, told him to take it easy so as to not damage anything. My understanding is that Dean was doing the 55 mph speed limit, and was driving safely. The Porsche simply didn't have any real safety built into it. In a modern Porsche, I doubt he'd have been even slightly injured.

[@PurelyHyperbolic]

Man, Dean would've made a great president, the only bad thing he would bring is the Anti-Dean Association

[@weewoo5486]

i love this reference

[@NihilistGhost]

Some people who were there, said he wasn't driving !

[@OHIOSIGMA2024]

I think he had to have been because his left foot was crushed between the clutch & brake pedal.

[@maddyLV21]

They said Jimmy was driving so his Father could collect on his son's life insurance policy.

[@fernandomaron87]

​@@maddyLV21Nonsense, there's photos taken minutes before the crash while they were riding, and Jimmy is always on the wheel and Rolf riding shotgun. The reason the car wasn't towed in the first place was because he wanted to feel the car at the road, in order to prepare for the race, so whoever invented this theory is just stupid.

[@AWFULLOTTACOUGHSYRUP]

Eating at the restaurant down the street from where he died rn

[@interstellarlapisthecccp4946]

$50 car beats $50, 000 car

[@nuknuknuk111]

Interstellar Lapis & the CCCP facts

[@davidhunt8456]

Actually the porche cost James Dean $6,000. And Turnipseeds vehicle cost around $500 in the 50's or less.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Tigermantcb 1977 so 50000

[@OtomoTenzi]

Did the driver of that other car really lose control, or did he INTENTIONALLY ram into James Dean's Porsche? Cuz I have SERIOUS DOUBTS that you would actually hit someone on the opposite side of a straight road like that in broad daylight, when you could already see 'em from miles away! Do ya see how that doesn't make any sense?

[@dovix]

It was said that the Ford wanted to take a left turn at a Y shaped intersection

[@DG-nb6fe]

It was very difficult to see the steel colored Porsche with the glare of the sun.

[@redriver15262]

they killed him cuz he was bisexual

[@passionworksbodyshop9738]

i think these are from that old movie Crash about people with famous car crash fetishes. besides, jd was killed in at sunset in the desert.

[@dianafrancisco9689]

no on a california central going to the coast highway 41 and 46 intersection outside of Bakersfield

[@mjj1434]

@Passion Works Body Shop - Yes, that is true. I don't know what this video even is. Not anywhere near what happened.

[@AWFULLOTTACOUGHSYRUP]

I’m eating here down the road at the restaurant he got killed at

[@jcmoye1]

The report was 90 miles pH, later it was determined based on Dean’s injuries, it was determined the speed was only 55 MPH

[@monickalynn4365]

Were there seatbelts and speed limits in the 1950's cos if not there should have been.

[@carolyns4519]

Believe it or not, seatbelts only became a common thing I the 80s!

[@frankiebella5745]

can't believe fucked up that nice 550 spyder 😡😠😖

[@railwayhobo872]

Frank Vella it’s a stunt car dumbo

[@LexLucario7922]

what about that Ford.

[@DG-nb6fe]

Spyder was probably a replica

[@CycolacFan]

You can see by the way it breaks apart it’s fibreglass not an original.

[@Sergio-es6rv]

Wasnt the passenger ejected ? And didnt the Porsche spyder hit a tree?

[@just2vicious466]

James dean car actually flipped on to the highway

[@TheTManShow]

No it didn't. It was smashed from the side on the shoulder of a highway dumbass. There's pictures of the actual accident. Do your research

[@velvetbear7184]

Rolled twice into a phone pole, passenger was ejected while conscious, and Dean had to be taken out of the car with a crow bar- he had broken neck and facial damage

[@iguessso2451]

this isn’t how it happened at all lmao

[@victorutu3324]

Whaat died?????????

[@norijean3279]

I guess it's a wild observation but the dude doesn't resemble Dean that much 🤔

[@commentor6549]

Ted car side drunk

[@commentor6549]

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[@benkeel2966]

Completely in inaccurate

[@gonzo999]

except thats not what happened

[@TheTManShow]

Wtf is going on??

[@carolyns4519]

It's from a movie called Crash. It's not a documentary, its a weird but cool movie about people with car crash f*t*sh*es (I'm worried yotube will take down my comment if I spell the whole word). Great watch but this was not meant to be accurate despite what thr title might say.

[@doonsbury9656]

Factual? What a load of total & utter crap! It was proven that Dean's car was traveling in excess of 85mph at impact.....in this recreation the car would have got up to maybe 40 mph tops.

[@raygetard3444]

Yes, this isn't a movie about James Dean's crash, rather a movie about car crashes in general. Also I heard in a documentary that based off a crash analysis he was going about 60

[@boborenebobo]

James was passager?????

[@JamesDean-ls7xz]

No James Dean was Driving to his race when sadly He Crashed And Passed Away

[@maddyLV21]

Witnesses at the scene said Dean was not in the driver's seat. The mechanic was driving.

[@dianebays5484]

????????????????wtf????????

[@71plymouth.]

Oh man... Were those cars real?

[@RadialSkid]

The Ford is real, the Porsche is a kit-car replica by Beck which uses the wheels, axles, and engine from a VW Beetle.

[@klein2042]

The Ford is real but the little Bastard was a replica. They would never have let them drive the real thing. Too dangerous

[@___Steinn___]

@@klein2042 you mean, too expensive...

[@EguenOG]

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[@danarowe8924]

Amazing Recreation Donald Turnupseed Was 100 Percent At Fault By Miscalculation Horrific Wrong Place At The Wrong Time For Both RIP James Dean We Miss You Dana Rowe

[@fredericklmeade2947]

Worthless and irrelevant.

[@MichaelOlivera-pn9sb]

I bet if the Spyder was pedal to metal & Going towards that heavy heavy built Detroit steel made Ford ... If Spyder turned away from Ford & not in towards moving Ford meaning in right lane hard left while Ford was in his right lane turning left Thay may have miss each other by turning away from each other even tho dean had no room to turn left may have been not a fatality......veary sad unfortunately thing happen ....

[@Yeakerr]

He's not dead he's living in provo Utah under the name stu pidasso.

[@Tiffany.1970]

Oh really and what books you been reading huh comic books lol 😆😆😆😆😆

[@Diiwiin99]

Casey jones

[@scottym9778]

Alrighty then

[@kimberlyj.sullivan9304]

So phony