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MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN TOP GEAR’S HISTORY

Clarkson’s wall collision #1 May 2004

The show’s first injury was when Jeremy Clarkson broke his thumb after crashing a £100 Volvo estate car into a wall.

Hammond nearly dies, January 2007

Richard Hammond was testing a jet-powered dragster at a York airfield when a front wheel burst at 288mph, leaving him in a coma.

May suffers first show-based injury December 2010

James May’s first major Top Gear injury came when he was concussed after being knocked to the ground by a tow-rope.

Tymon gets punched March 2015

Producer Oisin Tymon was punched in the face by Clarkson after telling him a hot dinner would not be available.

Clarkson’s back fails to withstand fast corners July 2005

Clarkson found himself injured again after too much power-sliding in a TVR Sagaris sports coupe.

Clarkson’s wall collision #2 November 2008

After driving a lorry through a wall at speed, Clarkson revealed that his head became “dislodged” from his spine.

Hammond and May fall off horses March-dec 2014

Hammond was rushed to hospital in Burma after falling from a horse. May also fell from a horse, in Patagonia.

Flintoff’s crash December 2022

Andrew Flintoff was airlifted to hospital after his three-wheeled Morgan Super 3 flipped and slid along a test track at high speed.

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